Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Courts and Public Policy Reform in Brazil; 2. The Puzzling Policy Influence of Brazil's Federal Courts; 3. Policy Type and Judicial Contestation; 4. The Supreme Federal Tribunal and Veto Players in Brazilian Politics; 5. Judicial Contestation of Policy: Political Parties; 6. Judicial Contestation of Policy: The OAB; 7. Courts in the Policy Process: Pension Reform in Cross-National Perspective; 8. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Judging Policy analyzes the causes and consequences of the increasingly prominent role courts are being asked to play in the public policy process in Latin America's largest nation, Brazil
