Courts in Latin America

Courts

Courts in Latin America / edited by Gretchen Helmke, Julio Ríos-Figueroa. -- 1st ed. -- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. -- 342 s. -- Resumé: Introduction : Courts in Latin America / Gretchen Helmke and Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Institutions for constitutional justice in Latin America / Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Enforcing rights and exercising an accountability function : Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court / Bruce M. Wilson -- Strategic deference in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006 / Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Raga -- From quietism to incipient activism : the institutional and ideological roots of rights adjudication in Chile / Javier Couso and Lisa Hilbink -- 'Faithful servants of the regime' : the Brazilian Constitutional Court's role under the 1988 Constitution / Daniel M. Brinks -- Power broker, policymaker, or rights protector? : the Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal in transition / Diana Kapiszewski -- Legalist vs. interpretivist : the Supreme Court and the Democratic transition in Mexico / Arianna Sánchez, Beatriz Magloni and Eric Magar -- Theory of the politically independent judiciary : a comparative study of the United States and Argentina / Rebecca Bill Chávez, John A. Ferejohn, and Barry R. Weingast -- Courts, power and rights in Argentina and Chile / Druscilla Scribner -- Bolivia : the rise (and fall) of judicial review / Andrea Castagnola and Aníbal Perez-Liñán -- The puzzling judicial politics in Latin America : a theory of litigation, judicial decisions and interbranch conflict / Gretchen Helmke and Jeffrey K. Staton. -- váz. -- ISBN : 978-1-107-00109-1.
I. Helmke, Gretchen, 1967- II. Ríos-Figueroa, Julio,


Ústavní soudnictví * Latinská Amerika * Soudní proces * Občanská práva * Politické aspekty práva * Kostarika * Ústavní soud - Kolumbie * Chile * Ústavní soud - Brazilie * Mexiko * Argentina * Bolívie