Judging from a guilty conscience: The chilean judiciary's human rights turn

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-135

  Huneeus, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950146817     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2009.01179.x     Document Type: Article

References (90)

1. Ackerman Bruce. The Rise of World Constitutionalism. Virginia Law Review 1997, 83:771-97.
2. Atria Fernando. La Hora del Derecho: Los Derechos Humanos entre la Política y el Derecho [The Hour of Law: Human Rights Between Politics and Law]. Estudios Publicos 2003, 9:45-89.
3. Baum Lawrence. Judges and Their Audiences: A Perspective on Judicial Behavior 2006, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press
4. Baxi Uprenda. The Indian Supreme Court and Politics 1980, Lucknow, India, Eastern Book Company
5. Chile Promises Action on Pinochet. 1998, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/223733.stm, BBC Online Network, November 28. (accessed July 2, 2009
6. Campbell John L. Institutional Change and Globalization 2004, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press
7. Juicios: más de mil imputados por crímenes de lesa humanidad [Prosecutions: more than one thousand charged with crimes against humanity]. 2008, http://www.cels.org.ar/documentos/index.php?info=detalleDoc&ids=3&lang=es&ss=&idc=663, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales [Center for Legal and Social Studies], July 25. (accessed August 29, 2009
8. Encuesta Nacional, September [National Survey, September]. 2008, http://www.cerc.cl/Encuestas.htm, Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Contemporánea [Center for the Study of Contemporary Reality], (accessed July 2, 2009
9. Conant Lisa. Individuals, Courts, and the Development of European Social Rights. Comparative Political Studies 2006, 39(1):76-100.
10. Collins Cath. Post Transitional Justice: Legal Strategies and Accountability in Chile and El Salvador. PhD diss. 2005, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London
11. Collins Cath. Grounding Global Justice: International Networks and Domestic Human Rights Accountability in Chile and El Salvador. Journal of Latin American Studies 2006, 38:711-38.
12. Collins Cath. Human Rights Trials in Chile during and after the " Pinochet Years.": International Journal of Transitional Justice. Forthcoming
13. Couso Javier. The Politics of Judicial Review in Chile in the Era of Democratic Transition, 1990-2002. Democratization and the Judiciary: The Accountability Function of Courts in the New Democracies 2004, 70-91. Gloppen SiriGargarella RobertoSkaar Elin. In, ed., Portland, OR, Frank Cass Publishers
14. Couso Javier. The Judicialization of Chilean Politics: The Rights Revolution That Never Was. The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America 2005, 105-29. Sieder RachelSchjholden LineAngell Alan. In, ed., New York, Palgrave Macmillan
15. Couso Javier, Hilbink Lisa. Is Change on Its Way in Chile? 2009, Institutional Reforms and New Developments in Rights Adjudication in Chile. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, May 28-31, 2009, in Denver, Colorado
16. Damaska Mirjan. Faces of Justice and State Authority: A Comparative Approach to the Legal Process 1986, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press
17. Dyzenhaus David. Judging the Judges, Judging Ourselves: Truth, Reconciliation and the Apartheid Legal Order 1998, Oxford, Hart Publishing
18. Edelman Lauren. Rivers of Law and Contested Terrain: A Law and Society Approach to Economic Rationality. Law and Society Review 2004, 38(2):181-98.
