Diana Kapiszewski is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her PhD dissertation won the American Political Science Association's Edward S. Corwin Award for best dissertation in public law. Her articles have appeared in Perspectives on Politics, PS: Political Science and Politics, Law and Society Review, and Law and Social Inquiry.

• 1. High court-elected branch institutions in Latin America; 2. Setting the scene: Latin America's triple transition and the judicialization of economic governance; 3. Politicization and the political court in Argentina; 4. Professionalism and the statesman court in Brazil; 5. The political court and high court submission and inter-branch confrontation in Argentina; 6. The statesman court and inter-branch accommodation in Brazil; 7. Conclusions and implications.

'This is a wonderful book - meticulously crafted, with close attention to methods and concept formation, presenting a nuanced and persuasive argument. Kapiszewski's analysis places the strategic calculus of courts within their historical and institutional contexts, ultimately producing an account that feels more true to the way judges actually decide and the way politicians interact with their courts. Her argument incorporates what is unique about courts as legal institutions, while remaining fully political in its analysis. An excellent addition to the burgeoning comparative judicial politics literature.' Daniel M. Brinks, University of Texas, Austin