The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America

Inequality and the Rule of Law

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvDaniel M. Brinks,Austin) Brinks, Daniel M. (University of Texas

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This book documents the corrosive effect of social exclusion on democracy and the rule of law. It shows how marginalization prevents citizens from effectively engaging even the best legal systems, how politics creeps into prosecutorial and judicial decision making, and how institutional change is often nullified by enduring contextual factors. It also shows how some institutional arrangements can overcome these impediments. The argument is based on extensive field work and original data on the investigation and prosecution of more than 500 police homicides in five legal systems in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. It includes both qualitative analyses of individual violations and prosecutions and quantitative analyses of broad patterns within and across jurisdictions. The book offers a structured comparison of police, prosecutorial, and judicial institutions in each location, and shows that analyses of any one of these organizations in isolation misses many of the essential dynamics that underlie an effective system of justice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-07-19
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor302
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781107405097

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1. Effectiveness and inequality in the legal system; 2. Charting injustice in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay; 3. Informational and normative shifts across jurisdictions; 4. Buenos Aires - political interference and informational dependence; 5. Sao Paolo - normative autonomy and informational failures; 6. Uruguay - strong results from a weak system; 7. Cordoba - high levels of inequality in a strong system; 8. Salvador da Bahia - social cleansing under political and judicial indifference; 9. Binding leviathan.

'Daniel M. Brinks's The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America represents an important contribution to the growing literature on the rule of law in nascent democracies. … Brinks's skillful use of in-depth case studies is impressive. … Brinks argues convincingly that any legal system is a reflection of deeply rooted social hierarchies. … Brinks's innovative use of the notion of 'legal tolls' is particularly compelling. … Brinks's book is a welcome contribution to our understanding of the impact of social marginalisation on the rule of law. … The book's scope makes it a valuable addition to the scholarship on the rule of law not only in Latin American but across the developing world.' The Review of Politics

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