Utilizing case studies of seven Latin American countries, this book reassesses the role of legal institutions in the politics of the region.

Latin America was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of what has come to be known as the judicialization of politics - the use of law and legal

Judicializing Everything? focuses on judicial decision-making in parliamentary states that have recently adopted bills of rights.

In countries and supranational entities around the globe, constitutional reform has transferred an unprecedented amount of power from representative institution

During the last two decades the judiciary has come to play an increasingly important political role in Latin America. Constitutional courts and supreme courts a