19. Espejo Nicolthomampers. Informe de Derechos Humanos 2008 [Human Rights Report 2008] 2009, http://www.udp.cl/derecho/derechoshumanos/informesddhh/informe_08/Introduccion.pdf, ed., Santiago, Universidad Diego Portales, (accessed July 1, 2009
20. Epp Charles. The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective 1998, Chicago, University of Chicago Press
21. Ewick Patricia, Silbey Susan. The Common Place of Law: Stories from Everyday Life 1998, Chicago, Chicago University Press
22. Friedman Lawrence M. The Legal System: A Social Science Perspective 1975, New York, Russell Sage Foundation
23. Fruhling Hugo. Poder Judicial y Política en Chile. La Administración de Justicia en América Latina [The Administration of Justice in Latin America] 1980, 85-104. de Belaúnde Javier. In, ed., Lima, Consejo Latinoamericano de Derecho y Desarrollo
24. Fuenzalida Edmundo. Law and Legal Culture in Chile, 1974-1999. Legal Culture in the Age of Globalization 2003, 108-33. Friedman LawrencePerez Rogelio. In, ed., Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press
25. Balance FASIC en materia de Derechos Humanos en Chile 2005 [FASIC report on human rights matters in Chile 2005]. 2005, http://www.fasic.org/doc/bal2005.htm, Fundación de Ayuda Social de las Iglesias Cristianas [Foundation of the Christian Churches for Social Work], (accessed July 5, 2009
26. Garreton Roberto. Statement of Ambassador Roberto Garreton. The Pinochet Papers: The Case of Augusto Pinochet in Spain and Britain 2000, 211-18. Brody ReedRatner Michael. In, ed., The Hague, Kluwer
27. Guarnieri Carlo, Pederzola Patrizia. The Power of Judges: A Comparative Study of Courts and Democracy 2002, Oxford, Oxford University Press
28. Guzmán Juan. En el borde del mundo: Memorias del juez que procesó a Pinochet [On the edge of the world: Memoirs of the judge who prosecuted Pinochet] 2005, Santiago, Anagrama
29. Haley John. The Spirit of Japanese Law 1998, Athens, University of Georgia Press
30. Hay Colin. Constructivist Institutionalism. The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions 2006, 56-74. Rhodes R A WBinder Sarah ARockman Bert A. In, ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press
31. Hilbink Lisa. Judges beyond Politics in Democracy and Dictatorship: Lessons from Chile 2007, New York, Cambridge University Press
32. Hilbink Lisa. Change and Continuity in the Judicial Role in Chile: What Londres Did and Did Not Do. 2008, Paper presented at the Pinochet Effect Conference, October 8-10, 2008, Universidad Diego Portales, in Santiago, Chile
33. Helmke Gretchen. Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals and Presidents in Argentina 2005, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
34. Undue Process: Terrorism Trials, Military Court and the Mapuche in Southern Chile. October 26. 2004, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2004/10/26/undue-process, Human Rights Watch, (accessed July 2, 2009
35. Huneeus Carlos. Chile Un País Dividido: la actualidad del pasado [Chile, A Divided Country: The Presence of the Past] 2003, Santiago, Catalonia Ltda
36. Huneeus Alexandra. The Dynamics of Judicial Stasis: Judges, Pinochet-Era Claims, and Judicial Legitimacy in Chile (1998-2005). 2006, PhD diss., University of California, Berkeley
37. 1991, http://www.ddhh.gov.cl/ddhh_rettig.html, Informe de la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación [Report of the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation], (accessed July 5, 2009
38. 2004, http://www.comisionprisionpoliticaytortura.cl/listado_informes.html, Informe de la Comisión de Prisión Política y Tortura [Report of the Commission of Political Imprisonment and Torture], (accessed July 5, 2009
39. Kagan Robert A. Introduction. Toward Responsive Law: Law and Society in Transition 2001, vii-xxvi. Nonet PhilippeSelznick Philip. In, ed., New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers
40. Lopez Medina Diego. Teoría Impura del Derecho: La transformación de la cultura jurídica latinoamericana [Impure Theory of Law: The Transformation of Latin American Juridical Culture]. 2004, Bogota, Legis
41. Loveman Brian, Lira Elizabeth. El Espejismo de la Reconciliación Política (Chile 1990-2002) [The Mirage of Political Reconciliation (Chile 1990-2002] 2002, Santiago, Lom Ediciones
42. Lutz Ellen, Sikkink Kathryn. The Justice Cascade: The Evolution and Impact of Human Rights Trials in Latin America. Chicago Journal of International Law 2001, 2:1-34.
