Sandra Botero, Daniel M. Brinks (University of Texas, Austin), Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos (University of Oxford)
Latin America was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of what has come to be known as the judicialization of politics - the use of law and legal institutions as tools of social contestation to curb the abuse of power in government, resolve policy disputes, and enforce and expand civil, political, and socio-economic rights. Almost forty years into this experiment, The Limits of Judicialization brings together a cross-disciplinary group of scholars to assess the role that law and courts play in Latin American politics. Featuring studies of hot-button topics including abortion,...
Latin America was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of what has come to be known as the judicialization of politics - the use of law ...
