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Constitutional protection of human rights in Latin America : a comparative study of amparo proceedings /

"Together with the expansive process of human rights constitutional declarations, in addition to the writ of habeas corpus and of habeas data, Latin American constitutions created a specific judicial remedy for the protection of constitutional rights, known as the suit, action, recourse, or wri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brewer Carías, Allan-Randolph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Constitutional declaration of human rights in Latin America and its internationalization
  • Judicial guaranties of the declaration of human rights
  • Judicial review and amparo proceedings in Latin America
  • The amparo action in countries that apply only the diffuse method of judicial review of legislation
  • The amparo action in countries that apply only the concentrated method of judicial review of legislation
  • The amparo as a constitutional right in countries with mixed systems of judicial review of legislation
  • The amparo as a constitutional guaranty in countries with mixed systems of judicial review of legislation
  • The American convention on human rights and the internationalization of the amparo in Latin America
  • The injured party : the plaintiff and the rules of standing
  • The justiciable constitutional rights by means of the amparo and habeas corpus actions
  • The question of the justiciability of social constitutional rights by means of the amparo action.
  • The general conditions of the injury (harms and threats)
  • The reparable character of the harms and the restorative character of the amparo proceedings
  • The imminent character of the threats and the preventive character of the amparo proceeding
  • The injuring party : the defendant (public entities or private individuals)
  • The injuring public actions and omissions of public authorities causing the harms or the threats
  • The question of the admissibility of the amparo action and its relation with the ordinary judicial means
  • The main principles of the procedure in the amparo proceedings
  • The configuration of the main phases of the amparo proceeding
  • The adjudication in the amparo proceeding and the preliminary protective measures
  • The definitive judicial adjudication in the amparo suit
  • The revision of the amparo decisions by the constitutional court or the supreme court.