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Assessing Judicial Reform in Latin America

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AIDING DEMOCRACY ABROAD: THE LEARNING CURVE. By CarothersThomas. (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1999. Pp. 412. $39.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.)

THE JUDICIARY AND DEMOCRATIC DECAY IN LATIN AMERICA: DECLINING CONFIDENCE IN THE RULE OF LAW. By PrillamanWilliam C. (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2000. Pp. 198. $64.50 cloth, $22.50 paper.)

LAS DECISIONES JUDICIALES EN GUATEMALA: UN ANALISIS DE SENTENCIAS EMITIDAS POR LOS TRIBUNALES. By PásaraLuis. (Guatemala City: Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas en Guatemala, 2000. Pp. 195.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Michael Dodson*
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Texas Christian University
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