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Cultures of legality : judicialization and political activism in Latin America / Couso, Javier (ed.) ; Huneeus, Alexandra ; Sieder, Rachel - (Cambridge studies in law and society), xii, 287 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U. P., 2010.

ISBN 978-0-521-76723-1

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: PART I : INTRODUCTION:. 1. Cultures of legality: judicialization and political activism in contemporary Latin America, by Alexandra Huneeus, Javier Couso, and Rachel Sieder. PART II: COURTS AND JUDICIALIZATION THORUGH A CULTURAL LENS:. 2. Legal language and social change during Colombia's economic crisis, by Pablo Rueda. 3. How courts work: culture, institutions, and the Brazilian supreme tribunal federal, by Diana Kapiszewski. 4. More power, more rights? The Supreme Court and society in Mexico, by Karina Ansolabehere. 5. High courts and the inter-American court: judicialization, human rights and a tenuous relationship, by Alexandra Huneeus. PART III: JUDICIALIZATION BEYOND THE COURTS:. 6. The transformation of constitutional discourse and the judicialization of politics in Latin America, by Javier Couso. 7. Legal cultures in the (un)rule of law: indigenous rights and juridification in post-conflict Guatemala, by Rachel Sieder. 8. Political activism and the practice of law in Venezuela Manuel, by A. Gomez. 9. The Mapuche people's battle for land: litigation as a strategy to defend indigenous land rights, by Anne Skjævestad. 10. Judicialization in Argentina: legal culture, or opportunities and support structures?, by Catalina Smulovitz. 11. Novel appropriations of the law in the pursuit of political and social change in Latin America, by Pilar Domingo.

INDEX WORDS:
* konstitutionalism = constitutionalism = valtiosääntöistäminen
* rättskultur = legal culture = oikeuskulttuuri
* ursprungsbefolkningar = indigenous peoples = alkuperäiskansat
* interamerikanska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna = Inter-American Court of Human Rights = Inter-Amerikkalainen ihmisoikeustuomioistuin
* NGO = NGO = NGO
* rättsstatsprincip = rule of law = oikeusvaltioperiaate

NOTE (GENERAL): AMR; ADRD;

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