Envisioning Reform: Conceptual and Practical Obstacles to Improving Judicial Performance in Latin AmericaJudicial reform became an important part of the agenda for development in Latin America early in the 1980s, when countries in the region started the process of democratization. Connections began to be made between judicial performance and market-based growth, and development specialists turned their attention to “second generation” institutional reforms. Although considerable progress has been made already in strengthening the judiciary and its supporting infrastructure (police, prosecutors, public defense counsel, the private bar, law schools, and the like), much remains to be done. Linn Hammergren’s book aims to turn the spotlight on the problems in the movement toward judicial reform in Latin America over the past two decades and to suggest ways to keep the movement on track toward achieving its multiple, though often conflicting, goals. After Part I’s overview of the reform movement’s history since the 1980s, Part II examines five approaches that have been taken to judicial reform, tracing their intellectual origins, historical and strategic development, the roles of local and international participants, and their relative success in producing positive change. Part III builds on this evaluation of the five partial approaches by offering a synthetic critique aimed at showing how to turn approaches into strategies, how to ensure they are based on experiential knowledge, and how to unite separate lines of action. |
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... actions against political leaders. Change in socioeconomic identity of users, decisions upholding constitutional ... action groups, sometimes elements of local bar or judiciary Political parties, civic groups, external actors Government ...
... actions that have been taken elsewhere, at best justifying their presence by a vague reference to “lessons of experience.” Some of the most common activities—training, adr, and automation—are the worst offenders, where any organization ...
... actions and leaving others to administrative officials. Police and prosecutors often have. 6. For an overview of the European variants, see Damaska (1997), Fennell et al. (1995), Fionda (1995), Freccero (1994), Jacob et al. (1996) ...
... actions. The discussion in this chapter focuses on two versions of judicial modernization strategy: that seeking modernization “for its own sake,” a frequent goal of judiciaries, and efforts to augment the efficiency and efficacy of ...
... action from the parties. In a recent visit to an Argentine federal court, in the city of Buenos Aires, we saw an estimated 13,000 civil case files piled on every available flat surface in the courtroom. Not surprisingly, most of the ...
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Envisioning Reform: Improving Judicial Performance in Latin America Linn Hammergren Limited preview - 2010 |
Envisioning Reform: Improving Judicial Performance in Latin America Linn A. Hammergren No preview available - 2007 |