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The Politics Of Justice And Justice Reform In Latin America
Linn A. Hammergren
其他書名
The Peruvian Case In Comparative Perspective
出版Avalon Publishing, 1998
主題History / Latin America / GeneralLaw / GeneralLaw / Civil ProcedurePolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American
ISBN08133341879780813334189
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=b0ZOAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Latin America's courts and other justice sector institutions are currently the targets of a region-wide reform process. Shaped by a common intellectual tradition, complaints about sectoral corruption, incompetence, politicization, and sheer irrelevance have encouraged the adoption of remarkably similar remedies; differences in national contexts and reform coalitions have produced marked variations in the results to date. If improvements in functional performance have generally been less than promised, the political uses and implications of justice reform have far exceeded the expectations of its supporters and opponents. Both developments have provoked a reexamination of the conventional reform model and its underlying assumptions about the sector's impact on state building, democratization, and national integration. The Politics of Justice and Justice Reform in Latin America offers an introduction to the traditional roles and operations of Latin American justice systems and the origins, objectives, and potential of contemporary reform efforts. Its detailed focus on the Peruvian experience is complemented by shorter case studies on Colombia, El Salvador, and Costa Rica and comparative examples from numerous other countries. It views justice reform as both a technical and political process, demonstrating how evolving understandings in both areas have increased conflicts over the limits and direction of future change. Because Peru was among the first to attempt the conventional reform package, its past failures and most recent departure into politically dependent sectoral modernization are particularly disturbing. As a purely technical feat, improving sectoral performance has proved more difficult than envisioned, but the greatest and still unresolved task has been redefining the political and socioeconomic bases of institutional powers.The book has special relevance for Peruvianists, but its unique comparative overview of Latin America's orphan branch of government make it a valuable addition to courses on Latin American and comparative politics. Its emphasis on the broader dilemmas posed by sector reform and its analysis of the evolution of reform policy and politics will be of interest to students of comparative legal systems, public policy, and political change in both developed and developing regions.