The past decade has brought an unprecedented boom in the study of courts as political
actors in Latin America. We examine the extraordinary diversity of academic research on …

Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volume
examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of …

This comparative analysis, focusing on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, explores the complex
relationship between executive politics and judicial action, showing that judicial …

Many well-known studies of judicial independence in Latin America make what might be
called monolithic and millenarian arguments. Keith Rosenn, for example, argues that all of …

Why do courts hold political power-holders accountable in some democratic and
democratizing countries, but not in others? And, why do some courts remain very timid while …

Since the detention of General Pinochet in London in 1998 on charges of crimes against
humanity, Chile's judges have sentenced more former officials of the military regime for …

The general objective of this dissertation can be stated in four steps:(1) To provide a precise
definition of judicial independence;(2) to create a measure of judicial independence de jure …

ABSTRACT A prosecutorial organ is always in charge of the investigation and prosecution of
crime, which makes this institution a key gatekeeper to the courts. Empowered with …

[ES] Este artículo trata sobre las reformas judiciales en Sudamérica, durante los años 90.
Muestra que tanto en el caso de la Argentina como en el de Chile, las reformas a los …

This article attempts to explain why Uruguayan judges have lagged behind judges in Chile
and Argentina in the prosecution of the military for human rights violations committed during …