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Law and society in Latin America : a new map / edited by César Rodríguez-Garavito.

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Publisher's description: Legal thought and practice in Latin America has changed dramatically in the last two decades. First: new constitutions or constitutional reforms have marked the transition to democracy of the vast majority of the countries in the region and introduced fundamental instit...

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Other Authors: Rodríguez Garavito, César A. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Series:Law, development and globalization.
Subjects:
Law > Latin America.
Sociological jurisprudence > Latin America.
Law > Latin America > Philosophy.
Justice, Administration of > Latin America.
Latin America > Politics and government.
Justice, Administration of.
Law.
Law (Philosophical concept)
Political science.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Latin America.
Table of Contents:
  • Remapping law and society in Latin America : visions and topics for a new legal cartography / César Rodríguez Garavito
  • THE CONTEXT OF LATIN AMERICAN LAW: Inequality and the subversion of the rule of law / Oscar Vilhena Vieira
  • Constitution or barbarism? : how to rethink law in "lawless" spaces / Julieta Lemaitre
  • Ineffectiveness of the law and the culture of noncompliance with rules in Latin America / Mauricio García Villegas
  • CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND INNOVATIONS: Latin American constitutionalism : social rights and the "engine room" of the constitution / Roberto Gargarella
  • The recent transformation of constitutional law in Latin America : trends and challenges / Rodrigo Uprimny
  • Constitutions in action : the impact of judicial activism on socioeconomic rights in Latin America / César Rodríguez Garavito
  • THE MULTICULTURAL TURN : INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS: Indigenous peoples' rights and the law in Latin America / Rachel Sieder
  • The panorama of pluralist constitutionalism : from multiculturalism to decolonization / Raquel Z. Yrigoyen Fajardo
  • TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PROCESSES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Autonomy and subsidiarity : the inter-American system of human rights vs. national justice systems / Victor Abramovich
  • Freedom of expression in the Americas : persistent problems and emerging challenges / Catalina Botero Marino
  • Inter-American constitutionalism : the interaction between human rights and progressive constitutional law in Latin America / Jorge Contesse
  • Judicial review and rights protection in Latin America : the debate on the regionalization of activism / Francisca Pou Giménez
  • Citizen insecurity and human rights : toward the deconstruction of the security discourse and a new criminal law / Ramiro Ávila Santamaria.

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