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Beyond Judicial Reform: Courts as Political Actors in Latin America

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THE RULE OF LAW IN NASCENT DEMOCRACIES: JUDICIAL POLITICS IN ARGENTINA. By ChavezRebecca Bill. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004. Pp. 255. $55.00 cloth.)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Matthew M. Taylor*
Affiliation:
University of São Paulo
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