The Limits of Judicialization: From Progress to Backlash in Latin America - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009098349 ISBN 13 : 9781009098342

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Latin America was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of what has come to be known as the judicialization of politics - the use of law and legal institutions as tools of social contestation to curb the abuse of power in government, resolve policy disputes, and enforce and expand civil, political, and socio-economic rights. Almost forty years into this experiment, The Limits of Judicialization brings together a cross-disciplinary group of scholars to assess the role that law and courts play in Latin American politics. Featuring studies of hot-button topics including abortion, state violence, judicial corruption, and corruption prosecutions, this volume argues that the institutional and cultural changes that empowered courts, what the editors call the 'judicialization superstructure,' often fall short of the promise of greater accountability and rights protection. Illustrative and expansive, this volume offers a truly interdisciplinary analysis of the limits of judicialized politics.

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À propos des auteurs

Sandra Botero is Assistant Professor at Universidad del Rosario in Bogota. She specializes in studying the relationship between the judiciary and democracy, as well as electoral behavior, with a regional focus on Latin America.

Daniel Brinks is Professor of Government and Law at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of multiple books, including The DNA of Constitutional Justice in Latin America (2018, with Abby Blass), which was awarded APSA's C. Herman Pritchett Prize for Best Book on Law and Courts, and Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions (2020, with Steve Levitsky and Maria Victoria Murillo).

Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos is Associate Professor of Political Science and Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Shifting Legal Visions: Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America (2016) and The Politics of Transitional Justice in Latin America: Power Norms and Capacity Building (2020).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009098349
• ISBN 13: 9781009098342
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Éditeur: Botero Sandra, Brinks Daniel M., Gonzalez-Ocantos Ezequiel A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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