Judging policy
Subtitle: courts and policy reform in democratic Brazil
By: Matthew M. Taylor.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780804758116
Subjects: Justice, Administration of -- Brazil -- History.; Appellate courts -- Brazil -- History.; Political questions and judicial power -- Brazil.; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Courts and public policy reform in Brazil; title: The puzzling policy influence of Brazil's federal courts; title: Policy type and judicial contestation; title: The Supreme Federal Tribunal and veto players in Brazilian politics; title: Judicial contestation of policy : political parties; title: Judicial contestation of policy : the OAB; title: Courts in the policy process : pension reform in cross-national perspective.