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Beyond Judicial Reform: Courts as Political Actors in Latin America

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Matthew M. Taylor
Matthew M. Taylor*
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University of São Paulo
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 269 - 280
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Copyright © 2006 by the University of Texas Press

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