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Reseña:The Turkish democratic experience is sometimes considered a potential modelfor transformations underway in the Arab world. In this context, it ...
Democratic transitions in Brazil and the southern cone have had relatively little impact on patterns of policing. Close military-police ties, militari...
Despite its important tradition in international law, international legal philosophy has, for the most part, been left aside by scholars during the pa...
Policymaking in Peru over the last 25 years has been largely dominated by the Executive, and has been influenced by a variety of structural and politi...
In the last two decades, violent crime rates in Latin America have increased exponentially. Though this is one of the most significant recent develop...
One of the most significant developments in Latin American politics and political economy in the last two decades has been the increasing decentraliza...
Abstract. This article examines the difficulties faced by the civilian administrations that replaced the 17-year old military government of General Au...
This article considers the relationship between social disclosure and corporate accountability in Canada. It focuses on the potential benefits social ...
This article studies the continued existence of subnational undemocratic regimes in Argentina and Mexico, two countries that have recently experienced...
Moral codes survive only if they are constantly taught and practiced. Rules are kept by convention, habit and selfinterest, and, to a large extent, be...
The United States has employed three models of statebuilding over the last century, each animated by a different political theory. Statebuilding 1.0, ...
The literature about presidential politics depicts presidents either as all powerful actors or decorative figureheads subservient to other institution...
Human Rights Watch believes New York City can go a long way toward addressing the economic inequities of the present bail system by providing supervis...
Staff from Vera’s Center on Sentencing and Corrections and Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit developed a methodology to calculate the taxpayer cost of prison...
The purpose of this article is to provide a systemic overview of the present state of the development of the international judiciary. It is by no mean...
Document reports the rapidly growing trend of massive incarceration and discusses potential reason for the high prison and jail rates for the current ...
In this article we will explore the process of legal reform which has begun to transform the administration of justice in Chile. Responding to a long...
In the post-War era, international law became a talisman for the protection of individuals from governmental abuse. Such was the success of this human...