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Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America

Name: Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America
Brand: Hart Publishing
SKU: 9781509960217
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Author: Johanna Fröhlich
ISBN: 9781509960217

By Johanna Fröhlich

Hart Publishing March 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781509960217
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Publication: March 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book examines the jurisprudence of 15 constitutional courts and supreme courts, including the Caribbean Commonwealth and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. By looking at the reason-giving practice by courts, the volume considers how Latin American courts justify their decisions, which is the precondition for constructive criticism and improvement.

Based on original data and a region-specific methodology, the book provides a systematic analysis utilising more than 600 leading cases. It shows which interpretive methods and concepts are most favoured by Latin American courts, and which courts were the most and the least prolific in their reasoning activities.

The volume traces the features of judicial dialogue on a regional and sub-regional level and enables the evaluation and comparison of each country's reasoning culture in different epochs. The collection includes diverse graphs to visualise the changes and tendencies of the reasoning practices throughout time in the region, based on information gathered from the dataset.

Latin American courts have gone through remarkable reforms after a series of constitutional changes adopted in light of the transformative constitutional trends that swept through the region in the late 1980s. The book illuminates how these courts have actually been reaching their decisions and facilitates future successful litigation strategies for both national constitutional courts and the Inter-American Court for Human Rights.

This project has been possible due to the collaboration and funding provided by the Rule of Law Programme for Latin America of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Law School of the University of San Francisco de Quito.

Part One: Methodology and Conceptual Foundations

1. Conceptualising and Measuring Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America

Johanna Fröhlich (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile), Sebastián Umpierrez de Reguero (European University Institute, Italy; Universidad Diego Portales University, Chile) and Carlos Meléndez (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile)

2. Constitutional Tradition in Latin America

Pier Paolo Pigozzi (University of Finis Terrae, Chile)

Part Two: The Mosaic of Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America

3. The Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Pablo Gonzalez-Dominguez (Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica; Universidad Panamericana, Mexico) and Alfredo Ortega (Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala)

4. The Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina

Andrea Castagñola, Alejandro Chehtman and Sergio Muro (all at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina)

5. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Tribunal of Bolivia

Sergio Verdugo (IE University Law School, Spain)

6. The Jursiprudence of the Supreme Federal Tribunal of Brazil

Diego Werneck Arguelhes, Rafael Bellem de Lima and Ivar Hartmann (all at Insper Institute for Education and Research, Brazil)

7. The Jurisprudence of the Caribbean Commonwealth

Derek O'Brian (Oxford Brookes University, UK)

8. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Tribunal of Chile

Cristián Villalonga (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) and Francisco Urbina (University of Notre Dame, USA)

9. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Colombia

Magdalena Correa Henao and Jorge Ernesto Roa Roa (both at Externado University, Colombia)

10. The Jurisprudence of the Fourth Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica

Ariana Macaya (Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica)

11. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador

Johanna Fröhlich (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)

12. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Guatemala

Carlos Arturo Villagran (Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala)

13. The Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico

Irene Spigno (Academia Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Mexico) and Roberto Niembro (UNAM, Mexico)

14. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Paraguay

María José Garcia (Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, Paraguay) and Juan Pablo Irrazabal (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany)

15. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Tribunal of Peru

Abraham Siles, María Alejandra Espino and Rosa Llique (all at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru)

16. The Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Uruguay

María Paula Garat (Pontifical Catholic University of Uruguay, Uruguay) and Anna Luisa Walter de Santana (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)

17. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Venezuela

Raúl Sánchez Urribarri (La Trobe University, Australia) and Juan Berríos (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela)

Part Three: Principal Tendencies of Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America

18. Rule of Law: A Key Concept of Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America

Marie-Christine Fuchs (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany), Juan Camilo Herrera (Universidad de la Andes, Colombia) and Miguel Barboza (Rule of Law Programme for Latin America, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany)

19. Constitutional Dialogue between the Inter-American and the European System of Human Rights

Tania Groppi (University of Siena, Italy) and Anna Maria Lecis Cocco Ortu (Sciences Po Bordeaux, France)

20. Foundations of Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America, Johanna Fröhlich (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile)

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