Cultures of legality judicialization and political activism in Latin America
Cultures of legality : judicialization and political activism in contemporary Latin America / Alexandra Huneeus, Javier Couso, and Rachel SiederLegal language and social change during Colombia's economic crisis / Pablo Rueda -- How courts work : culture, institutions, and the Brazilian Supremo...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, New York u.a.
Cambridge Univ. Press
2010
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in law and society
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Law
> Philosophy
> Justice, Administration of
> Courts
> Latin America
> Recht
> Gericht
> Rechtsanwendung
> Politische Bewegung
> Soziale Bewegung
> Sozialer Wandel
> Politischer Wandel
> Indigenes Volk
> Stammesgesellschaft
> Rechtsstellung
> Lateinamerika
> Aufsatzsammlung
> Rechtskultur
> Geschichte 1980-2010
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Cultures of legality : judicialization and political activism in contemporary Latin America / Alexandra Huneeus, Javier Couso, and Rachel SiederLegal language and social change during Colombia's economic crisis / Pablo Rueda -- How courts work : culture, institutions, and the Brazilian Supremo tribunal federal / Diana Kapiszewski -- More power, more rights? The Supreme Court and society in Mexico / Karina Ansolabehere -- Rejecting the Inter-American Court : judicialization, National Courts,and regional human rights / Alexandra Huneeus -- The transformation of constitutional discourse and the judicialization of politics in Latin America / Javier Couso -- Legal cultures in the (un)rule of law : indigenous rights and juridification in post-conflict Guatemala / Rachel Sieder -- Political activism and the practice of law in Venezuela / Manuel A. Gomez -- The Mapuche people's battle for land : litigation as a strategy to defend indigenous land rights / Anne Skj'vestad -- Judicialization in Argentina : legal culture, or opportunities and support structures? / Catalina Smulovitz -- Novel appropriations of the law in the pursuit of political and social change in Latin America / Pilar Domingo. "This volume explores the changing legal ideas and practices that accompany, cause, and are a consequence of the judicialization of politics in Latin America"--Provided by publisher Part I. Introduction: 1. Cultures of legality: judicialization and political activism in contemporary Latin America Alexandra Huneeus, Javier Couso, and Rachel Sieder; Part II. Courts and Judicialization through a Cultural Lens: 2. Legal language and social change during Colombia's economic crisis Pablo Rueda; 3. How courts work: culture, institutions, and the Brazilian supreme tribunal federal Diana Kapiszewski; 4. More power, more rights? the supreme court and society in Mexico Karina Ansolabehere; 5. High courts and the inter-American court: judicialization, human rights and a tenuous relationship Alexandra Huneeus; Part III. Judicialization beyond the Courts: 6. The transformation of constitutional discourse and the judicialization of politics in Latin America Javier Couso; 7. Legal cultures in the (un)rule of law: indigenous rights and juridification in post-conflict Guatemala Rachel Sieder; 8. Political activism and the practice of law in Venezuela Manuel A. Gomez; 9. The Mapuche people's battle for land: litigation as a strategy to defend indigenous land rights Anne Skj'vestad; 10. Judicialization in Argentina: legal culture, or opportunities and support structures? Catalina Smulovitz; 11. Novel appropriations of the law in the pursuit of political and social change in Latin America Pilar Domingo |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - 1. paperback ed. 2013 |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 287 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0521767237 0-521-76723-7 9780521767231 978-0-521-76723-1 9781107610477 978-1-107-61047-7 |