Judges Beyond Politics in Democracy and Dictatorship - Lessons From Chile

This 2007 book analyzes Chilean judicial behavior before, during, and after authoritarian rule.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The judiciary, the rule of law, and democracy: aspirations and impediments; 2. The institutional construction and the judicial role in Chile; 3. Conservative activism in the heyday of democracy, 1964 to 1973; 4. Legitimizing authoritarianism, 1973 to 1990; 5. Continuity and change after the return of democracy, 1990 to 2000; 6. Conclusions and implications; Appendixes.

Summary

This book examines different hypotheses about Chilean judicial behavior before, during, and after the authoritarian interlude. The book explores arguments based on judges' personal policy preferences, social class, and legal philosophy, but contends that institutional features, grounded in the ideal of 'apoliticism', best explain judges' conservative and conformist conduct.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Hilbink, Lisa (University of Minnesota) Hilbink, Hilbink Lisa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2011
• EAN: 9781107402362
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40236-2
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Ethnic Studies, LAW / General, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law