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Oxford Handbook details the constitutions and constitutional history of Latin America, providing comparative analysis of the prevailing institutional models and major themes in the region's constitutionalism.
List of contents
- Part I Constitutions
- 1: Juan F. González Bertomeu: Argentina
- 2: Joshua Braver: Bolivia
- 3: Virgílio Afonso da Silva and Thomaz Pereira: Brazil
- 4: Domingo Lovera Parmo: Chile
- 5: Antonio Barreto-Rozo: Colombia
- 6: Bruce M. Wilson and Olman Rodriguez Loaiza: Costa Rica
- 7: Julio César Guanche: Cuba
- 8: Daniela Salazar: Ecuador
- 9: Francisca Pou Giménez: Mexico
- 10: Daniel Mendonça y Juan Carlos Mendonça: Paraguay
- 11: Camila Gianella Malca and Ursula Baertl Espinoza: Peru
- 12: Gianella Bardazano: Uruguay
- 13: Ana Cristina Núñez M. and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo: Venezuela
- Part II Constitutional Controversies
- A. Comparing Constitutions in Latin America
- 14: Roberto Gargarella: Latin American Constitutional Traditions
- 15: Gabriel L. Negretto: Participatory Constitution-Making in Latin America: Consequences for Institutional Design
- 16: Julio Ríos-Figueroa and Andrea Pozas-Loyo: Authoritarian Constitutionalism
- 17: Javier Couso: Latin American New Constitutionalism
- 18: Helena Alviar García: Foreign Capital and Constitutions
- B. Institutions
- 19: Marcelo Alegre and Nahuel Maisley: Presidentialism and Hyper-Presidentialism
- 20: Fernando Limongi and José Cheibub: Elections
- 21: Matthew M.Taylor: Courts and Judicial Independence
- 22: Gretchen Helmke: Courts and Judicial Manipulation
- 23: Diana Kapiszewski and Katja Newman: Judicialization of Politics
- 24: Diana Rodriguez Franco and César Rodríguez Garavito: Strategic Litigation and Social Change
- 25: Luciana Gross Cunha: Access to Justice
- 26: Marta Arretche: Federalist and Unitary States
- 27: Gabriela Lotta and Vanessa Elias de Oliveira: Local Government
- 28: Rogério Arantes and Cláudio Couto: Constitutions and Public Policies
- 29: Dawisson Belém Lopes and Mario Schettino Valente: Constitutions and Foreign Affairs
- 30: Alejandro Chehtman: Constitutions and International Law
- C. Rights
- 31: Laura Clérico: Proportionality and Balancing
- 32: Maria Paula Saffon: Property and Land
- 33: Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte: Freedom of expression
- 34: Diego Werneck Arguelhes and Luiz Fernando Marrey Moncau: Privacy
- 35: Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte: Right to Information and Transparency
- 36: Deisy Ventura and Camila Baraldi: Immigration and Citizenship
- 37: Leonardo Avritzer and Cláudia Feres Faria: Political Participation and Democratic Innovation
- 38: Ángel R. Oquendo: Due Process
- 39: Maíra Machado: Prisoners Rights
- 40: Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz: Equality
- 41: Isabel Cristina Jaramillo Sierra: Sex Equality
- 42: Tanya Katerí Hernández: Race Discrimination
- 43: Daniel M. Brinks: Social Rights
- 44: Alicia Ely Yamin: The Right to Health
- 45: Danielle H. Rached and Conrado Hübner Mendes: Environment
- 46: Agustina Ramón Michel: Abortion
- 47: Daniel Bonilla Maldonado: Multicultural Constitutions
- Part III Comparative Viewpoints
- 48: Jackie Dugard: A View from South Africa
- 49: Shylashri Shankar: Judicial Independence in Latin America: A View from Asia
- 50: Tom Ginsburg: Latin American Constitutionalism: A US Perspective
- 51: Siri Gloppen: A View from Northern Europe
- 52: Michaela Hailbronner: A View from Western Europe
- 53: Latin America: The Shifting Constitutional Continenta
About the author
Conrado Hübner Mendes is Assistant Professor of Public Law at the University of São Paulo.
Roberto Gargarella is Professor of Law at the University of Buenos Aires and at Torcuato di Tella University in Buenos Aires.
Sebastián Guidi is a JSD candidate at Yale Law School and Adjunct Professor in Universidad Torcuato di Tella.
Summary
This Oxford Handbook details the constitutions and constitutional history of Latin America, providing comparative analysis of the prevailing institutional models and major themes in the region's constitutionalism.
