The (Un)Rule of Law and the Underprivileged in Latin America,9780268043025

The (Un)Rule of Law and the Underprivileged in Latin America

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ISBN13: 9780268043025
ISBN10: 0268043027
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Table of Contents

Preface VII
Ernest Bartell
Guillermo O'Donnell
The Rule of Law and the Underprivileged in Latin America: Introduction 1(18)
Paulo Sergio Pinheiro
Part I Problems of Lawless Violence
Problems of Lawless Violence: Introduction
19(6)
Juan E. Mendez
Torture and Conditions of Detention in Latin America
25(17)
Nigel S. Rodley
Comments on Rodley
42(7)
Ligia Bolivar O.
Defining the Role of the Police in Latin America
49(22)
Paul Chevigny
Comments on Chevigny
71(16)
Jean-Paul Brodeur
The Rule of Law and the Underprivileged in Latin America: A Rural Perspective
87(22)
Roger Plant
Part II Overcoming Discrimination
Overcoming Discrimination: Introduction
109(7)
Rebecca J. Cook
Indigenous Peoples and the Rule of Law in Latin America: Do They Have a Chance?
116(36)
Jorge Dandler
Comments on Dandler
152(8)
Shelton H. Davis
Overcoming the Discrimination against Women in Mexico: A Task for Sisyphus
160(21)
Mariclaire Acosta
Comments on Acosta
181(5)
Dorothy Q. Thomas
Color and the Rule of Law in Brazil
186(25)
Peter Fry
Comments on Fry
211(10)
Joan Dassin
Part III Institutional Reform, Including Access to Justice
Institutional Reform, Including Access to Justice: Introduction
221(6)
Juan E. Mendez
International Aspects of Current Efforts at Judicial Reform: Undermining Justice in Haiti
227(16)
Reed Brody
Comments on Brody and a Discussion of International Reform Efforts
243(12)
Leonardo Franco
Judicial Reforms in Latin America: Good News for the Underprivileged?
255(23)
Jorge Correa Sutil
Access to Justice for the Poor in Latin America
278(25)
Alejandro M. Garro
Polyarchies and the (Un)Rule of Law in Latin America: A Partial Conclusion
303(36)
Guillermo O'Donnell
Appendix 339(4)
Contributors 343(4)
Index 347

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