1st Edition

The Judicial Politics of Economic Integration The Andean Court as an Engine of Development

By Osvaldo Saldias Copyright 2014
196 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

The Judicial Politics of Economic Integration analyses development strategies and regional integration in the Andean Community (the former Andean Pact), focusing on the establishment of the Andean Court of Justice and its case law, as well as the intellectual underpinnings that made such an impressive reform possible. The court is a transplant taken from the European integration process, and it... Read more

Foreword  CHAPTER ONE: Introduction  CHAPTER TWO: The Rise Of A Model. The European Court Of Justice As An Engine Of Integration  CHAPTER THREE: The Politics Of Judicial Design: Professionals And Legal Experts.  CHAPTER FOUR: The Andean Court Of Justice: Charting The Course For Its Case Law  CHAPTER FIVE: What Legal Engineers Do Not Get: Rights Politics And The Pitfalls Of Concept Stretching  CHAPTER SIX: Epilogue and Excursus: the Andean Way Towards Constitutionalisation  BIBLIOGRAPHY

Biography

Osvaldo Saldias is based in the School of Law at the Humboldt University of Berlin.