Law and Policy in Latin
America:
Transforming Courts,
Institutions, and Rights
by Pedro Fortes (Editor),
Larissa Boratti (Editor), Andrés Palacios Lleras (Editor), Tom Gerald Daly
(Editor)
This book offers a
comprehensive introduction to law and policy responses to contemporary problems
in Latin America, such as human rights violations, regulatory dilemmas,
economic inequality, and access to knowledge and medicine. It includes 19
chapters written by sociologists, lawyers, and political scientists on the
transformations of courts, institutions and rights protection in Latin America,
all of which stem from presentations at conferences in Oxford and UCL organised
by the editors. The contributors present original analyses based on rigorous
research, innovative case-studies, and interdisciplinary perspectives, all
written in an accessible style. Topics include the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights, institutional design, financial regulation, competition,
discrimination, gender quotas, police violence, orphan works, healthcare, and
environmental protection, among others. The book will be of interest to
students and scholars interested in policymaking, public law, and development.
