MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008014579
003 DLC
005 20090221085439.0
008 080331s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aKG574$b.B737 2009
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100 1 $aBrewer Carías, Allan-Randolph.
245 10 $aConstitutional protection of human rights in Latin America :$ba comparative study of amparo proceedings /$cAllan R. Brewer-Carías.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2009.
300 $axv, 432 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aConstitutional 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.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aHuman rights$zLatin America.
650 0 $aCivil rights$zLatin America.
650 0 $aAmparo (Writ)$zLatin America.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008014579-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008014579-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008014579-t.html