Rather than asking whether legal pluralities are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for women, the starting point of this volume is that legal pluralities are a social fact.
Rather than asking whether legal pluralities are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for women, the starting point of this volume is that legal pluralities are a social fact.
RACHEL SIEDER Across Latin America, women have been at the forefront of indigenous people's struggles, challenging state violence and racial discrimination and demanding respect for their collective rights to group autonomy, ...
Customary Law and Democratic Transition in Guatemala
One of the longest and seemingly most intractable civil wars in Latin America was brought to an end by the signing of the Peace Accords between the Guatemalan government and...
Law has become a core focus of political movements and policy-making. This volume explores the changing legal ideas and practices that accompany, cause, and are a consequence of the judicialization of politics in Latin America.
This volume analyzes the judicial reform processes funded by international donor organizations in Latin America. As billions of dollars are spent on judicial reform, it is pertinent to ask about...
The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press. Brinks, Daniel. 2012. “A Tale of Two Cities: The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Latin America.” In Handbook of Latin American Politics, ...
This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic ...
This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic ...
Esta obra analiza crítica y originalmente las políticas multiculturales neoliberales que se han aplicado en el campo jurídico con relación a los pueblos indígenas durante más de una década en México y Guatemala.