43. Mate Manoj. The Variable Power of Courts: Rights, Governance, and the Post-Emergency Indian Supreme Court (1977-2007). Forthcoming, PhD diss., Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
44. Matus Alejandra. El Libro Negro de la Justicia Chilena [The Black Book of Chilean Justice] 1999, Santiago, Planeta
45. Generales en retiro piden solución política en juicios a militares procesados [Retired generals request a political solution for cases against indicted military personnel]. 2002, El Mercurio, , April 20, Seccion Política [Political Section
46. Merry Sally. Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice 2004, Chicago, University of Chicago Press
47. Merryman John Henry. The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America 1985, Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press
48. Declaración de la Mesa de Diálogo sobre los Derechos Humanos [Declaration of the Roundtable on Human Rights], June 13. 2000, http://www.ddhh.gov.cl/filesapp/Declaracion_Acuerdo_Final.pdf, Mesa de Diálogo, (accessed July 5, 2009
49. Mezey Naomi. Law as Culture. Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies, and the Law 2003, 37-72. Sarat AustinSimon Jonathan. In, ed., Durham, NC, Duke University Press
50. Lagos: Crítica de Cheyre a la clase política es muy correcta [Cheyre's criticism of the political class is very correct]: El Mostrador. 2004, El Mostrador, September 20
51. Moustafa Tamir. Law versus the State: The Judicialization of Politics in Egypt. Law & Social Inquiry 2003, 28(4):883-930.
52. Müller Ingo. Hitler's Justice: The Courts of the Third Reich 1991, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press
53. Nonet Philippe, Selznick Philip. Toward Responsive Law: Law and Society in Transition 2001 [1978], Reprint, with forward by Robert A. Kagan, New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers
54. Peña Carlos, Correa S Jorge, Ruiz-Tagle Pablo. Evolución de la Cultura Jurídica Chilena [The Evolution of Chilean Judicial Culture] 1994, Santiago, Corporación de Promoción Universitaria
55. Peña Carlos. Práctica constitucional y derechos fundamentales [Constitutional practice and fundamental rights] 1996, Santiago, Corporación Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación
56. Radio Cooperativa. Juan Guzmán confesó que pecó al haberse alegrado por el golpe militar [Juan Guzmán confessed that he sinned in having been pleased by the military coup]. 2002, September 11
57. Rahimi Shadi. Ex-Klansman, 80, Gets 60 Years in Prison for 1964 Killings: New York Times. 2005, June 23
58. Riego Cristithomamper. Informe comparativo: Proyecto de seguimiento de los procesos de reforma judicial en América Latina [Comparative Report: Project Following Judicial Reform in Latin America]. 2005, http://www.cejamericas.org/doc/proyectos/inf_comp.pdf, (accessed July 2, 2009
59. Roehrig Terence. Executive Leadership and the Continuing Quest for Justice in Argentina. Human Rights Quarterly 2009, 31(3):721-47.
60. Roht-Arriaza Naomi. The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights 2005, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press
61. Schmidt Vivien A. Discursive Institutionalism: The Explanatory Power of Discourse. Annual Review of Political Science 2008, 11:303-26.
62. Shapiro Martin. Do the Lessons of EU Integration Travel? ECSA Review 2000, 13(1):2-6. http://aei.pitt.edu/60/01/win_2000.html, (accessed July 2, 2009
63. Shapiro Martin, Stone Sweet Alec. On Law, Politics and Judicialization 2002, Oxford, Oxford University Press
64. Sieder Rachel, Schjholden Line, Alan Angell. The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America 2005, New York, Palgrave Macmillan
65. Sikkink Kathryn. The Transnational Dimension of the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America. The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America 2005, 263-92. Sieder RachelAngell AlanSchjholden Line. In, ed., New York, Palgrave Macmillan
66. Sikkink Kathryn, Carrie Booth Walling. The Impact of Human Rights Trials in Latin America. Journal of Peace Research 2007, 44(4):427-45.
