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Current trends toward the judicialization of politics in Latin America are deeply embedded in a context of regional and international legalization. In this chapter I argue that one cannot fully understand the domestic judicialization of politics in most Latin American countries without taking this regional and international context into account. For example, to understand outcomes in the area of the judicialization of human rights politics in many countries in Latin America, we also need to be attentive to developments in international and regional human rights law, as well as the role of transnational advocacy groups. Borrowing a concept from social movement theory, I believe that to understand the current level of judicialization of human rights policy in Latin America, it is necessary to situate it within its relevant international and domestic political and legal opportunity structure.
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Sikkink, K. (2005). The Transnational Dimension of the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America. In: Sieder, R., Schjolden, L., Angell, A. (eds) The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America. Studies of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10887-6_11
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