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dc.contributor.authorMARTINEZ BARAHONA, Elena
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-22T15:45:15Z
dc.date.available2010-02-22T15:45:15Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationSaarbrücken, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009en
dc.identifier.isbn3836499576
dc.identifier.isbn9783836499576
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/13375
dc.description.abstractUntil recently, Courts were not an important component of political science research on Latin America. The quantity of research on the judiciary does not compare even remotely to the vast literature on others institutions. However, despite the relative inattention to their role, courts are institutions whose performance has concrete and relevant effects on the socio-political system. Indeed, Courts have currently emerged as active participants in the political process offering new opportunities to citizens, social movements, interest groups, and politicians. Focusing on three countries of Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala), this book illustrates how far the political system in these countries is shaped in significant ways by the role of Courts as political institutions. Throughout a comparative approach, this study offers what may be the first cross-national analysis explicitly designed to serve as a comprehensive measure of the political role of High Courts.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVDM Verlag Dr. Mülleren
dc.titleSeeking the Political Role of the Third Government Branch: A comparative approach to High Courts in Central Americaen
dc.typeBooken
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dc.description.versionPublished version of EUI PhD thesis, 2007en


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