The judicialization of politics in Latin America / edited by Alan Angell, Rachel Sieder and Line Schjolden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Angell, Alan.

Sieder, Rachel.

Schjolden, Line.

Series:

Institute of Latin American Studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Political aspects.

Law.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Latin America.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 305 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

During the last two decades the judiciary has come to play an increasingly important political role in Latin America. Constitutional courts and supreme courts are more active in counterbalancing executive and legislative power than ever before. At the same time, the lack of effective citizenship rights has prompted ordinary people to press their claims and secure their rights through the courts. This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic governance in the region. With individual chapters exploring Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, it advances a comparative framework for thinking about the nature of the judicialization of politics within contemporary Latin American democracies.

Contents:

Chapter 2 Judicialization of Politics: The Changing Political Role of the Judiciary in Mexico / Pilar Domingo 21

Chapter 3 Changing Dynamics: The Political Impact of Costa Rica's Constitutional Court / Bruce M. Wilson 47

Chapter 4 The Judicialization of Politics in Colombia: The Old and the New / Manuuel Jose Cepeda Espinosa 67

Chapter 5 The Judicialization of Chilean Politics: The Rights Revolution That Never Was / Javier A. Couso 105

Chapter 6 Judicialization and Regime Transformation: The Venezuelan Supreme Court / Rogelio Perez Perdomo 131

Chapter 7 Petitioning and Creating Rights: Judicialization in Argentina / Catalina Smulovitz 161

Chapter 8 Community Justice Institutions and Judicialization: Lessons from Rural Peru / Julio Faundez 187

Chapter 9 Private Conflicts, Public Powers: Domestic Violence in the Courts in Latin America / Fiona Macaulay 211

Chapter 10 Constitutionalism, the Expansion of Justice and the Judicialization of Politics in Brazil / Rogerio B. Arantes 231

Chapter 11 The Transnational Dimension of the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America / Kathryn Sikkink 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403970866

OCLC:

62344441