ISBN:
9780415854047
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 293 Seiten
Series Statement:
Law, development and globalization
Series Statement:
A GlassHouse book
DDC:
340/.115098
Keywords:
Law
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Sociological jurisprudence
;
Law Philosophy
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Justice, Administration of
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Rechtssoziologie
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Rechtsphilosophie
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Rechtsordnung
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Rechtsstaat
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Transnationale Politik
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Politischer Prozess
;
Menschenrecht
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Rechtsprechung
;
Exterritorialität
;
Pluralismus
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Latin America Politics and government
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Lateinamerika
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Lateinamerika
;
Rechtssoziologie
;
Rechtstheorie
;
Verfassungsrecht
Abstract:
"Over the past two decades, legal thought and practice in Latin America has changed dramatically : new constitutions or constitutional reforms have marked a widespread transition to democracy, fundamental institutional innovations have been introduced, and processes of globalization have had profound impacts on Latin American law. Law and Society in Latin America offers the first systematic assessment by leading Latin American legal scholars of the momentous legal and political transformations in the region. Together with the liberalization of national economies, there has been an intensive importation of legal ideas and institutions, from the commercial and financial regulations promoted by the World Bank and World Trade Organization, to the adversarial criminal justice system inspired by the United States. Meanwhile, the globalization of human rights has had a fundamental impact - as demonstrated by the multiplication of laws, institutions, and public debates about the rights of groups that historically faced discrimination, and about the punishment of serious human rights violations committed by past or present authoritarian governments. These and other processes have not only radically altered the institutional landscape of the region, but also produced academic and practical innovations that are of global interest"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Remapping law and society in Latin America : visions and topics for a new legal cartography / César Rodríguez Garavito --. - 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 --. - 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 --. - Indigenous peoples' rights and the law in Latin America / Rachel Sieder --. - The panorama of pluralist constitutionalism : from multiculturalism to decolonization / Raquel Z. Yrigoyen Fajardo --. - Autonomy and subsidiarity : the int
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