Constructing a regional human rights legal order: The Inter-American Court, national courts, and judicial dialogue, 1988–2014

Why do courts rely on specific bodies of jurisprudence to justify decisions? We analyze judicial dialogue in the Inter-American System, where the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has defined its mission as the construction of a regional legal order. This order needs courts at all levels...

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Main Authors: Gonzalez Ocantos, E, Sandholtz, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021