Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Cultures of Legality: Judicialization and Political Activism in Contemporary Latin America -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGAL CULTURES -- THE JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS -- JUDICIAL POLITICS AND LEGAL CULTURES -- WHAT LIES AHEAD -- CONCLUSION -- References -- PART II COURTS AND JUDICIALIZATION THROUGH A CULTURAL LENS -- 2 Legal Language and Social Change during Colombia's Economic Crisis -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF LEGAL LANGUAGE IN JUDICIAL POLITICS -- RESEARCH STRATEGY, MEASUREMENT, AND THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS -- Case Selection -- The Unit of Analysis -- Theoretical Assumptions -- Data Gathering, Selection, and Classification of the Cases -- TOP-DOWN CONSTRUCTION OF LEGAL LANGUAGE -- An Introduction (1992-1998) -- Contextualizing "Judicialization": Social, Political, and Institutional Background -- Top-Down Expansion of Social Rights: From the Subsistence of the Marginalized to the Dignity and Equality of the Middle Classes -- Initial Stages in the Evolution of Minimo Vital: Overview of Some Exemplary Cases -- BOTTOM-UP CONSTRUCTION OF LEGAL LANGUAGE: THE MIDDLE CLASSES RUSH TO COURT (1998-2004) -- Introduction: The Economic and Political Background of the Second Period -- The Litigation Explosion as a Determinant of Judicial Policy-Making -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- 3 How Courts Work: Institutions, Culture, and the Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal: -- INTRODUCTION -- EXTERNAL HIGH COURT INSTITUTIONS -- External Institutions -- The STFs External Institutions -- INTERNAL HIGH COURT CULTURE -- Internal Culture -- The STFs Internal Culture -- Security, Leadership, and Internal Organization -- Justice Role Perception and Collegiality -- Consistency, Discretion, Transparency, and Openness -- Summing Up.

INSTITUTIONS, CULTURE, AND JUDICIALIZATION -- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- References -- 4 More Power, More Rights? The Supreme Court and Society in Mexico -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYTICAL APPROACHES -- 1) Relationship Between the Court and the Political Branches -- 2) Relationship Between the Court and the Judiciary -- 3) Relationship Between the Court and Society -- THE MEXICAN SUPREME COURT AND ITS BROADER RELATIONS -- RIGHTS DECISIONS OF THE MEXICAN SUPREME COURT -- Freedom of Expression -- Freedom of Association -- Indigenous Rights -- Comparative Results -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- 5 Rejecting the Inter-American Court: Judicialization, National Courts, and Regional Human Rights -- INTRODUCTION -- NATIONAL COURTS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION -- The Inter-American System -- THE CHILE CASE -- Law and Politics in Chile -- Reception of Almonacid -- THE ARGENTINE CASE -- Law and Politics in Argentina -- Reception of Bueno Alvez -- THE VENEZUELA CASE -- Law and Politics in Venezuela -- Reception of Apitz -- ANALYSIS OF THE CASES -- Comparing the Rejections -- Factors Contributing to Inter-American Court Power -- Conclusion: Judicialization and Human Rights -- References -- References -- PART III JUDICIALIZATION BEYOND THE COURTS -- 6 The Transformation of Constitutional Discourse and the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America -- INTRODUCTION -- THE JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA -- LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP AS LEGAL CULTURE -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARSHIP IN LATIN AMERICA -- From Marginality to Centrality -- The Sources of the Doctrinal Revolution -- The Old Constitutional Discourse -- The New Orthodoxy: From Legal Formalism to Neoconstitutionalism -- CONCLUSION -- References -- 7 Legal Cultures in the (Un)Rule of Law: Indigenous Rights and Juridification in Guatemala -- INTRODUCTION.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, LEGAL PLURALISM, AND JURIDIFICATION -- INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: MULTICULTURAL CONSTITUTIONALISM -- INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW -- COMMUNITY JUSTICE REFORMS -- NATURAL RESOURCES: ECONOMIC AND LEGAL GLOBALIZATION -- GUATEMALA - THE (UN)RULE OF LAW -- Consultas Populares: The Juridification of Social Protest -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- 8 Political Activism and the Practice of Law in Venezuela -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS DURING THE PACTED DEMOCRACY -- THE EMERGENCE OF CAUSE LAWYERING IN VENEZUELA: THE FIRST GENERATION -- Political Crisis -- CAUSE LAWYERING IN THE TIME OF THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION -- Between the Corner Office and the Street Corner: The New Generation of Venezuelan Cause Lawyers -- Who Are the New Cause Lawyers? -- References -- 9 The Mapuche People's Battle for Indigenous Land: Litigation as a Strategy to Defend Indigenous Land Rights -- INTRODUCTION -- VOICING LAND RIGHTS CLAIMS -- Awareness -- Resources -- Barriers to Access -- The Law and the Legal System -- COURTS' RESPONSIVENESS TOWARD MAPUCHE CLAIMS -- The Legal Framework -- Judicial Culture -- Sensitization to Human Rights -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- References -- 10 Judicialization in Argentina: Legal Culture or Opportunities and Support Structures? -- INTRODUCTION -- JUDICIALIZATION AND LEGAL CULTURE IN ARGENTINA -- OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES AND JUDICIALIZATION IN ARGENTINA -- SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND JUDICIALIZATION IN ARGENTINA -- CONCLUSION -- References -- 11 Novel Appropriations of the Law in the Pursuit of Political and Social Change in Latin America -- INTRODUCTION -- JUDICIALIZATION, RULE OF LAW AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIGHTS REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA -- The Power of Ideas -- Multiactor Nature of Judicialization Processes -- Institutional Change and Judicialization Processes -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Index.