Judges beyond politics in democracy and dictatorship : lessons from Chile /

Judges beyond politics in democracy and dictatorship : lessons from Chile /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hilbink, Lisa, 1967- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in law and society Cambridge studies in law and society.
Subject:	Justice, Administration of -- Chile -- History. Judges -- Chile -- History. Judicial power -- Chile -- History. Law reform -- Chile -- History. Democracy -- Chile -- History. Constitutional history -- Chile.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12598090

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Judges beyond Politics in Democracy & Dictatorship
ISBN:	9780511511509 (ebook) 9780521876643 (hardback) 9781107402362 (paperback)
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
Summary:	Why did formerly independent Chilean judges, trained under and appointed by democratic governments, facilitate and condone the illiberal, antidemocratic, and anti-legal policies of the Pinochet regime? Challenging the assumption that adjudication in non-democratic settings is fundamentally different and less puzzling than it is in democratic regimes, this 2007 book offers a longitudinal analysis of judicial behavior, demonstrating striking continuity in judicial performance across regimes in Chile. The work explores the relevance of judges' personal policy preferences, social class, and legal philosophy, but argues that institutional factors best explain the persistent failure of judges to take stands in defense of rights and rule of law principles. Specifically, the institutional structure and ideology of the Chilean judiciary, grounded in the ideal of judicial apoliticism, furnished judges with professional understandings and incentives that left them unequipped and disinclined to take stands in defense of liberal democratic principles, before, during, and after the authoritarian interlude.
Other form:	Print version: 9780521876643

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. The judiciary, the rule of law, and democracy: aspirations and impediments
2. The institutional construction and the judicial role in Chile
3. Conservative activism in the heyday of democracy, 1964 to 1973
4. Legitimizing authoritarianism, 1973 to 1990
5. Continuity and change after the return of democracy, 1990 to 2000
6. Conclusions and implications
Appendixes