TY - BOOK AU - Gloppen,Siri TI - Courts and power in Latin America and Africa SN - 0230621007 U1 - 347.01 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Poder judicial KW - Tribunales KW - África KW - América Latina N1 - Incluye bibliografía (p. [197]-215); 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 ER -