Introduction : beyond high courts / Matthew C. Ingram and Diana Kapiszewski -- Reforms to the public prosecutor's office in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico : the role of justice sector interest groups / Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar -- Operaztionalizing and measuring prosecutorial independence : the Brazilian case / Ernani Carvalho and Natalia Leitao -- Public defense and access to justice in a federal context : who gets what, and how, in the Argentinean provinces / Catalina Smulovitz -- Judging elections : electoral courts and democracy in Latin America's federal systems / Diana Kapiszewski, John Seth Alexander, and Robert Nyenhuis -- The Electoral Court and party politics in Brazil / Sidia Maria Porto Lima -- Watching the watchmen : the role of the Brazilian Supreme Court's Chief Justice in checking lower court activism / Jose Mario Wanderley Gomes Neto, Ernani Carvalho, Danilo Pacheco Fernandes, and Louise Dantas de Andrade -- Judicial councils in Mexico : design, roles, and origins at the national and subnational levels / Matthew C. Ingram -- Transnational protection of human rights in Latin America / Mary L. Volcansek and Matthew C. Ingram -- Comparative law and courts studies : some reflections and directions / Martin Shapiro.
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Kellogg Institute Series on democracy and development
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