Title

The Best Laid Schemes ... Gang Aft A-Gley: Judicial Reform In Latin America - Evidence From Costa Rica

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. © 2004 Cambridge University Press.

Publication Date

8-1-2004

Publication Title

Journal of Latin American Studies

Volume

36

Issue

3 SPEC. ISS.

Number of Pages

507-531

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X04007771

Socpus ID

4744353793 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/4744353793

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