To what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing together today's leading scholars of judicial politics. Drawing on examples from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Bolivia, the authors demonstrate that there is widespread variation in the performance of Latin America's constitutional courts. In accounting for this variation, the contributors push forward ongoing debates about what motivates judges; whether institutions, partisan politics, and public support shape...
To what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing...
To what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing together today's leading scholars of judicial politics. Drawing on examples from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Bolivia, the authors demonstrate that there is widespread variation in the performance of Latin America's constitutional courts. In accounting for this variation, the contributors push forward ongoing debates about what motivates judges; whether institutions, partisan politics, and public support shape...
To what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing...
The book proposes an informational theory of constitutional review highlighting the mediator role of constitutional courts in democratic conflict solving.
The book proposes an informational theory of constitutional review highlighting the mediator role of constitutional courts in democratic conflict solv...
