An in-depth study of processes of judicial transformation that enabled the success of human rights trials in Latin America.

An in-depth study of processes of judicial transformation that enabled the success of human rights trials in Latin America.

This Element describes Latin American innovations in trials and truth commissions, evaluating both the Huntingtonian and Justice Cascade approaches; influential in showing variation in TJ outcomes. It argues that scholars should complement these approaches with one that recognizes the importance of state capacity building and institutional change.