Courts and power in Latin America and Africa
By: Siri Gloppen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Gloppen, Siri.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230621008
Subjects: Courts; Courts -- Latin America; Courts -- Africa; Judicial power
Table of contents: title: Introduction : power and accountability in Latin America and Africa; title: Courts accountability functions : a framework for inquiry; title: The accountability functions of Latin American courts; title: Explaining the rise of accountability functions of Costa Rica's constitutional court; title: The accountability functions of African courts; title: Does legal tradition matter? the emerging accountability functions of Mozambican high courts; title: Conclusion : multi-factor explanations.