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020			_a9781316823514 (ebook) :
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041			_aENG
082			_a347.9728012
245			_aAchilles heel of democracy : _bjudicial autonomy and the rule of law in Central America [electronic resource] _cby Rachel E. Bowen.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource (292 p.)
500			_aTable of contents: Chapter 1. Societally penetrated judiciaries and the democratic rule of law Chapter 2. The evolution of judicial regimes Chapter 3. Costa Rica: a liberal judicial regime Chapter 4. Government control regimes in Central America versus the rule of law Chapter 5. Clandestine control in Guatemala Chapter 6. Partisan systems.
504			_aIncludes appendix A-F and index.
520			_a"Featuring the first in-depth comparison of the judicial politics of five under-studied Central American countries, The Achilles Heel of Democracy offers a novel typology of 'judicial regime types' based on the political independence and societal autonomy of the judiciary. This book highlights the under-theorized influences on the justice system - criminals, activists, and other societal actors, and the ways that they intersect with more overtly political influences. Grounded in interviews with judges, lawyers, and activists, it presents the 'high politics' of constitutional conflicts in the context of national political conflicts as well as the 'low politics' of crime control and the operations of trial-level courts. The book begins in the violent and often authoritarian 1980s in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and spans through the tumultuous 2015 'Guatemalan Spring'; the evolution of Costa Rica's robust liberal judicial regime is traced from the 1950s"
650			_aLaw.
856			_3Cambridge core online _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316823514
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