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Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; List of Figures ; List of Tables; Introduction; Part I: Courts, Constitutionalism and the Inter-American System; Chapter 1: Brazilian 'Supremocracy' andßtheß Inter-American Court ofßHuman Rights:ßUnpicking anßUnclear Relationship; 1 From Dictatorship toß'Supremocracy' inß30 Years; 2 State Policy andßtheßInter-American Court; Brazil andßtheßInter-American System before Acceptance ofßtheßInter-American Court's Jurisdiction; Brazil andßtheßInter-American Court.
General Signs ofßGreater Openness toßInternational Human Rights NormsA Qualified Openness; 3 The Supreme Federal Court andßtheß Inter-ƯAmerican Court; The Recent Nature ofßtheßRelationship; The Constitutional Status Accorded toßInter-American Norms andßJurisprudence; Rare References toßInter-American Court Jurisprudence; Divergence fromßSettled Inter-American Court Case Law; 4 Conclusion: Key Questions Raised by this Inter-Court Relationship; Notes.
Chapter 2: Transnational Legal Process andßFundamental Rights inßLatin America: How Does theßInter-American Human Rights System Reshape Domestic Constitutional Rights?1 The Movement ofßInternational Law Towards Judicialisation; 2 Latin American Cases ofßTransnational Legal Process; Transnational Legal Process at theßInter-American Commission; Transnational Legal Process inßtheßInter-American Court; 3 Does Constitutional Architecture Matter?; 4 Transversal Human Rights Governance andßNew Constitutional Actors; 5 Conclusions; Notes.
Chapter 3: Complying (Partially) withßtheßCompulsory Judgments ofßtheßInter-American Court ofßHuman Rights1 The Method Used forßMeasuring Compliance; 2 Measuring Compliance withß330 Measures; Paying Compensation; Acknowledging Human Rights Violations; Prosecuting Human Rights Violators; Adapting Domestic Legislation; 3 Possible Paths forßImproving Compliance; 4 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Media Representations ofßtheß Inter-ƯAmerican System ofßHuman Rights; 1 Background; Brief Description ofßtheßInter-American System; Media Coverage asßaßProxy forßLegal Culture; 2 Method.
3 Findings andßDiscussion4 Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Institutional Development: Policy Implementation and Change; Chapter 5: The Evolving Relationship Between Law and Development: Proposing New Tools; 1 The Purely Instrumentalist Approach: Law in the Margins; 2 Instrumentalist Law-Centred Approach; The 1960s Wave; The 1990s Wave; 3 The Elements of the Dynamic Approach; 4 Final Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 6: Transnational Legal Indicators: TheßMissing Link inßa NewßEra ofßLaw andßDevelopment; 1 Transnational Legal Indicators andßtheßLaw andßDevelopment Moments.
General Signs ofßGreater Openness toßInternational Human Rights NormsA Qualified Openness; 3 The Supreme Federal Court andßtheß Inter-ƯAmerican Court; The Recent Nature ofßtheßRelationship; The Constitutional Status Accorded toßInter-American Norms andßJurisprudence; Rare References toßInter-American Court Jurisprudence; Divergence fromßSettled Inter-American Court Case Law; 4 Conclusion: Key Questions Raised by this Inter-Court Relationship; Notes.
Chapter 2: Transnational Legal Process andßFundamental Rights inßLatin America: How Does theßInter-American Human Rights System Reshape Domestic Constitutional Rights?1 The Movement ofßInternational Law Towards Judicialisation; 2 Latin American Cases ofßTransnational Legal Process; Transnational Legal Process at theßInter-American Commission; Transnational Legal Process inßtheßInter-American Court; 3 Does Constitutional Architecture Matter?; 4 Transversal Human Rights Governance andßNew Constitutional Actors; 5 Conclusions; Notes.
Chapter 3: Complying (Partially) withßtheßCompulsory Judgments ofßtheßInter-American Court ofßHuman Rights1 The Method Used forßMeasuring Compliance; 2 Measuring Compliance withß330 Measures; Paying Compensation; Acknowledging Human Rights Violations; Prosecuting Human Rights Violators; Adapting Domestic Legislation; 3 Possible Paths forßImproving Compliance; 4 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Media Representations ofßtheß Inter-ƯAmerican System ofßHuman Rights; 1 Background; Brief Description ofßtheßInter-American System; Media Coverage asßaßProxy forßLegal Culture; 2 Method.
3 Findings andßDiscussion4 Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Institutional Development: Policy Implementation and Change; Chapter 5: The Evolving Relationship Between Law and Development: Proposing New Tools; 1 The Purely Instrumentalist Approach: Law in the Margins; 2 Instrumentalist Law-Centred Approach; The 1960s Wave; The 1990s Wave; 3 The Elements of the Dynamic Approach; 4 Final Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 6: Transnational Legal Indicators: TheßMissing Link inßa NewßEra ofßLaw andßDevelopment; 1 Transnational Legal Indicators andßtheßLaw andßDevelopment Moments.