| Description |
ix, 357 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Problems of lawless violence : introduction / Juan E. Mendez -- Torture and conditions of detention in Latin America / Nigel S. Rodley -- Comments on Rodley / Ligia Bolivar O. -- Defining the role of the police in Latin America / Paul Chevigny -- Comments in Chevigny / Jean-Paul Brodeur -- Rule of law and the underprivileged in Latin America : a rural perspective / Roger Plant -- Overcoming discrimination : introduction / Rebecca J. Cook -- Indigenous peoples and the rule of law in Latin America : do they have a chance? / Jorge Dandler -- Comments on Dandler / Shelton H. Davis -- Overcoming the discrimination against women in Mexico : a task for Sisyphus / Mariclaire Acosta -- Comments on Acosta / Dorothy Q. Thomas -- Color and the rule of law in Brazil / Peter Fry -- Comments on Fry / Joan Dassin -- Institutional reform, including access to justice : introduction / Juan E. Mendez -- International aspects of current efforts at judicial reform : undermining justice in Haiti / Reed Brody -- Comments on Brody and a discussion of international reform efforts / Leonardo Franco -- Judicial reforms in Latin America : good news for the underprivileged? / Jorge Correa Sutil -- Access to justice for the poor in Latin America / Alejandro M. Garro -- Polyarchies and the (un)rule of law in Latin America : a partial conclusion / Guillermo O'Donnell. |
| Subject |
Rule of law -- Latin America.
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Latin America.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Latin America.
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| Added Author |
Mendez, Juan E.
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O'Donnell, Guillermo A.
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Pinheiro, Paulo Sergio de M. S.
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Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
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| Added Title |
Unrule of law and the underprivileged in Latin America |
| ISBN |
0268043027 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0268043019 (cl : alk. paper) |
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