LEADER 04499nam 22007212 450 001 9910459727003321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-22008-4 010 $a1-139-03606-8 010 $a1-283-05396-9 010 $a9786613053961 010 $a1-139-04152-5 010 $a1-139-04229-7 010 $a1-139-04492-3 010 $a1-139-03838-9 010 $a0-511-97652-6 010 $a1-139-04075-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000077405 035 $a(EBL)674630 035 $a(OCoLC)710974824 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000468077 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11337429 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468077 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10497561 035 $a(PQKB)10874102 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511976520 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC674630 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL674630 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10460522 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305396 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000077405 100 $a20101012d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCourts in Latin America /$fedited by Gretchen Helmke, Julio Rios-Figueroa$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 342 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-62755-9 311 $a1-107-00109-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $gIntroduction.$tCourts in Latin America /$rGretchen Helmke and Julio Ri?os-Figueroa --$tInstitutions for constitutional justice in Latin America /$rJulio Ri?os-Figueroa --$tEnforcing rights and exercising an accountability function : Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court /$rBruce M. Wilson --$tStrategic deference in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006 /$rJuan Carlos Rodri?guez-Raga --$tFrom quietism to incipient activism : the institutional and ideological roots of rights adjudication in Chile /$rJavier Couso and Lisa Hilbink --$t'Faithful servants of the regime' : the Brazilian Constitutional Court's role under the 1988 Constitution /$rDaniel M. Brinks --$tPower broker, policymaker, or rights protector? : The Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal in transition /$rDiana Kapiszewski --$tLegalist vs. interpretivist : the Supreme Court and the Democratic transition in Mexico /$rArianna Sa?nchez, Beatriz Magloni and Eric Magar --$tTheory of the politically independent judiciary : a comparative study of the United States and Argentina /$rRebecca Bill Cha?vez, John A. Ferejohn, and Barry R. Weingast --$tCourts, power and rights in Argentina and Chile /$rDruscilla Scribner --$tBolivia : the rise (and fall) of judicial review /$rAndrea Castagnola and Ani?bal Perez-Lin?a?n --$tThe puzzling judicial politics in Latin America : a theory of litigation, judicial decisions and interbranch conflict /$rGretchen Helmke and Jeffrey K. Staton. 330 $aTo what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing together today's leading scholars of judicial politics. Drawing on examples from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica and Bolivia, the authors demonstrate that there is widespread variation in the performance of Latin America's constitutional courts. In accounting for this variation, the contributors push forward ongoing debates about what motivates judges; whether institutions, partisan politics and public support shape inter-branch relations; and the importance of judicial attitudes and legal culture. The authors deploy a range of methods, including qualitative case studies, paired country comparisons, statistical analysis and game theory. 606 $aConstitutional courts$zLatin America 606 $aCourts of last resort$zLatin America 606 $aJudicial process$zLatin America 606 $aCivil rights$zLatin America 615 0$aConstitutional courts 615 0$aCourts of last resort 615 0$aJudicial process 615 0$aCivil rights 676 $a347.8/035 702 $aHelmke$b Gretchen$f1967- 702 $aRi?os Figueroa$b Julio 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459727003321 996 $aCourts in Latin America$91139389 997 $aUNINA