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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785942703321

Autore

Taylor Matthew M

Titolo

Judging policy : courts and policy reform in democratic Brazil / / Matthew M. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif. : , : Stanford University Press, , 2008

ISBN

0-8047-8679-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

347.81/012

Soggetti

Appellate courts - Brazil - History

Justice, Administration of - Brazil - History

Political questions and judicial power - Brazil

Brazil Politics and government 1985-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Courts and Public Policy Reform in Brazil; 2. The Puzzling Policy Influence of Brazil's Federal Courts; 3. Policy Type and Judicial Contestation; 4. The Supreme Federal Tribunal and Veto Players in Brazilian Politics; 5. Judicial Contestation of Policy: Political Parties; 6. Judicial Contestation of Policy: The OAB; 7. Courts in the Policy Process: Pension Reform in Cross-National Perspective; 8. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Judging Policy analyzes the causes and consequences of the increasingly prominent role courts are being asked to play in the public policy process in Latin America's largest nation, Brazil.