{"product_id":"judging-policy-matthew-m-taylor-9780804758116","title":"Judging Policy: Courts and Policy Reform in Democratic Brazil","description":"\u003cp\u003eCourts, like other government institutions, shape public policy. But how are courts drawn into the policy process, and how are patterns of policy debate shaped by the institutional structure of the courts?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the experience of the Brazilian federal courts since the transition to democracy, \u003ci\u003eJudging Policy\u003c\/i\u003e examines the judiciary's role in public policy debates. During a period of energetic policy reform, the high salience of many policies, combined with the conducive institutional structure of the judiciary, ensured that Brazilian courts would become an important institution at the heart of the policy process. The Brazilian case thus challenges the notion that Latin America's courts have been uniformly pliant or ineffectual, with little impact on politics and policy outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudging Policy\u003c\/i\u003e also inserts the judiciary into the scholarly debate regarding the extent of presidential control of the policy process in Latin America's largest nation. By analyzing the full Brazilian federal court system--including not only the high court, but also trial and appellate courts--the book develops a framework with cross-national implications for understanding how courts may influence policy actors' political strategies and the distribution of power within political systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew M. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804758115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804758116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.15w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009","brand":"Matthew M. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602699636991,"sku":"9780804758116","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1805ec05-1052-4fd8-9bda-3aa24e9eea9e.jpg?v=1739695019","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/judging-policy-matthew-m-taylor-9780804758116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}