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Constitutional protection of human rights in Latin America :

Brewer Carías, Allan-Randolph.

Constitutional protection of human rights in Latin America : a comparative study of amparo proceedings / Allan R. Brewer-Carías. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xv, 432 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Constitutional declaration of human rights in Latin America and its internationalization -- Judicial guaranties of the declaration of human rights -- Judicial review and amparo proceedings in Latin America -- The amparo action in countries that apply only the diffuse method of judicial review of legislation -- The amparo action in countries that apply only the concentrated method of judicial review of legislation -- The amparo as a constitutional right in countries with mixed systems of judicial review of legislation -- The amparo as a constitutional guaranty in countries with mixed systems of judicial review of legislation -- The American convention on human rights and the internationalization of the amparo in Latin America -- The injured party : the plaintiff and the rules of standing -- The justiciable constitutional rights by means of the amparo and habeas corpus actions -- The question of the justiciability of social constitutional rights by means of the amparo action. The general conditions of the injury (harms and threats) -- The reparable character of the harms and the restorative character of the amparo proceedings -- The imminent character of the threats and the preventive character of the amparo proceeding -- The injuring party : the defendant (public entities or private individuals) -- The injuring public actions and omissions of public authorities causing the harms or the threats -- The question of the admissibility of the amparo action and its relation with the ordinary judicial means -- The main principles of the procedure in the amparo proceedings -- The configuration of the main phases of the amparo proceeding -- The adjudication in the amparo proceeding and the preliminary protective measures -- The definitive judicial adjudication in the amparo suit -- The revision of the amparo decisions by the constitutional court or the supreme court.

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Human rights--Latin America.
Civil rights--Latin America.
Amparo (Writ)--Latin America.

KG574 / .B737 2009

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