Overview
- Uniquely discusses current topics geographically focused on Latin American jurisdictions from a policy perspective
- Includes contributions from 19 well-respected scholars across politics, law, and sociology
- Brings a useful social science perspective to the study of legal phenomena
Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Courts, Constitutionalism and the Inter-American System
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Institutional Development: Policy Implementation and Change
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Institutional Challenges: Integrating Markets and Regulation
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Constitutional Engine Room: Between Individual Autonomy and Collective Self-Government
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Keywords
- constitutionalism
- environmental law
- development
- healthcare
- anti-discrimination laws
- inequality
- gender quotas
- transnational legal process
- American convention on human rights
- Brazilian law
- Colombian law
- Chilean law
- Mexican law
- Venezuelan law
- access to knowledge
- Pact of San Jose
- proceduralisation
- police violence
- latin american politics
About this book
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to law and policy responses to contemporary problems in Latin America, such as human rights violations, regulatory dilemmas, economic inequality, and access to knowledge and medicine. It includes 19 chapters written by sociologists, lawyers, and political scientists on the transformations of courts, institutions and rights protection in Latin America, all of which stem from presentations at conferences in Oxford and UCL organised by the editors. The contributors present original analyses based on rigorous research, innovative case-studies, and interdisciplinary perspectives, all written in an accessible style. Topics include the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, institutional design, financial regulation, competition, discrimination, gender quotas, police violence, orphan works, healthcare, and environmental protection, among others. The book will be of interest to students and scholars interested in policymaking, public law, and development.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pedro Fortes is Associate Professor of Law at FGV Law School, Brazil, and a Public Prosecutor at the Attorney General’s Office of Rio de Janeiro. Author of numerous articles on contemporary Latin American law and policy, he is the editor-in-chief of the FGV Law School series.
Larissa Boratti is a Brazilian qualified lawyer, having practiced with litigation and legal consultancy within environmental law for more than ten years (partner at Ilarraz Advogados). She is also an environmental law lecturer and researcher and is currently a PhD candidate at University College London (funded by CAPES Foundation/Brazil).
Andrés Palacios is a Colombian qualified lawyer, partner of the law firm Estudios Palacios Lleras SAS, and an expert on Antitrust law in Latin America. He has written extensively on the history of antitrust law in Latin America and antitrust theory. He is currently finishing his PhD at University College London.
Tom Gerald Daly is Associate Director ofthe Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law, UK, and a consultant on democracy building, public law and the rule of law. He has published widely on constitutionalism, courts and human rights protection, and is currently Consultant Editor of the Venice Commission Bulletin on Constitutional Case-Law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Law and Policy in Latin America
Book Subtitle: Transforming Courts, Institutions, and Rights
Editors: Pedro Fortes, Larissa Boratti, Andrés Palacios Lleras, Tom Gerald Daly
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56694-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56693-5Published: 04 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56694-2Published: 21 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 354
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Politics, Public Policy, Business Law