UID:
almahu_9949366690302882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 347 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009093859 (ebook)
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Aug 2022).
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Working in new political spaces : the checkered history of Latin American judicialization / Sandra Botero, Daniel Brinks and Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos -- Critical disconnects : progressive jurisprudence and tenacious impunity in Mexico / Janice Gallagher and Jorge Contesse -- When winning in the courts is not enough : abortion and the limits of legal mobilization without grassroots involvement in Peru / Camila Gianella -- Forms of countermovement and counter-reform in Latin America : judicial backlash or resources and political and legal opportunities? / Alba Ruibal -- Backlash against state strengthening reforms : the rise and fall of the CICIG in GuatemalaI / Rachel E. Bowen -- Backlash against corporate accountability for grave human rights violations in Colombia / Laura Bernal-Bermúdez -- Courting judicial legitimacy : an experimental study of the Colombian Constitutional Court / Sofía Forero-Alba and Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Raga -- Family ties and nepotism in the Mexican Federal Judiciary / Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Judicial corruption : The Constitutional Court of Ecuador in comparative perspective / Santiago Basabe-Serrano -- Kickbacks, crackdown, and backlash : legal accountability in the Lava Jato Investigation / Luciano Da Ros and Matthew M. Taylor -- Turning corruption trials into political tools in the name of transparency : the Lava Jato Case / Mariana Mota Prado & Marta Rodriguez Machado -- Fighting corruption, dismantling democracy : antagonism, communication, and the political use of Lava Jato in Brazil / João Guilherme Bastos dos Santos & Esther Solano Gallego -- Prosecutorial agency, backlash and resistance in the Peruvian Chapter of Lava Jato / Viviana Baraybar and Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781009098342
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009093859
