Contents

pp vii-viii

Contributors

pp ix-xii

PART I - INTRODUCTION

pp 1-2

1 - Cultures of Legality: Judicialization and Political Activism in Contemporary Latin America

pp 3-22

PART II - COURTS AND JUDICIALIZATION THROUGH A CULTURAL LENS

pp 23-24

2 - Legal Language and Social Change during Colombia's Economic Crisis

pp 25-50

3 - How Courts Work: Institutions, Culture, and the Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal

pp 51-77

4 - More Power, More Rights? The Supreme Court and Society in Mexico

pp 78-111

5 - Rejecting the Inter-American Court: Judicialization, National Courts, and Regional Human Rights

pp 112-138

PART III - JUDICIALIZATION BEYOND THE COURTS

pp 139-140

6 - The Transformation of Constitutional Discourse and the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America

pp 141-160

7 - Legal Cultures in the (Un)Rule of Law: Indigenous Rights and Juridification in Guatemala

pp 161-181

8 - Political Activism and the Practice of Law in Venezuela

pp 182-206

9 - The Mapuche People's Battle for Indigenous Land: Litigation as a Strategy to Defend Indigenous Land Rights

pp 207-233

10 - Judicialization in Argentina: Legal Culture or Opportunities and Support Structures?

pp 234-253

11 - Novel Appropriations of the Law in the Pursuit of Political and Social Change in Latin America

pp 254-278

Index

pp 279-288

CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN LAW AND SOCIETY

pp 289-290