The best laid schemes ... gang aft a-gley: Judicial reform in Latin America - Evidence from Costa Rica

    Authors

    B. M. Wilson; J. C. R. Cordero;R. Handberg

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Lat. Am. Stud.

    Keywords

    Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    Starting in the 1980s, and accelerating through the 1990s, international financial institutions (IFIs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and development agencies funnelled considerable resources into judicial reform and rule of law programmes in virtually every Latin American and Caribbean country. The assumption was that reformed court systems would foster free market economic development strategies. This article examines the impact of two frequently advocated aspects of judicial reform, judicial access and judicial independence, on economic policy making in Costa Rica. We argue that there is a potentially significant disjuncture between the sponsors' expectations of the judicial reforms' economic impact and the observed outcomes.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Latin American Studies

    Volume

    36

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    507

    Last Page

    531

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000224396200004

    ISSN

    0022-216X

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