Ruling the Law - Legitimacy and Failure in Latin American Legal Systems (Hardcover)

The North-South global divide is as much about perception and prejudice as it is about economic disparities. Latin America is no less ruled by hegemonic misrepresentations of its national legal systems. The European image of its laws mostly upholds legal legitimacy and international comity. By contrast, diagnoses of excessive legal formalism, an extraordinary gap between law and action, inappropriate European transplants, elite control, pervasive inefficiencies, and massive corruption call for wholesale law reform. Misrepresented to the level of becoming fictions, these ideas nevertheless have profound influence on US foreign policy, international agency programs, private disputes, and academic research. Jorge L. Esquirol identifies their materialization in global governance - mostly undermining Latin American states in legal geopolitics - and their deployment by private parties in transnational litigation and international arbitration. Bringing unrelenting legal realism to comparative law, this study explores new questions in international relations, focusing on the power dynamics among national legal systems.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ASCL Studies in Comparative Law
Release date:	November 2019
Authors:	Jorge L Esquirol
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-17839-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Comparative law Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-17839-8
Barcode:	9781107178397

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