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Constitutionalism of the Global South
The Indian Supreme Court, the South African Constitutional Court and the Colombian Constitutional Court have been among the most important and creative courts in the Global South. In Asia, Africa and Latin America, they are seen as activist tribunals that have contributed (or attempted to contribute) to the structural transformation of the public and private spheres of their countries. The cases issued by these courts are creating a constitutionalism of the Global South. This book addresses in a direct and detailed way the jurisprudence of these Courts on three key topics: access to justice, cultural diversity and socioeconomic rights. This volume is a valuable contribution to the discussion about the contours and structure of contemporary constitutionalism. It makes explicit that this discussion has interlocutors both in the Global South and Global North while showing the common discourse between them and the differences on how they interpret and solve key constitutional problems.
Punishment in Latin America
Challenging the Northern-centric approach that has dominated the literature on punishment-and-society, this collection draws on innovative theoretical perspectives to make sense of punishment, penal trends, institutions and practices in peripheral settings, taking Latin American countries as its case studies.
Carceral Communities in Latin America
This book gathers the very best academic research to date on prison regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Grounded in solid ethnographic work, each chapter explores the informal dynamics of prisons in diverse territories and countries of the region – Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic – while theorizing how day-to-day life for the incarcerated has been forged in tandem between prison facilities and the outside world. The editors and contributors to this volume ask: how have fastest-rising incarceration rates in the world affected civilians’ lives in different national contexts? How do groups of prisoners form broader and mor...
The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South
The first comprehensive collection of its kind, this handbook addresses the problem of knowledge production in criminology, redressing the global imbalance with an original focus on the Global South. Issues of vital criminological research and policy significance abound in the Global South, with important implications for South/North relations as well as global security and justice. In a world of high speed communication technologies and fluid national borders, empire building has shifted from colonising territories to colonising knowledge. The authors of this volume question whose voices, experiences, and theories are reflected in the discipline, and argue that diversity of discourse is mor...
Colombian Peasants in the Neoliberal Age
Presenting the historical, socioeconomic, political, and security conditions experienced by three peasant communities, Colombian Peasants in the Neoliberal Age provides readers with the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of Colombia's peasants currently available. Nazih F. Richani examines their adaptive strategies and resistance to subsumption processes and the prospects for the sustainability of their modes of production, culture, and livelihood. In addition, he explores each communities' level of agency that has allowed them to respond to the encroachments of rentier economy by devising adaptive strategies and building collaborative networks, forging new partners at the national...
Democratization and the Judiciary
Introduction : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar Judicial review in developed democracies / Martin Shapiro How some reflections on the United States' experience may inform African efforts to build court systems and the rule of law / Jennifer Widner The constitutional court and control of presidential extraordinary powers in Colombia / Rodrigo Uprimny The politics of judicial review in Chile in the era of domestic transition, 1990-2002 / Javier A. Couso Legitimating transformation : political resource allocation in the South African constitutional court / Theunis Roux The accountability function of courts in Tanzania and Zambia / Siri Gloppen Renegotiating "law and order" : judicial reform and citizen responses in post-war Guatemala / Rachel Sieder Economic reform and judicial governance in Brazil : balancing independence with accountability / Carlos Santiso In search of a democratic justice what courts should not do : Argentina, 1983-2002 / Roberto Gargarella Lessons learned and the way forward / Irwin P. Stotzky.
Derecho laboral para el nuevo tiempo
Las relaciones laborales han variado desde la expedición del Código Sustantivo del Trabajo; por esta razón, es oportuno repensar y analizar el nuevo derecho laboral y de la seguridad social. Así, más allá de la división tradicional entre derecho laboral individual, colectivo y de la seguridad social, este libro propone abordarlos de una manera transversal y desde de ciertos contextos. El libro está dividido en cuatro grandes partes. La primera aborda el desarrollo particular de la relación laboral; la segunda da una mirada a esa relación laboral pero en escenarios particulares; la tercera analiza la relación laboral desde el punto de vista de los actores y la última expone algunas problemáticas que plantea la seguridad social.
PROCESSOS ESTRUTURAIS NO SUL GLOBAL
Cerca de dez anos separam os primeiros estudos de processo estrutural no Brasil dos últimos, como este fruto de obra coletiva agora prefaciada, intitulada Processos Estruturais no Sul Global. Acaso contarmos a primeira tradução de Owen Fiss1 – Um novo processo civil: estudos norte-americanos sobre jurisdição -, e contabilizando os trabalhos envolvendo processo civil de interesse público, que culminaram no projeto de lei 8.058/14, o marco temporal referido seria alargado, mas não muito. Isso significa que, em pouco tempo em termos de história, muito se caminhou, e não foi uma caminhada desorientada, mas paulatina e com um objetivo bastante delimitado, qual seja, o da melhoria de condições sociais de uma população ainda sedenta por exercer seus direitos minimamente garantidos pela Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil.
Metodologías de investigación jurídica : experiencias y desafíos del oficio de investigar en derecho
A pesar de que existen numerosas publicaciones que estudian la metodología en el campo jurídico, son muchos más los textos de derecho que abordan la discusión directa de los contenidos. Ante el evidente predominio bibliográfico del qué sobre el cómo, varios profesores y profesoras de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de los Andes decidieron escribir Metodologías de investigación jurídica para preguntarse cómo realizan, aprenden y reflexionan acerca de las investigaciones que componen sus propias agendas académicas, incluyendo las dimensiones teóricas, prácticas y éticas allí presentes. Así, esta obra se ubica en el universo de las formas metodológicas que suelen acom...
Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?
Nations around the world are facing various crises of ineffective government. Basic governmental functions—protecting rights, preventing violence, and promoting material well-being—are compromised, leading to declines in general welfare, in the enjoyment of rights, and even in democracy itself. This innovative collection, featuring analyses by leaders in the fields of constitutional law and politics, highlights the essential role of effective government in sustaining democratic constitutionalism. The book explores “effective government” as a right, principle, duty, and interest, situating questions of governance in debates about negative and positive constitutionalism. In addition to providing new conceptual approaches to the connections between rights and governance, the volume also provides novel insights into government institutions, including courts, legislatures, executives, and administrative bodies, as well as the media and political parties. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in constitutionalism, comparative law, governance, democracy, the rule of law, and rights.
