JUDICIARY REFORM AND THE RULE OF LAW: ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN LATIN AMERICA IN THE 1990S

Authors

  • Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
  • Roberto Carvalho Veloso Universidade Federal do Maranhão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25192/ISSN.1982-0496.RDFD.V.30.I.2583

Abstract

While there is consensus on the centrality of the rule of law to both economic development and democratic consolidation, the political economy of judicial reform remains largely under-theorized. The review article highlights the tensions and trade-offs between the different strategies and objectives of judicial reform in Latin America, with greater emphasis on the analysis of Brazil, highlighting the delicate balance between independence and accountability. It also assesses the role of donor institutions, and multilateral development banks in particular, in promoting judicial reform that facilitates its economic ideology, which advocates a more realistic approach to judicial governance, with a focus on viable reforms

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Author Biographies

Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Graduated in Law (PUC-Campinas), Master and Doctor in Political and Economic Law (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie), Post-Doctorate in Law (USP). Post-Doctorate in Economics (UNESP-Araraquara). Professor of the Graduate Program in Political and Economic Law at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Collaborating Professor of the Master in Social Economy at the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (Acapulco, Mexico). Member of CIRIEC-Brazil.

Roberto Carvalho Veloso, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Federal Judge in Maranhão. Coordinator of the Center for Management of Precedents of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region - NUGEP. Member of the Superior Council of the National School for Training and Improvement of Magistrates - ENFAM. Former president of AJUFE - Association of Federal Judges of Brazil. Former President of the Association of Federal Judges of the 1st Region. Post-Doctorate in Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Doctor in Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2008), Master in Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2002) and Graduated in Law from the Federal University of Piauí (1987). He is currently an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Maranhão. Professor of the Law Course at UNIEURO. Professor of master's dissertations at the Autonomous University of Lisbon - Portugal. Member of the Maranhense Academy of Legal Letters. Member of the Maranhense Academy of Letters and Military Arts.

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Nagao Menezes, D. F., & Carvalho Veloso, R. (2025). JUDICIARY REFORM AND THE RULE OF LAW: ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN LATIN AMERICA IN THE 1990S. Revista Direitos Fundamentais & Democracia, 30(1), 33–65. https://doi.org/10.25192/ISSN.1982-0496.RDFD.V.30.I.2583

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