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Material Type: | Biography |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Linn A Hammergren |
ISBN: | 0271029331 9780271029337 |
OCLC Number: | 318404981 |
Notes: | Incluye índice. |
Description: | 352 p. ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Criminal justice reform : human rights, crime control, and other unlikely bedfellows. -- Judicial modernization : increasing the efficiency and efficacy of court actions. -- Developing a professional, institutionally independent judiciary. -- Access to justice : legal assistance, special courts, alternative dispute resolution and beyond. -- Strengthening the judiciary's role as a check on other branches of government. -- Judicial reform as a problem of focus : why the parts don't add up to a coherent whole. -- Improving the knowledge base for judicial reform programs. -- Toward a new strategic model. -- A political agenda for reforming the reforms. |
Responsibility: | Linn Hammergren. |
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"Lynn Hammergren's outstanding book addresses one of the most important questions in democracy studies today-how to strengthen the rule of law through judicial reform. Her treatment of this subject is original, critical, richly informed, and comprehensive. I recommend the book to practitioners and academic researchers with equal enthusiasm."-Michael Dodson, Texas Christian University "Hammergren's insightful and carefully nuanced criticisms of Latin American judicial reform projects are truly impressive. This book is a tour de force that should be read by anyone interested in judicial reform, as well as by anyone interested in the role of the judiciary in Latin American countries."-Keith S. Rosenn, University of Miami School of Law Read more...

