Crafting Courts in New Democracies - The Politics of Subnational Judicial Reform in Brazil and Mexico

Informationen zum Autor Matthew C. Ingram (J.D., Ph.D., University of New Mexico) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Fulbright Program. Before entering academia, Professor Ingram worked in law enforcement in California. Klappentext This book explores the importance of local courts in enacting positive social and economic reform in Brazil and Mexico. Zusammenfassung This book is the first to explore the role of local courts in enacting social change in Brazil and Mexico. Collecting over fifteen years of original research from both Brazil and Mexico! the data analyzed here will be of primary importance to scholars of Latin and South American law. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Crafting courts in new democracies; Part I. Theory and Methods: 2. Ideas, interests, and judicial institutions; 3. Methods; Part II. Empirical Analysis: 4. Large-N analysis in Mexico (1993-2007); 5. Large-N analysis in Brazil (1985-2006); 6. Small-N analysis in Mexico: Aguascalientes, Michoacán, and Hidalgo; 7. Small-N Analysis in Brazil: Acre, Rio Grande do Sul, and Maranhão; Part III. Conclusion: 8. Crafting courts in new democracies: beyond Brazil and Mexico; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew C. Ingram, Matthew C. (University At Albany Ingram, Ingram Matthew C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2015
• EAN: 9781107117327
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11732-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Mexico, Ethnic Studies, Brazil, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LAW / Courts, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Trial Practice, Comparative Politics, comparative law, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General