The judicial response to police killings in Latin America
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Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 289 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780521872348 (hardback) 0521872340 (hardback) |
Index Number: | D778 |
CLC: |
D778.335 D777.735 D778.235 |
Call Number: | D778.335/B858 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index. Effectiveness and inequality in the legal system -- Charting injustice in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay -- Informational and normative shifts across jurisdictions -- Buenos Aires : political interference and informational dependence -- São Paulo : normative autonomy and informational failures -- Uruguay : strong results from a weak system -- C"rdoba : high levels of inequality in a strong system -- Salvador da Bahia : social cleansing under political and judicial indifference -- Binding leviathan. |