Constitutional protection of human rights in Latin America : a comparative study of amparo proceedings /

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Author / Creator:Brewer Carías, Allan-Randolph.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 432 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Lateinamerika
Human rights -- Latin America.
Civil rights -- Latin America.
Amparo (Writ) -- Latin America.
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Amparo (Writ)
Civil rights.
Human rights.
Menschenrecht
Grundrecht
Rechtsschutz
Rechtsvergleich
Verfassungsrecht
Grundrechte -- Lateinamerika.
Menschenrecht.
Grundrecht.
Latin America.
Constitutional law.
Human rights.
Judicial protection.
Judicial review of legislation.
Latin America.
Lateinamerika.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11825887
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9780511464942
0511464940
9780511462627
051146262X
9780511551727
051155172X
9780521492027
0521492025
1107189268
9781107189263
0511461879
9780511461873
0511463413
9780511463419
9781107677937
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Summary:"Together with the expansive process of human rights constitutional declarations, in addition to the writ of habeas corpus and of habeas data, Latin American constitutions created a specific judicial remedy for the protection of constitutional rights, known as the suit, action, recourse, or writ of amparo. It originated in Mexico in 1857 and developed into the amparo suit of judgment (juicio de amparo), still to be found only in Mexico. In slightly different forms, it spread throughout Latin America and was incorporated in the American Convention of Human Rights. It is similar to the "injunctions" and the other equitable remedies of the United States legal system." "This book examines, with a comparative constitutional law approach, the most recent trends in the constitutional and legal regulations in all Latin American countries regarding the amparo proceeding. It is an up-to-date abridged version of the course of lectures the author gave at the Columbia Law School of Columbia University in the city of New York, analyzing the regulations of the seventeen amparo statutes in force in Latin America, as well as the regulation on the amparo guarantee established in Article 25 of the American Convention of Human Rights."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Brewer Carías, Allan-Randolph. Constitutional protection of human rights in Latin America. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521492027