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Democratization and the judiciary : the accountability function of courts in new democracies /
This title examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa, focusing on their ability to hold political power-holders accountable when they act outside their constitutionally defined powers. The book also issues a warning: There are problems inherent in the curre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Frank Cass Pub.,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar
- Judicial review in developed democracies / Martin Shapiro
- How some reflections on the United States' experience may inform African efforts to build court systems and the rule of law / Jennifer Widner
- The constitutional court and control of presidential extraordinary powers in Colombia / Rodrigo Uprimny
- The politics of judicial review in Chile in the era of domestic transition, 1990-2002 / Javier A. Couso
- Legitimating transformation : political resource allocation in the South African constitutional court / Theunis Roux
- The accountability function of courts in Tanzania and Zambia / Siri Gloppen
- Renegotiating "law and order" : judicial reform and citizen responses in post-war Guatemala / Rachel Sieder
- Economic reform and judicial governance in Brazil : balancing independence with accountability / Carlos Santiso
- In search of a democratic justice--what courts should not do : Argentina, 1983-2002 / Roberto Gargarella
- Lessons learned and the way forward / Irwin P. Stotzky.