the justice complex in Latin America Ingram, Matthew editor Kapiszewski, Diana editor text bibliography inu Notre Dame, Indiana University of Notre Dame Press 2019 monographic eng viii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. "Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America is a much-needed volume that will make a significant contribution to the growing fields of comparative law and politics and Latin American legal institutions. The book moves these research agendas beyond the study of high courts by offering theoretically and conceptually rich empirical analyses of a set of critical supranational, national, and subnational justice sector institutions that are generally neglected in the literature. The chapters examine the region's large federal systems (Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico), courts in Chile and Venezuela, and the main supranational tribunal in the region, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Aimed at students of comparative legal institutions while simultaneously offering lessons for practitioners charged with designing such institutions, the volume advances our understanding of the design of justice institutions, how their form and function change over time, what causes those changes, and what consequences they have. The volume also pays close attention to how justice institutions function as a system, exploring institutional interactions across branches and among levels of government (subnational, national, supranational) and analyzing how they help to shape, and are shaped by, politics and law. Incorporating the institutions examined in the volume into the literature on comparative legal institutions deepens our understanding of justice systems and how their component institutions can both bolster and compromise democracy and the rule of law. Contributors: Matthew C. Ingram, Diana Kapiszewski, Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar, Ernani Carvalho, Natalia Leitão, Catalina Smulovitz, John Seth Alexander, Robert Nyenhuis, Sídia Maria Porto Lima, Jose Mario Wanderley Gomes Neto, Danilo Pacheco Fernandes, Louis Dantas de Andrade, Mary L. Volcansek, and Martin Shapiro"-- beyond high courts / Matthew C. Ingram and Diana Kapiszewski -- Reforms to the public prosecutor's office in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico : the role of justice sector interest groups -- Operationalizing and measuring prosecutorial independence : the Brazilian case -- Public defense and access to justice in a federal context : who gets what, and how, in the Argentinean provinces -- Judging elections : electoral courts and democracy in Latin America's federal systems -- The Electoral Court and party politics in Brazil -- Watching the watchmen : the role of the Brazilian Supreme Court's Chief Justice in checking lower court activism -- Judicial councils in Mexico : design, roles, and origins at the national and subnational levels -- Transnational protection of human rights in Latin America -- Comparative law and courts studies : some reflections and directions. edited by Matthew C. Ingram, Diana Kapiszewski. Includes bibliographical references and index. cl----- Courts Latin America Tribunales América Latina Justice, Administration of Latin America Administración de justicia América Latina KG 495 B573 2019 347.8/01 LAW016000 LAW025000 HIS024000 9780268102838 (pdf) 9780268102845 (epub) 2017036540 BJBSDDR 170731 20231101154126.0 19855120 eng