scholarly journals THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LATIN AMERICAN STATE-AS-LAW: STATE CAPACITY AND THE RULE OF LAW

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL M BRINKS
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
State Capacity ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Latin American State ◽  
American State

The Labor Judge Unleashed: Rule of Law and Labor Rights in “Neoliberal” Chile

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (04) ◽  
pp. 1574-1603
Author(s):  
César F. Rosado Marzán
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Class Power ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Power Class

Hoping to improve labor justice, some Latin American countries have reformed their labor courts without necessarily buttressing working-class power. Class power theories make us skeptical of these state-centric strategies for labor rights. Will the “rule-of-law” reforms work? This article reports ethnographic evidence collected by the author in the Chilean labor courts during 2009–2010, and secondary sources. It compares contemporary labor courts, reformed but in an otherwise “neoliberal” context, with the unreformed labor courts of the “socialist” years (1970–1972) to gauge the efficacy of rule-of-law reforms. Results show that despite the neoliberal context, the labor courts were more responsive to workers' claims than under socialism. Rule of law and procedural rules matter for effective labor rights.

scholarly journals Crime and Public Support for the Rule of Law in Latin America and Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 153-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon I. Smithey ◽  
Mary Fran T. Malone
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract Crime poses a formidable obstacle to democratization in many parts of the developing world. New democracies in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa face some of the highest homicide rates in the world. Politicians, citizens, and policy-makers have raised the alarm about the growing tide of criminality. Public insecurity, coupled with inefficient and often corrupt justice systems, makes democratization uncertain. Even if new democracies do not revert to dictatorship, the quality of democracy may suffer if crime continues to rise. One particularly vulnerable component of democracy is the rule of law, as public insecurity may fuel support for extra-legal justice, and a willingness to disregard the law while aggressively pursuing suspected criminals. To test these relationships, we assess the ways in which criminal victimization, as well as fear of crime, affect citizen support for the rule of law. We utilize public opinion data collected in select countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa through two widely used sources – the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and the Afrobarometer surveys.

scholarly journals Privatizing and rolling back the Latin American State

CEPAL Review ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 1992 (46) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Félix
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American State ◽  
American State

Latin American lockdowns speed Mercado Libre's growth

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Home Market ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Online Retail ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Rule Of Law

Significance Latin America’s leading e-commerce platform has emerged as one of the winners in the current regional business environment, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. While retailers across the region have struggled to cope with lockdowns, Mercado Libre saw its user numbers increase by 45.2% year-on-year in the second quarter, to 51.5 million. Mercado Libre has been able to adapt its business model to Latin America’s unique market features, which include excessive regulation, chronic infrastructure problems and poor enforcement of the rule of law. Impacts Mercado Libre’s expansion prospects in Latin America may prove strongest outside its home market, Argentina. The shift towards online retail in the region will continue as fintech expands among people not included in traditional financial systems. Regulatory difficulties and trade union pushback will continue to raise challenges in some markets.

Elusive Reform: Democracy and the Rule of Law in Latin America. By Mark Ungar. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2001. 273p. $55.00.

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 872-873
Author(s):  
Pilar Domingo
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Underdeveloped Area ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Democratic Systems ◽  
Latin American Countries

Elusive Reform is an important and welcome addition to the still underdeveloped area of political science analysis of judicial institutions in Latin America. Few volumes to date have undertaken such an in-depth study of the complex issue of rule of law and its problematic construction in fragile democratic systems in the region. The book analyzes the experience of rule of law reform in Argentina and Venezuela, with some comparative reference to other Latin American countries.

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