The Politics of Justice and Justice Reform in Latin America: The Peruvian Case in Comparative Perspective.(Review)

By Linn A. Hammergren. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1998. 342p. $75.00.

Philip Mauceri, University of Northern Iowa

The judicial system has been one of the most understudied institutions in Latin American politics, receiving far less attention than parties, the armed forces, the presidency, or virtually any other institutional actor. This oversight is at least partly due to the perception that judiciaries throughout the region have been weak and corrupt institutions subordinate to the interests and demands of the politically powerful. A long history of authoritarian rule, which ...

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