Institutional reform and rights revolutions in Latin America: the cases of Costa Rica and Colombia

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This article analyzes the conditions that allowed for expansive rights revolutions in Costa Rica and Colombia. My research suggests that many of the preconditions for rights revolutions in other regions of the world are also central to understanding Latin American cases. Of particular relevance is judicial system design including the high courts' operating rules concerning access, standing, and judicial formality. These factors can and do mitigate the need for extensive resources and support structures necessary in other non-Latin American countries in which rights revolutions have occurred.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Reforma institucional y revoluciones de derechos en América Latina: los casos de Costa Rica y Colombia ; Institutionelle Reform und Revolutionen der Rechte in Lateinamerika: Costa Rica and Kolumbien
• ISSN: 1868-4890
• Extent: Seite(n): 59-85
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal of Politics in Latin America, 1(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Recht ; Politikwissenschaft ; Justiz ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; soziale Partizipation ; Kolumbien ; Reform ; Costa Rica ; Recht ; Zivilgesellschaft ; institutioneller Wandel ; Justiz ; Lateinamerika ; deskriptive Studie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Wilson, Bruce M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2009

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-406
• Last update: 2024-06-21T16:27:42+0200