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The politics of justice and justice reform in Latin America : the Peruvian case in comparative perspective

Author: Linn A Hammergren
Publisher: Boulder, Colo : Westview Press, 1998.
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Hammergren, Linn A.
Politics of justice and justice reform in Latin America.
Boulder, Colo : Westview Press, 1998
(OCoLC)606951164
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Linn A Hammergren
ISBN: 0813334187 9780813334189
OCLC Number: 37761872
Description: ix, 342 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Justice in Latin America: Some Reflections on Its Problems and the Prospects for Reform --
Latin American Justice: From Neglect to Rediscovery --
Why the Justice Sector? --
Latin American Justice Systems: An Overview --
Setting the Stage for Reform --
Advances in Reform --
The Future of Reform --
The Peruvian Case --
Historical Background --
The Setting --
The Pre and Early Independence Periods --
The Aristocratic State --
The Beginnings of Modernization --
Military Rule: 1968-1980 --
Redemocratization: 1980-1992 --
The Post-Coup Period --
The Justice System: Institutional Overview --
A Preliminary Note on Governmental Organization and the Role of Constitutional Change --
The Judiciary --
Public Ministry --
Legal Defense --
Agrarian and Labor Courts --
Military Courts and the Military --
The National Council of Magistrates --
Tribunal of Constitutional Guarantees --
The Ministry of Justice --
The Ministry of Interior and the Police --
Bar Associations and Law Schools --
The Justice System in Operation: Criminal Justice --
The Investigation and Preparation for Trial --
The Trial --
Appeals --
Proposed Changes: The 1991 and 1994 Draft Procedural Codes --
System Performance and Impact: The Crisis, Its Origins, and the Efforts to Induce Change --
The Traditional System --
The Military Reforms --
Redemocratization: The Politicization of Reform --
The Justice Sector on the Eve of the Autogolpe: Dimensions of a Crisis --
Reform Revisited: New Prospects for Change --
The Fujimori Reforms --
The Early Years: 1992 to 1995.
Responsibility: Linn A. Hammergren.
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