Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar -- Judicial review in developed democracies / Martin Shapiro -- How some reflections on the United States' experience may inform African efforts to build court systems and the rule of law / Jennifer Widner -- The constitutional court and control of presidential extraordinary powers in Colombia / Rodrigo Uprimny -- The politics of judicial review in Chile in the era of domestic transition, 1990-2002 / Javier A. Couso -- Legitimating transformation : political resource allocation in the South African constitutional court / Theunis Roux -- The accountability function of courts in Tanzania and Zambia / Siri Gloppen -- Renegotiating "law and order" : judicial reform and citizen responses in post-war Guatemala / Rachel Sieder -- Economic reform and judicial governance in Brazil : balancing independence with accountability / Carlos Santiso -- In search of a democratic justice--what courts should not do : Argentina, 1983-2002 / Roberto Gargarella -- Lessons learned and the way forward / Irwin P. Stotzky.

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