LEADER 03652oam 2200697I 450 001 9910457675703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-75616-3 010 $a1-280-17530-3 010 $a0-203-48540-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203485408 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351301 035 $a(EBL)183198 035 $a(OCoLC)259487213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136674 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144295 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136674 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084253 035 $a(PQKB)11095289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC183198 035 $a(PPN)198452683 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL183198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162559 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL17530 035 $a(OCoLC)252700041 035 $a(OCoLC)437056443 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351301 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDemocratization and the judiciary $ethe accountability function of courts in new democracies /$fedited by Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar 210 1$aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. :$cFrank Cass Pub.,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7146-5568-6 311 $a0-7146-8449-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Accountability Function of the Courts in New Democracies; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; Judicial Review in Developed Democracies; NOTES; How Some Reflections on the United States' Experience May Inform African Efforts to Build Court Systems and the Rule of Law; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; The Constitutional Court and Control of Presidential Extraordinary Powers in Colombia; NOTES; The Politics of Judicial Review in Chile in the Era of Democratic Transition, 1990?2002; NOTES 327 $aLegitimating Transformation: Political Resource Allocation in the South African Constitutional CourtACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; The Accountability Function of the Courts in Tanzania and Zambia; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; Renegotiating 'Law and Order': Judicial Reform and Citizen Responses in Post-war Guatemala; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; Economic Reform and Judicial Governance in Brazil: Balancing Independence with Accountability; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; In Search of a Democratic Justice? 330 $aThis title examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa, focusing on their ability to hold political power-holders accountable when they act outside their constitutionally defined powers. The book also issues a warning: There are problems inherent in the current global move towards strong constitutional government, where increasingly strong powers are placed in the hands of judges who themselves are not made accountable. 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power 606 $aDemocratization 607 $aLatin America$xPolitics and government$y1980- 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xPolitics and government$y1960- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power. 615 0$aDemocratization. 676 $a340.11 701 $aGloppen$b Siri$0661728 701 $aGargarella$b Roberto$f1964-$0508379 701 $aSkaar$b Elin$0896208 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457675703321 996 $aDemocratization and the judiciary$92014898 997 $aUNINA