The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America

Introduction:The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America; R.Sieder, L.Schjolden& A.Angell Judicialization of Politics: The Changing Political Role of the Judiciary in Mexico; P.Domingo Changing Dynamics:The Political Impact of Costa Rica's Constitutional Court; B.M.Wilson The Judicialization of Politics in Colombia: The Old and the New; M.José Cepeda Espinosa The Judicialization of Chilean Politics: The Rights Revolution That Never Was; J.A.Couso Judicialization and Regime Transformation: The Venezuelan Supreme Court; R.Pérez-Perdomo Petitioning and Creating Rights: Judicialization in Argentina; C.Smulovitz Community Justice Institutions and Judicialization: Lessons from Rural Peru; J.Faundez Private Conflicts, Public Powers: Domestic Violence in the Courts in Latin America; F.Macaulay Constitutionalism, the expansion of Justice and the Judicialization of Politics in Brazil; R.B.Arantes The Transnational Dimension of the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America; K.Sikkink Afterword; G.O'Donnell