Dna of Constitutional Justice in Latin America - Politics, Governance, and Judicial Design

Analyzes the political roots of the systems of constitutional justice in Latin America, tracing their development over the last 40 years.

List of contents

1. Constitutional justice in the Americas at the turn of the Millennium; 2. Judicial power and the design of constitutional justice; 3. The political origins of powerful constitutional courts: constitutional governance and the politics of judicial design; 4. Identifying the political origins of constitutional justice through quantitative analysis; 5. Guatemala (1985): building constitutional justice in the shadow of Civil War; 6. Argentina (1994): negotiating a plural space of constitutional justice; 7. Bolivia (2009): governance logic in the new constitutionalism; 8. Conclusion: the politics of constitutional justice; Appendix A. Judicial power: concepts and measures.

About the author

Daniel M. Brinks is Associate Professor in the Government Department and Law School at the University of Texas, Austin. He is also a Senior Researcher with the Christian Michelsen Institute.Abby Blass is a Ph.D. candidate in Government at the University of Texas, Austin.

Summary

This book traces the development of constitutional courts in Latin America, and develops concepts such as judicial autonomy and authority. It aims to understand the design of judicial institutions and combines qualitative and quantitative evidence to explore the basic purpose of constitutional justice.

Product details

• Authors: Abby Blass, Abby (University of Texas Blass, Daniel M. Brinks, Daniel M. (University of Texas Brinks
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781107178366
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17836-6
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy; Comparative Constitutional Law; Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Constitutional, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Judicial powers, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers