02718nam 2200637Ia 450 991080813550332120200520144314.00-8047-8679-810.1515/9780804786799(CKB)2670000000269198(EBL)1046399(OCoLC)817886397(SSID)ssj0000756125(PQKBManifestationID)11428105(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756125(PQKBWorkID)10750420(PQKB)10253723(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128009(MiAaPQ)EBC1046399(DE-B1597)564263(DE-B1597)9780804786799(Au-PeEL)EBL1046399(CaPaEBR)ebr10615055(OCoLC)1198929648(EXLCZ)99267000000026919820070924d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJudging policy courts and policy reform in democratic Brazil /Matthew M. Taylor1st ed.Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20081 online resource (247 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-5811-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index.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; IndexJudging 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.Appellate courtsBrazilHistoryJustice, Administration ofBrazilHistoryPolitical questions and judicial powerBrazilBrazilPolitics and government1985-2002Appellate courtsHistory.Justice, Administration ofHistory.Political questions and judicial power347.81/012Taylor Matthew M1636555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808135503321Judging policy3977878UNINA