What role can and do courts play in protecting the interests and rights of vulnerable groups? Why do some marginalized groups succeed in having their rights recognized by the courts, while others fail?

This volume examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa. Are the courts able to hold political power-holders ...

This special issue examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa, focussing on their ability to hold political ...

This book project investigates the extent to which courts in Latin America and Africa have been able to say 'no' when the executive branch has overstepped ...

The book examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa, focussing on their ability to hold political power-holder ...

Malawi's democratic Constitution of 1994 shifted the law in a pro-poor direction. With the judiciary emerging as a surprisingly strong institution in ...

This article attempts to explain why Uruguayan judges have lagged behind judges in Chile and Argentina in the prosecution of the military for human rights ...

In search of democratic justice - what courts should not do: Argentina, 1983-2002 Roberto Gargarell

What roles do - and should - courts play in new and fragile democracies? Why do some judiciaries lamely condone foul play by those in power, while their ...

Elin Skaar's new book analyses the connections between transitional justice and judicial politics. She explores the role of courts in shaping options and trajectories of post-transitional justice - and concretely the chances of criminal prosecutions for past crimes in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

Lebanon has been a reluctant host to Palestinian refugees since 1948. A mainstay of Lebanese policies vis-à-vis the Palestinian refugees has been ...

Accountability Function of Courts in New Democracies This project aims to investigate to what extent - and under which conditions - courts in new and ...

In spite of more than three decades of efforts to promote women's rights in Bangladesh, the results have been piecemal and only slowly forthcoming, leaving ...

This report analyses the 2006 Ugandan presidential and parliamentary election in terms of the broader process starting with the processes of setting the ...

In 2001 CMI and Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen collaborated around the establishment of a new research programme, Political ...

The use of military tribunals to try civilians was one of the issues that made people rise against then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. This ...

The article addresses the methodological problems concerning how to assess the political role of courts in Zambia - and in new democracies more generally, ...

This report summarises the findings of a joint research project undertaken by the Centre for Social Research, Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Universities ...

A central concern for democratic accountability is how political institutions are able to guard against executive dominance and electoral malpractice. ...

This dissertation is about judicial independence. It deals with two interrelated questions. The first half of the dissertation argues, based on a statistical ...