Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Courts in Latin America; 1 Institutions for Constitutional Justice in Latin America; 2 Enforcing Rights and Exercising an Accountability Function: Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; 3 Strategic Deference in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006; 4 From Quietism to Incipient Activism: The Institutional and Ideological Roots of Rights Adjudication in Chile; 5 "Faithful Servants of the Regime": The Brazilian Constitutional Court's Role under the 1988 Constitution
Summary
Explores the extent to which courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments
