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Judicial Reform as Political Insurance: Argentina, Peru, and Mexico in the 1990s

Judicial Reform as Political Insurance: Argentina, Peru, and Mexico in the 1990s

Finkel, Jodi S.

Paperback

Series: Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development

General Latin American HistoryGeneral Political ScienceUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0268028877
ISBN13: 9780268028879
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: May 1 2008
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.09
Language: English

During the 1990s, judicial reform swept Latin America. While some of the region's supreme courts have been able to exercise increased power as a result of these reforms, others have not. Why do some instances of judicial reform appear to be leading to the development of a powerful judiciary while others have failed to do so? In this careful analysis, Jodi S. Finkel investigates judicial reform in Argentina, Mexico, and Peru. She suggests that while ruling parties can be induced to initiate judicial reforms by introducing constitutional revisions, they often prove unwilling to implement these constitutional changes by enacting required legislation.

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