(un)rule of law and the underprivileged in latin america
Éditeur :
University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN :
9780268043018
Date de publication :
15 mars 1999
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study describes a Latin American legal system which punishes only the poor and a "democratic" state which fails to control its own agents' arbitrary practices. The contributors argue that judicial reform cannot be seperated from human rights and that justice must be made available to the poor.