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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gloppen, Siri, Gargarella, Roberto, 1964-, Skaar, Elin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.