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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... attention. Furthermore, whereas in Latin America, a usually abysmal public image has not affected an escalating demand for court services, in the former Soviet region the problem has more often been convincing people to use the courts ...
... attention to some of them and to the issues they raise, individually and collectively, it can encourage the knowledge managers to take their responsibilities more seriously. Academics writing on the topic have made the effort, despite ...
... attention to this problem. 15. Although many countries have improved their public defense services, the number of defenders remains inadequate. As of late 2005, Peru had fewer than 300 state-financed defenders for its population of 24 ...
... attention afterward; • Police reform, especially, but not wholly, in the investigative areas and relations with prosecutors; • Measures to simplify and rationalize courtroom procedures; • Infrastructure and equipment to support the new ...
... attention given to them and thus the results. One recurring question is the extent to which new codes can be effectively implanted absent broader changes in the courts and other implementing institutions. This is the last item on 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 |