The ( un)rule of law and the underprivileged in Latin America
By: edited by Juan E. Méndez, Guillermo O'Donnell, and Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro.
Contributors: Méndez, Juan E.; O'Donnell, Guillermo A.; Pinheiro, Paulo Sérgio de M. S.; Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Rule of law -- Latin America.; Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Latin America.; Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Latin America.
Other titles: Unrule of law and the underprivileged in Latin America
Description: This thorough discussion of "democracies with truncated citizenship" in Latin America depicts and considers overcoming various kinds of violence and discrimination and analyzes various avenues to institutional judicial reform. The main conclusion, reached after detailed analyses of various kinds of issues and underprivileged groups, is that the democratic rule of law is both a worthy and difficult goal still to be achieved.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.