Legal Culture In The Age Of Globalization: Latin America and Latin Europe

by Lawrence M. Friedman

2021-02-03 22:48:20

This volume of essays examines how the legal systems of the chief countries of Latin America and Mediterranean Europe-Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, France, Italy, and Spain-changed in the last quarter of the 20th... Read more
This volume of essays examines how the legal systems of the chief countries of Latin America and Mediterranean Europe-Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, France, Italy, and Spain-changed in the last quarter of the 20th century. Through essays that provide a wealth of data on the courts and the legal profession in these countries, the book attempts to relate changes in the operation of the legal systems to changes in the political and social history of the societies in which they are embedded. The details vary, in accordance with the particular history and structure of the countries, but there are also key commonalities that run through all of the stories: democratization, globalization, and changes in the legal order that seem to be worldwide; more power to courts; a growing legal profession; and the entry of women into what was once a masculine club. Less

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ISBN9780804746991
Lawrence M. Friedman is Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. His books include Guarding Life's Dark Secrets: Legal and Social Controls over Reputation, Propriety, and Privacy ...

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