206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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The turbulent class conflict attendant on Allende's presidential campaign and his Unidad Popular coalition's attempts to create a socialist state spawned efforts to change the traditional judicial system in Chile. Though the UP failed to legislate a nationwide system of neighborhood courts staffed with lay judges, two decentralized courts did emerge. One employed professional judges, who held... Read more
Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Introduction -- Popular Origins of Neighborhood Courts -- Barriers to Courts and Attempted Reforms -- Political Perceptions of the Neighborhood Courts -- Operation of the Local Professional Courts -- Formation of People’s Neighborhood Courts -- Development of People’s Neighborhood Courts -- The Interaction Between Courts, Strategy and Goals, and Residents -- Appendix on Methodology
Biography
Jack Spence is assistant professor in the Political Science Department and the Law and Justice Program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. He received a Ph.D in political science from M.I.T. and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
