Courts and power in Latin America and Africa / 
Siri Gloppen ... [et al.]. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - xii, 231 páginas :  ilustraciones ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía (p. [197]-215). 
<br/><br/>Introduction : power and accountability in Latin America and Africa -- Accountability functions of courts : a framework for inquiry -- The accountability functions of Latin American courts -- Explaining the rise of accountability functions of Costa Rica´s constitutional court -- The accountability functions of African courts -- Does legal tradition matter? The emerging accountability functions of Mozambican high courts -- Conclusion : multifactor explanations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0230621007 9780230621008 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poder judicial.<br/>Tribunales.<br/>Tribunales.--África.<br/>Tribunales.--América Latina.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>347.01  / C866 2010