Law and Policy in Latin America : Transforming Courts, Institutions, and Rights

This Book Offers A Comprehensive Introduction To Law And Policy Responses To Contemporary Problems In Latin America, Such As Human Rights Violations, Regulatory Dilemmas, Economic Inequality, And Access To Knowledge And Medicine. It Includes 19 Chapters Written By Sociologists, Lawyers, And Political Scientists On The Transformations Of Courts, Institutions And Rights Protection In Latin America, All Of Which Stem From Presentations At Conferences In Oxford And Ucl Organised By The Editors. The Contributors Present Original Analyses Based On Rigorous Research, Innovative Case-studies, And Interdisciplinary Perspectives, All Written In An Accessible Style. Topics Include The Inter-american Court Of Human Rights, Institutional Design, Financial Regulation, Competition, Discrimination, Gender Quotas, Police Violence, Orphan Works, Healthcare, And Environmental Protection, Among Others. The Book Will Be Of Interest To Students And Scholars Interested In Policymaking, Public Law, And Development.-- Brazilian Supremeocracy And The Inter-american Court Of Human Rights : Unpicking An Unclear Relationship / Tom Gerald Daly -- Transnational Legal Process And Fundamental Rights In Latin America : How Does The Inter-american Human Rights System Reshape Domestic Constitutional Rights? / Marcelo Torelly -- Complying (partially) With The Compulsory Judgments Of The Inter-american Court Of Human Rights / Damián González-salzberg -- Media Representations Of The Inter-american System Of Human Rights / Diego Gil, Rolando Garcia, And Lawrence M. Friedman -- The Evolving Relationship Between Law And Development : Proposing New Tools / Helena Alviar -- Transnational Legal Indicators : The Missing Link In A New Era Of Law And Development / David Restrepo Amariles -- Institutional Bypasses In Brazil : Overcoming Ex-ante Resistance To Institutional Reforms / Mariana Mota Prado -- Convergence, Coordination And Collusion In Securities Regulation : The Latin American Integrated Market / Jose Miguel Mendoza -- Using Judicial Actions To Address Corporate Human Rights Abuses : Colombia, 2000-2014 / Laura Bernal-bermudez -- Multiple Strategies Of Financial Regulation Adopted In The Columbian Securities Market : The Case Of Over-the-counter Derivatives / Ligia Catherine Arias Barrera -- A Counterhistory Of Anti-trust In Latin America / Andrés Palacios Lleras -- Latin American Constitutionalism, 1810-2010 : The Problem Of The Engine Room Of The Constitution / Roberto Gargarella -- Addressing Poverty Through A Transformative Approach To Anti-discrimination Law In Latin America / Alberto Coddou Mcmanus -- Gender Quotas, Legislative Resistance And Non-legislative Reform / Malu A.c. Gatto -- Human Rights And Remains : A Policy Proposal To Prevent Human Rights Violations In Brazil / Pedro Fortres -- Mundus Novus : The Construction Of A Free Flow Of Information From The Navigators Of Yesterday To The Internauts Of Today / Joaquim Falcão -- Digital Culture, Copyright And The Orphan Works Issue : A View From Brazil / Paula Westenberger -- The Incorporation Of A Right To Health Perspective Into Brazil's Patent Law Reform Process / Emmanuel Kolawole Oke -- Constitutional Environmental Protection In Brazil : A Rights-based Approach / Julia Mattei And Larissa Verri Boratti. Pedro Fortes, Larissa Boratti, Andrés Palacios Lleras, Tom Gerald Daly, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Brazilian ‘Supremocracy’ and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Unpicking an Unclear Relationship....Pages 3-20 Transnational Legal Process and Fundamental Rights in Latin America: How Does the Inter-American Human Rights System Reshape Domestic Constitutional Rights?....Pages 21-38 Complying (Partially) with the Compulsory Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights....Pages 39-56 Media Representations of the Inter-American System of Human Rights....Pages 57-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 The Evolving Relationship Between Law and Development: Proposing New Tools....Pages 77-93 Transnational Legal Indicators: The Missing Link in a New Era of Law and Development....Pages 95-111 Institutional Bypasses in Brazil: Overcoming Ex-Ante Resistance to Institutional Reforms....Pages 113-128 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 Convergence, Coordination and Collusion in Securities Regulation: The Latin American Integrated Market....Pages 131-147 Using Judicial Actions to Address Corporate Human Rights Abuses: Colombia, 2000–2014....Pages 149-166 Multiple Strategies of Financial Regulation Adopted in the Colombian Securities Market: The Case of Over-the-Counter Derivatives....Pages 167-183 A Counterhistory of Anti-Trust in Latin America....Pages 185-201 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Latin American Constitutionalism, 1810–2010: The Problem of the ‘Engine Room’ of the Constitution....Pages 205-219 Addressing Poverty through a Transformative Approach to Anti-Discrimination Law in Latin America....Pages 221-237 Gender Quotas, Legislative Resistance and Non-Legislative Reform....Pages 239-255 Human Rights and Remains: A Policy Proposal to Prevent Human Rights Violations in Brazil....Pages 257-272 Front Matter....Pages 273-273 Mundus Novus: The Construction of a Free Flow of Information from the Navigators of Yesterday to the Internauts of Today ....Pages 275-291 Digital Culture, Copyright and the Orphan Works Issue: A View from Brazil....Pages 293-309 The Incorporation of a Right to Health Perspective into Brazil’s Patent Law Reform Process....Pages 311-326 Constitutional Environmental Protection in Brazil: A Rights-Based Approach....Pages 327-345 Back Matter....Pages 347-354