Renegotiating 'law and order': Judicial reform and citizen responses in post-war Guatemala

Democratization

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 137-160

  Sieder, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEGAL SYSTEM; POST-WAR; REFORM PROCESS;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0344155209     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340312331294067     Document Type: Article

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