Title

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

Authors

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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