In recent times there has been a dramatic change in the nature and scope of constitutional justice systems in the global south. New or reformed constitutions ha

Analyzes the political roots of the systems of constitutional justice in Latin America, tracing their development over the last 40 years.

While it is true that poverty, political instability, and economic under-performance continue to be major problems in Latin America, the region has made substan

Comparative scholarship on judicial review has paid a lot of attention to the causal impact of politics on judicial decision-making. However, the slower-moving,

Constitutional law in Latin America embodies a mosaic of national histories, political experiments, and institutional transitions. No matter how distinctive the