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  • The Law As a Conversation among Equals

    by Roberto Gargarella ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
    In a time of disenchantment with democracy, massive social protests and the 'erosion' of the system of checks and balances, this book proposes to reflect upon the main problems of our constitutional democracies from a particular regulative ideal: that of the conversation among equals. It examines the structural character of the current democratic crisis, and the way in which, from its origins, ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Latin America

    Edited by Roberto Gargarella, Conrado Hübner Mendes, Sebastián Guidi ...
    Constitutional law in Latin America embodies a mosaic of national histories, political experiments, and institutional transitions. No matter how distinctive these histories and transitions might be, there are still commonalities that transcend the mere geographical contiguity of these countries. This Handbook depicts the constitutional landscape of Latin America by shedding light on its most ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • The Latin American Casebook

    Courts, Constitutions, and Rights

    Edited by Juan F. Gonzalez-Bertomeu, Roberto Gargarella ...
    Traditionally relegated because of political pressure and public expectations, courts in Latin America are increasingly asserting a stronger role in public and political discussions. This casebook takes account of this phenomenon, by offering a rigorous and up-to-date discussion of constitutional adjudication in Latin America in recent decades. Bringing to the forefront the development of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Constituent Assemblies

    Edited by Jon Elster, Roberto Gargarella, Vatsal Naresh, Bjørn Erik Rasch ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
    Comparative constitutional law has a long pedigree, but the comparative study of constitution-making has emerged and taken form only in the last quarter-century. While much of the initial impetus came from the study of the American and French constituent assemblies in the late eighteenth century, this volume exemplifies the large comparative scope of current research. The contributors discuss ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America

    A Janus-Faced Paradigm?

    by Steve Dobransky, Rosario Figari Layus, Roberto Gargarella, Cecília MacDowell Santos, Jesus Peña, Renan Quinalha, Percy Rojas, Debbie Sharnak, Laura Tejero, Edson Teles ...
    Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America presents a nuanced and evidence-based discussion of both the acceptance and co-optation of the transitional justice framework and its potential abuses in the context of the struggle to keep the memory of the past alive and hold perpetrators accountable within Latin America and beyond. The contributors argue that “transitional ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies

    An Institutional Voice for the Poor?

    by Roberto Gargarella, Theunis Roux ...
    Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies. With a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritarian regimes or in the context of fragile state control, the authors assess the role of judicial processes in altering (or ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Litigating Health Rights

    Can Courts Bring More Justice to Health?

    by Paola Bergallo, Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz, Roberto Gargarella, Ottar Maestad, Ole Fritjof Norheim, Sharanjeet Parmar, Oscar Parra-Vera, Lise Rakner, Mindy Jane Roseman, Namita Wahi, Bruce M. Wilson ...
    Series series Human rights practice series
    The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This volume examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes case studies from Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Democratization and the Judiciary

    The Accountability Function of Courts in New Democracies

    Edited by Roberto Gargarella, Siri Gloppen, Elin Skaar ...
    Series series Democratization and Autocratization Studies
    This title examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa, focusing on their ability to hold political power-holders accountable when they act outside their constitutionally defined powers. The book also issues a warning: there are problems inherent in the current global move towards strong constitutional government, where increasingly strong powers are placed ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Legal Foundations of Inequality

    Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776–1860

    by Roberto Gargarella ...
    Series Book 8 - Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy
    The long revolutionary movements that gave birth to constitutional democracies in the Americas were founded on egalitarian constitutional ideals. They claimed that all men were created equal with similar capacities and also that the community should become self-governing. Following the first constitutional debates that took place in the region, these promising egalitarian claims, which gave ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law

    Edited by Mark Tushnet, Thomas Fleiner, Cheryl Saunders ...
    The Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law is an advanced level reference work which surveys the current state of constitutional law. Featuring new, specially commissioned papers by a range of leading scholars from around the world, it offers a comprehensive overview of the field as well as identifying promising avenues for future research. The book presents the key issues in constitutional law ... Read more

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  • Colombian Constitutional Law

    Leading Cases

    by David Landau, Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa ...
    This book provides in English the case law of the Colombian Constitutional Court, which has become one of the most creative and important courts of the global south and the world since its creation in 1991. It offers concise and carefully chosen extracts of the Court's most important cases, along with notes and introductory materials to place them in historical and comparative context. The book ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • Courts in Latin America

    Edited by Gretchen Helmke, Julio Rios-Figueroa ...
    To what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing together today's leading scholars of judicial politics. Drawing on examples from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica and Bolivia, the authors demonstrate that there is widespread variation in the performance of Latin America's ... Read more

    $43.49 USD