67. Skaar Elin. Judicial Independence: A Key to Justice: An Analysis of Latin America in the 1990s. 2001, PhD diss., Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
68. Snyder Jack, Vinjamuri Leslie. Trials and Errors: Principle and Pragmatism in Strategies of International Justice. International Security 2003, 28(3):5-44.
69. Squella Agustthomampers. La Cultura Jurídica Chilena [Chilena Judicial Cultura] 1988, Santiago, Corporación de Promocion Universitaria
70. Stern Steve. Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998 2004, Durham, NC, Duke University Press
71. Stern Steve. Battling for Hearts and Minds: Memory Struggles in Pinochet's Chile, 1978-1988 2006, Durham, NC, Duke University Press
72. Sugarman David. Courts, Human Rights, and Transitional Justice: Lessons from Chile. Journal of Law and Society 2009, 36(2):272-81.
73. Acta de respuesta a Informe Rettig [Accord in Response to Rettig Report]. 1991, http://www.cepchile.cl/dms/archive_1181_1241/rev42_documento.pdf, Supreme Court of Chile, May 13. (accessed July 5, 2009
74. Auto Acordado [Administrative Ruling]. 2001, http://fasic.org/juri/jueces.htm, Supreme Court of Chile, June 20. (accessed September 6, 2009
75. Auto Acordado [Administrative Ruling]. 2002, http://fasic.org/juri/jueces.htm, Supreme Court of Chile, October 12. (accessed September 6, 2009
76. Declaración sobre Informe Valech [Declaration on Valech Report]. 2004, http://www.archivochile.com/Poder_Dominante/pod_publi_just/de/PDdocdelpodjud0003.pdf, Supreme Court of Chile, December 10. (accessed July 5, 2009
77. Tate Nate, Vallinder Torbjorn. The Global Expansion of Judicial Power 1995, eds., New York, New York University Press
78. Teitel Ruti. Transitional Justice 2000, New York, Oxford University Press
79. Juez Cerda: El único mea culpa del Poder Judicial es " actuar como corresponde"[The only mea culpa of the judiciary is to " act as it should" ]. 2003a, La Tercera, , July 7, Sección Política
80. Juez procesa a cinco militares en retiro por desentierros ilegales en 1978 [Judge indicts five retired military officers for illegal exhumations in 1978: La Tercera. 2003b, La Tercera, June 25
81. Especial Juan Guzman[Juan Guzmán Special]: La Tercera. 2005a, La Tercera, May 1, Especial
82. Ex juez Guzmán: 'Corte Suprema le debe un gran perdón a Chile'[Ex-Judge Guzmán: The Supreme Court owes Chile a great apology]: La Tercera. 2005b, La Tercera, May 8
83. Thelen Kathleen, Steinmo Sven. Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Politics. Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis 1992, 1-32. Steinmo Sven, Thelen KathleenLongstreth Frank. In, ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
84. Tyler Tom. Procedural Justice 2005, ed., vol. 1. The International Library of Essays in Law and Society, Burlington, CA, Ashgate
85. Urrutia Laubreaux Daniel. Hacia una Política Publica de Derechos Humanos en el Poder Judicial [Toward a Human Rights Policy in the Judiciary]. 2005, Papel de Trabajo No. 85 [Working Paper No. 85]. Santiago: Corporación Tiempo 2000
86. Chilean Court Bans Handouts of 'Morning-After Pill.'USA Today, April 4. 2008, http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-04-04-chile-morning-after-pill_N.htm, USA Today, (accessed July 1, 2009
87. Vergara Pablo. Los Jueces que hacen temblar [Judges who make one tremble]: Siete + 7 [Seven7]. 2002, December 20
88. Whittington Keith. Once More unto the Breach: Post-Behavioralist Approaches to Judicial Politics. Law & Social Inquiry 2000, 25:601-34.
89. Wilde Alexander. Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to Democracy. Journal of Latin American Studies 1999, 31:473-500.
90. Wilson Bruce. Institutional Reform and Rights Revolutions in Latin America. Journal of Politics in Latin American 2009, 2:59-85.