Envisioning reform : improving judicial performance in Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hammergren, Linn A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
Subjects:	Law reform > Latin America. Justice, Administration of > Latin America. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Criminal justice reform : human rights, crime control, and other unlikely bedfellows
Judicial modernization : increasing the efficiency and efficacy of court actions
Developing a professional, institutionally independent judiciary
Access to justice : legal assistance, special courts, alternative dispute resolution and beyond
Strengthening the judiciary's role as a check on other branches of government
Judicial reform as a problem of focus : why the parts don't add up to a coherent whole
Improving the knowledge base for judicial reform programs
Toward a new strategic model
A political agenda for reforming the reforms.