Judicialization of politics or politicization of the judiciary? Recent trends in Latin America

Democratization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-126

  Domingo, Pilar ^a  

^a Inst Estud de Iberomerica/Portugal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Judicialization; Judiciary; Latin America; Mexico; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CIVIL SOCIETY; LEGAL SYSTEM; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 1342330591     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340412331294152     Document Type: Article

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