Shifting legal visions : judicial change and human rights trials in Latin America /
"What explains the success of criminal prosecutions against former Latin American officials accused of human rights violations? Why did some judiciaries evolve from unresponsive bureaucracies into protectors of victim rights? Using a theory of judicial action inspired by sociological institutio...
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| Formato: | Libro |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2017, c2016.
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| Edición: | 1st paperback ed. |
| Colección: | Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Aporte de: | Registro referencial: Solicitar el recurso aquí |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From unresponsive to responsive judiciaries
- Legal preferences and strategic litigation : a theory of judicial change
- Argentina : pedagogical interventions and replacement strategies in the struggle for human rights
- Peru : pedagogical interventions and human rights trials in unfriendly territory
- Mexico : an untamed judiciary and the failure of criminal prosecutions
- Comparative perspectives on the problem of legal preferences.