CMI Staff
Dr Roberto Gargarella
Thematic research group:
Rights, Democracy and Development
Keywords:
human rights; democracy; political philosophy; constitutional theory
Geographic keywords:
Latin America
Latin America, US
Senior Researcher
E-mail: roberto.gargarella@cmi.no
On this page: Projects | Publications
Ll.M and Jurisprudence Doctor (Univ of Chicago 1993) Doctor in Law (Univ. Buenos Aires 1991) Sociologist (Univ Buenos Aires 1985) Master in Political Science
| Projects | Project search: Roberto Gargarella |
Current and recently completed projects:
The role of courts and civil society in safeguarding women's human rights in Bangladesh
Start: Jul. 2004 (Initiation)
Keywords: Bangladesh, courts, women's rights, gender justice, human rights, law
Litigating the Right to Health
Start: Jan. 2008 (Current)
Keywords: Health rights, courts, health rights litigation, public interest litigation, social rights jurisprudence, health policy, health economics, medical ethics, priority setting
Geography: Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria, Bangladesh, India
Courts and the Poor
Start: Jan. 2005 (Current)
Keywords: Poverty, social transformation, social rights, courts, judiciary, legal system, legal culture, access to justice
Geography: Latin America; Argentia, Chile, Brazil, Colombia; Africa; South Africa, Malawi; Asia; India, Pakistan, Lebanon
The Political Role of the South African Courts
Start: Jan. 2003 (Current)
Keywords: constitutional democracy, legal and judicial reforms, democratic consolidation, social transformation, courts, accountability function of courts, access to justice, marginalised groups,
Geography: Africa: South Africa.
The political role of courts in South Africa
Start: Sep. 2002 (Current)
Keywords: courts, judicary, accountability, social transformation, access to justice, constitution, judical review, democratization, law, social rights
Geography: Africa: South Africa.
Accountability functions of courts
Start: Jul. 2003 (Completed)
Keywords: courts, judiciaries, law, accountability, democracy, democratization, legal system, legal culture
Geography: Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda
| Publications | Publication search: Roberto Gargarella |
Publications by category:
Books and Anthologies
Courts and Power in Latin America and Africa
Gloppen, Siri, Bruce M. Wilson, Roberto Gargarella Elin Skaar, and Morten Kinander (2010)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan 231 p.
De la Injusticia Penal a la Justicia Social
Gargarella, Roberto (2008)
Bogota: Siglo del Hombre Editores /Universidad de los Andes 341 p.
El Derecho a la Igualdad
Gargarella, Roberto and M. Alegre (Eds.) (2007)
Buenos Aires: Lexis Nexis
Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies. An Institutional Voice for the Poor?
Gargarella, Roberto, Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux, editors (2006)
Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate 311 p.
Los Fundamentos Legales de la Desigualdad. El Constitucionalismo en America (1776-1860)
Gargarella, Roberto (2005)
Madrid: Siglo 304 p.
Crítica de la constitución
Gargarella, Roberto (2004)
Buenos Aires: Cecoopal
Derecho constitucional
Gargarella, Roberto, D. Sabsay et al. (eds.) (2004)
Buenos Aires
Nuevas ideas republicanas
Gargarella, Roberto, F. Ovejero and J.L. Martí (eds.) (2004)
Barcelona: Paidós
Democratization and the judiciary. The accountability function of courts in new democracies
Gloppen, Siri, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar (eds.) (2004)
London: Frank Cass 210 p.
Democratization and the Judiciary. The Accountability Function of Courts in New Democracies. Special issue of 'Democratization 'vol.10 (2003) no.4
Gloppen, Siri, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar (2003)
London: Frank Cass 234 p.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
What is the Opposite of a Perfectionist Society?
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in Andreas Sajò, (Ed.): Censorial Sensitivities: Free Speech and Religion in a Fundamentalist World. Utrecht: Eleven International Publisher pp. 131-147
Expresiones de Violencia en un Contexto de Fragmentacion Social
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in Derechos Humanos en la Argentina. Informe Anual . Cels, Siglo. Buenos Aires vol. XXI
El Derecho de Resistencia
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in F. Cante and L. Ortiz (Eds.): Umbrales de Reconciliacion, Perspectivas de Accion Politica Noviolenta. Bogota: CEPI
La Lectura Mayoritaria del Estado de Derecho
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in M. Melero (Ed.): Democracia, Deliberacion y Diferencia. Madrid no. 17-35
The Right of Resistance in Situations of Severe Deprivation
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in T. Pogge (Ed.): Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor? Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press pp.359-374
Should Deliberate Democrats Defend the Judicial Enforcement of Social Rights?
Gargarella, Roberto (2006)
in Samantha Besson , Jose Luis Marti and Verena Seller (Eds.): Deliberate Democracy and its Discontents. Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate pp. 233-252
Courts, Rights and Social Transformation: Concluding Reflections
Gargarella, Roberto, Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux (2006)
in Roberto Gargarella, Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux, editors: Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies. An Institutional Voice for the Poor?. Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate pp. 255-281
Theories of Democracy, the Judiciary and Social Rights
Gargarella, Roberto (2006)
in Roberto Gargarella, Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux, editors: Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies. An Institutional Voice for the Poor?. Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate pp. 13-34
The Constitution of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860
Gargarella, Roberto (2005)
in International Journal of Constitutional Law vol. 3 no. 1 January pp. 1-23
Por què el fallo alais es (juridicamente) inaceptable
Gargarella, Roberto (2004)
in Lexis Nexis, JA vol. 1 no. 3 pp. 40-44
Dificultad, inutilidad y necesidad de la reforma
Gargarella, Roberto (2004)
in Lexis Nexis vol. 8 no. 3 pp. 57-61
Reworking Pettit's republicanism
Gargarella, Roberto (2004)
in Associations vol. 8 no. 1 pp. 101-115
Towards a typology of Latin American constitutionalism: 1810-1860
Gargarella, Roberto (2004)
in Latin American Research Review vol. 39 no. 2 pp. 141-154
In search of democratic justice - what courts should not do: Argentina, 1983-2002
Gargarella, Roberto (2004)
in Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar (eds.): Democratization and the judiciary: The accountability function of courts in new democracies. London: Frank Cass pp. 181-197
Introduction : The accountability function of the courts in new democracies
Gloppen, Siri, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar (2004)
in Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar (eds.): Democratization and the judiciary. The accountability function of courts in new democracies. London: Frank Cass pp. 1-6
Introduction : the accountability function of the courts in new democracies
Gloppen, Siri; Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar (2003)
in Democratization vol. 10 no. 4 pp. 1-6
Other External Publications
Como no Deberia Pensarse el Derecho a la Igualdad
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in Jurisprudencia Argentina no. 4 Suppl. pp. 67-72
Un Dialogo Sobre la Ley y la Protesto Social
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in Post-Data no. 12 pp. 107-139
Mano Dura Sobre el Castigo
Gargarella, Roberto (2007)
in Nueva Doctrina Penal no. 2
