The Oxford handbook of constitutional law in Latin America / edited by Conrado Hübner Mendes, Roberto Gargarella and Sebastián Guidi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mendes, Conrado Hübner, editor.

Gargarella, Roberto, 1964- editor.

Guidi, Sebastián, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online.

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Latin America.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (970 pages)

Other Title:

Handbook of constitutional law in Latin America

Constitutional law in Latin America

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This Oxford Handbook details the constitutions and constitutional history of Latin America, providing comparative analysis of the prevailing institutional models and major themes in the region's constitutionalism.

Contents:

The Constitution of Argentina / Juan F. González Bertomeu

The Constitution of Mexico / Francisca Pou Giménez

Paraguay / Daniel Mendonça, Juan Carlos Mendonça

Peru / Camila Gianella Malca, Ursula Baertl Espinoza

Uruguay / Gianella Bardazano

Constitutional Law in Venezuela / Ana Cristina Núñez M., Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo

Latin American Constitutional Traditions / Roberto Gargarella

Participatory Constitution-Making in Latin America: Consequences for Institutional Design / Gabriel L. Negretto

Authoritarian Constitutionalism / Andrea Pozas-Loyo, Julio Ríos-Figueroa

Latin American New Constitutionalism: A Tale of Two Cities / Javier Couso

The 2009 Bolivian Constitution / Joshua Braver

Foreign Capital and Constitutions / Helena Alviar García

Presidentialism and Hyper-Presidentialism in Latin America / Marcelo Alegre, Nahuel Maisley

Elections / Fernando Limongi, José Antonio Cheibub

Courts and Judicial Independence / Matthew M. Taylor

Courts and Judicial Manipulation / Gretchen Helmke

Judicialization of Politics / Diana Kapiszewski, Katja Newman

Courts, Strategic Litigation, and Social Change / Diana Rodríguez-Franco, César Rodríguez-Garavito

Access to Justice: An Overview of Recent Transformations and the Next Steps / Luciana Gross Cunha

The Constitution of Brazil in Context: History, Politics, and Design / Virgílio Afonso da Silva, Thomaz Pereira

Between Federal and Unitary States: A Misleading Dichotomy / Marta Arretche

Local Government / Gabriela Lotta, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira

Constitutions and Public Policies / Cláudio Couto, Rogério Arantes

Constitutions and Foreign Affairs / Dawisson Belém Lopes, Mario Schettino Valente

Constitutions and International Law / Alejandro Chehtman

Multicultural Constitutions / Daniel Bonilla Maldonado

Proportionality / Laura Clérico

Chile / Domingo Lovera Parmo

Property and Land / Maria Paula Saffon

Freedom of Expression and Populist Politics / Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte

Privacy / Diego Werneck Arguelhes, Luiz Fernando Marrey Moncau

Right to Information and Transparency / Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte

Immigration and Citizenship / Deisy Ventura, Camila Baraldi

Political Participation and Democratic Innovation / Leonardo Avritzer, Cláudia Feres Faria

Due Process / Ángel R. Oquendo

Prisoners' Rights / Maíra Rocha Machado

Substantive Equality in Law and Reality / Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz

Constitutional History of the Colombian Paradox (1886-2016): Hegemony, Exception, and Postponement / Antonio Barreto-Rozo

Sex Equality / Isabel Cristina Jaramillo Sierra

Race Discrimination / Tanya Katerí Hernández

Social Rights Constitutionalism / Daniel M. Brinks

The Right to Health: The Potential and Limits of Catalysing Systemic Change through the Courts / Alicia Ely Yamin

Environment / Conrado Hübner Mendes, Danielle Hanna Rached

Abortion: More Than Criminalization, Not Yet Women's Constitutional Right / Agustina Ramón Michel

A View from (South) Africa / Jackie Dugard

Judicial Independence in Latin America: A View from Asia / Shylashri Shankar

Costa Rica: Constitutions, Constitutionalism, and the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court / Bruce M. Wilson, Olman Rodriguez Loaiza

Latin American Constitutionalism: A U.S. Perspective / Tom Ginsburg

A View from Northern Europe / Siri Gloppen

A View from Western Europe / Michaela Hailbronner

Latin America: The Shifting Constitutional Continent? / Rosalind Dixon

Cuba / Julio César Guanche

The Constitutional History of Ecuador: Twenty Constitutions and Counting / Daniela Salazar.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 10, 2022).

ISBN:

9780191090592

019109059X

9780191829048

0191829048

9780191090585

0191090581