Description:
Leading figures in the study of law and society from different regions of the world present new original research, and a cutting-edge analysis of the central theoretical and applied areas of enquiry in socio-legal studies in Latin America.
Review Quotes:
"Sieder, Ansolabehere and Alfonso Sierra have assembled a stellar cast of experts on the interaction between law, politics and society in Latin America. I am not aware of any other handbook that is as inter-disciplinary as this one, or that covers such a broad range of issues as insightfully and effectively. The volume not only canvasses the literature on old and established topics, providing readers with an excellent overview of the evolution of socio-legal scholarship against the backdrop of political, social and legal change in Latin America, but also includes a wonderful fourth section with essays that identify incipient bodies of research on new and exciting topics. Graduate students and academics will find in this volume a rich source of information about the state of the discipline, and most importantly, a source of inspiration for future projects." -- Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, University of Oxford. Author of Shifting Legal Visions: Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America