Introduction: The accountability function of the courts in new democracies

Democratization and the Judiciary: The Accountability Function of Courts in New Democracies

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-4

  Gloppen, Siri ^a,b   Gargarella, Roberto ^c   Skaar, Elin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

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EID: 84905525529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203485408     Document Type: Editorial

References (9)

1. See Guillermo O'Donnell, 'Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies', in Andreas Schedler et al. (eds), The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999), pp.29-51.
2. Key works include C.Neal Tate and Torbjörn Vallinder (eds), The Global Expansion of Judicial Power (New York: New York University Press, 1997);
3. Andreas Schedler, Larry Diamond and Marc F.Plattner (eds), The SelfRestraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999);
4. William C.Prillaman, The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America: Declining Confidence in the Rule of Law (New York and London: Praeger, 2000);
5. Linn A. Hammergren, The Politics of Justice and Justice Reform in Latin America: The Peruvian Case in Comparative Perspective (Boulder, CO and London: Westview Press, 1998);
6. Mark Ungar, Elusive Reform: Democracy and the Rule of Law in Latin America (Boulder, CO and London: Lynne Reinner, 2002);
7. Maria Dakolias, The Judicial Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Elements of Reform (Washington, DC: World Bank, 1996);
8. Michael Dodson, 'Assessing Judicial Reform in Latin America', Latin American Research Review, Vol.37, No.2 (2002), pp.200-220; and
9. Jennifer Widner, Building the Rule of Law in Africa (New York: Norton Press, 2001).