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03809cam a2200265 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780415854047 (hardback) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
340.115098 |
| Item number |
LAW- |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Law and society in Latin America : |
| Sub Title |
a new map / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
edited by César Rodríguez-Garavito. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Routledge, |
| Year of publication |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xi, 293p. ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"A GlassHouse book." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
''Legal thought and practice in Latin America has changed dramatically in the last two decades. First : new constitutions or constitutional reforms have marked the transition to democracy of the vast majority of the countries in the region and introduced fundamental institutional innovations, such as judicial review. Second : processes of globalization have had profound impacts on Latin American law. On the one hand, together with the liberalization of national economies, there has been an intensive importation of legal ideas and institutions, from the commercial and financial regulations promoted by the World Bank and World Trade Organization, to the adversarial criminal justice system inspired by the United States. On the other hand, the globalization of human rights has had a fundamental impact as demonstrated by the multiplication of laws, institutions, and public debates about the rights of groups that historically faced discrimination, and about the punishment of serious human rights violations committed by past or present authoritarian governments. After more than twenty years, these and other processes have not only radically altered the institutional landscape of the region, but also produced academic and practical innovations that are of global interest. Law and Society in Latin America offers the first systematic assessment by leading Latin American legal scholars of these momentous transformations, painting a portrait of the new Latin American legal thought for an international audience"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Over the past two decades, legal thought and practice in Latin America has changed dramatically : new constitutions or constitutional reforms have marked a widespread transition to democracy, fundamental institutional innovations have been introduced, and processes of globalization have had profound impacts on Latin American law. Law and Society in Latin America offers the first systematic assessment by leading Latin American legal scholars of the momentous legal and political transformations in the region. Together with the liberalization of national economies, there has been an intensive importation of legal ideas and institutions, from the commercial and financial regulations promoted by the World Bank and World Trade Organization, to the adversarial criminal justice system inspired by the United States. Meanwhile, the globalization of human rights has had a fundamental impact - as demonstrated by the multiplication of laws, institutions, and public debates about the rights of groups that historically faced discrimination, and about the punishment of serious human rights violations committed by past or present authoritarian governments. These and other processes have not only radically altered the institutional landscape of the region, but also produced academic and practical innovations that are of global interest"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Law |
| Geographic subdivision |
Latin America. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Sociological jurisprudence |
| Geographic subdivision |
Latin America. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Law |
| Geographic subdivision |
Latin America |
| General subdivision |
Philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Justice, Administration of |
| Geographic subdivision |
Latin America. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
LAW / General. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
LAW / International. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rodríguez-Garavito, César A., |
| Relator term |
editor. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
