Judging Policy: Courts and Policy Reform in Democratic Brazil - Couverture rigide

Taylor, Matthew M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0804758115 ISBN 13 : 9780804758116

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Courts, like other government institutions, shape public policy. But how are courts drawn into the policy process, and how are patterns of policy debate shaped by the institutional structure of the courts?

Drawing on the experience of the Brazilian federal courts since the transition to democracy, Judging Policy examines the judiciary's role in public policy debates. During a period of energetic policy reform, the high salience of many policies, combined with the conducive institutional structure of the judiciary, ensured that Brazilian courts would become an important institution at the heart of the policy process. The Brazilian case thus challenges the notion that Latin America's courts have been uniformly pliant or ineffectual, with little impact on politics and policy outcomes.

Judging Policy also inserts the judiciary into the scholarly debate regarding the extent of presidential control of the policy process in Latin America's largest nation. By analyzing the full Brazilian federal court system--including not only the high court, but also trial and appellate courts--the book develops a framework with cross-national implications for understanding how courts may influence policy actors' political strategies and the distribution of power within political systems.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Matthew M. Taylor is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of São Paulo. Winner, 2008 Vitor Nunes Leal Prize by the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804758115
• ISBN 13: 9780804758116
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible