Cultures of legality :  judicialization and political activism in Latin America / 
edited by Javier A. Couso, Alexandra Huneeus, Rachel Sieder. 
 - xii, 287 páginas :  ilustraciones ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in law and society .
 - Cambridge studies in law and society .
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>Cultures of legality : judicialization and political activism in contemporary Latin America / Alexandra Huneeus, Javier Couso, and Rachel Sieder -- Legal language and social change during Colombia´s economic crisis / Pablo Rueda -- How courts work : culture, institutions, and the Brazilian Supremo tribunal federal / Diana Kapiszewski -- More power, more rights? The Supreme Court and society in Mexico / Karina Ansolabehere -- Rejecting the Inter-American Court : judicialization, National Courts,and regional human rights / Alexandra Huneeus -- The transformation of constitutional discourse and the judicialization of politics in Latin America / Javier Couso -- Legal cultures in the (un)rule of law : indigenous rights and juridification in post-conflict Guatemala / Rachel Sieder -- Political activism and the practice of law in Venezuela / Manuel A. Gomez -- The Mapuche people´s battle for land : litigation as a strategy to defend indigenous land rights / Anne Skj´vestad -- Judicialization in Argentina : legal culture, or opportunities and support structures? / Catalina Smulovitz -- Novel appropriations of the law in the pursuit of political and social change in Latin America / Pilar Domingo. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521767237 9780521767231 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Administración de justicia.--América Latina.<br/>Derecho--América Latina.<br/>Tribunales.--América Latina.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>349.8  / C968 2010