The achilles heel of democracy : judicial autonomy and the rule of law in Central America / Rachel E. Bowen.

Publisher's description: Featuring the first in-depth comparison of the judicial politics of five under-studied Central American countries, The Achilles Heel of Democracy offers a novel typology of 'judicial regime types' based on the political independence and societal autonomy of th...

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Main Author: Bowen, Rachel E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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505 0 0 |t Societally penetrated judiciaries and the democratic rule of law --  |t The evolution of judicial regimes --  |t Costa Rica : a liberal judicial regime --  |t Government control regimes in Central America versus the rule of law --  |t Clandestine control in Guatemala --  |t Partisan systems --  |t Judicial regimes and the democratic rule of law --  |g Appendix A. Methodology and sample -- Appendix B.  |t Technical aspects of the Costa Rican judiciary --  |g Appendix C.  |t Technical aspects of the Guatemalan judiciary --  |g Appendix D.  |t Technical aspects of the Nicaraguan judiciary --  |g Appendix E.  |t Technical aspects of the Honduran judiciary --  |g Appendix F.  |t Technical aspects of the Salvadoran judiciary. 
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