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Latin American Courts Going Public: A Comparative Assessment

Tribunales Latinoamericanos Haciéndose Públicos: Una Evaluación Comparativa
[journal article]

Tibi Weber, Cordula

Abstract

In the last two decades, Latin American high courts engaged in institutional innovations promoting social participation in their judicial decision-making through mechanisms as public hearings, amicus curiae, or the use of social media. This article first theorizes this engagement with the public. Bu... view more

In the last two decades, Latin American high courts engaged in institutional innovations promoting social participation in their judicial decision-making through mechanisms as public hearings, amicus curiae, or the use of social media. This article first theorizes this engagement with the public. Building on insights about judicial legitimacy as well as stra- tegic and ideational accounts it discusses possible motivations of courts to open to the public and the effects of this behavior. Second, it provides a conceptualization of such court engagement and a typology of this engagement according to different levels of intensity. Third, with a comparative assessment of sixteen high courts from all democratic Latin American countries, it shows that this court behavior is observable for all countries, except- ing Uruguay, but differs regarding the intensity of opening.... view less


En las últimas dos décadas, los altos tribunales latinoamericanos implementaron innovaciones institucionales promoviendo la participación social en los procesos de toma de decisiones judiciales a través de mecanismos como las audiencias pú- blicas, el amicus curiae o el uso de las redes sociales. Es... view more

En las últimas dos décadas, los altos tribunales latinoamericanos implementaron innovaciones institucionales promoviendo la participación social en los procesos de toma de decisiones judiciales a través de mecanismos como las audiencias pú- blicas, el amicus curiae o el uso de las redes sociales. Este artículo primero teoriza esta apertura con el público, basándose en la literatura sobre la legitimidad judi- cial, consideraciones estratégicas y cambios de ideas. En segundo lugar, presenta una conceptualización de dicha actividad de los tribunales y una tipología de la intensidad de la misma. Tercero, con una evaluación comparativa de dieciséis altos tribunales de todos los países democráticos de la región, este estudio muestra que este comportamiento de los tribunales es observable en todos los países excepto en Uruguay, pero difiere en cuanto a la intensidad de la apertura.... view less

Keywords
Latin America; court; social participation; the public; social media; political lawsuit; political administrative system; constitutional court; Supreme Court; institutional change; legitimacy; transparency

Classification
Judiciary

Document language
English

Publication Year
2024

Page/Pages
p. 109-131

Journal
Revista de ciencia política, 44 (2024) 1

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2024005000109

ISSN
0718-090X

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0


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