The Judiciary as a Political Institution in Latin America

Session Submission Type: LASA Section Panel

Abstract

The emphasis on the “rule of law” of introduced into the discussions of the “third wave” of democracy in Latin America have led to interest in the study of the judiciary from an institutional (rather than a formal-legalistic) perspective. This panel takes a variety of institutional approaches to the study of the judiciary in Latin America, broadly united in efforts to look at the formal and informal institutions that operate within the judiciary and bind it to the other democratic institutions.

Sub Track

• Section Sessions

Session Organizer

• Miguel Centellas, University of Mississippi

Chair

• Miguel Centellas, University of Mississippi

Individual Presentations

• Beyond the Façade: Institutional Engineering and Potemkin Courts in Latin America, 1975-2009 - Daniel M Brinks, University of Texas/Austin

• The Role of the Judiciary in Uruguayan Politics - Daniel Buquet Corleto, Universidad de la República

• Judicial Review in Paraguay - Andrea Castagnola, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)

• When the Rule of Law Is Not the Rule of Law: The Action of Unconstitutionality in Paraguay - Diego Abente Brun, Centro de Estudios y Difusión de la Economía Paraguaya