Margaret Popkin. Peace Without Justice: Obstacles to Building the Rule of Law in El Salvador. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Bibliography, index, 287 pp.; hardcover $45, paperback $18.95.

2002 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-189
Author(s):  
Shawn L. Bird
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
The Rule Of Law

Horizontal Accountability in Transitional Democracies: The Human Rights Ombudsman in El Salvador and Guatemala

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Dodson ◽  
Donald Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Abuse Of Power ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Transitional Democracies ◽  
Political Responses

AbstractPostwar El Salvador and Guatemala have undertaken to reform and democratize the state and to support the rule of law. Each country entered the 1990s hobbled by a legacy of authoritarian rule, while a corrupt and politicized judiciary offered virtually no check on the abuse of power. Because the judiciary has performed poorly as an institution of horizontal accountability, this article examines the performance of a new “accountability agency,” the Human Rights Ombudsman. The article discusses the context in which the office was established and developed in each country, perceptions of its performance, and political responses as the office began to perform its function of holding public officials accountable in their exercise of power. Unfortunately, this new office may fall prey to the same weaknesses that have plagued older institutions in both countries.

Re‐inventing the rule of law: Human rights in El Salvador

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 110-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Michael Dodson ◽  
Donald W. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law

Peace without Justice: Obstacles to Building the Rule of Law in El Salvador

2002 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Shawn L. Bird ◽  
Margaret Popkin
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law
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