Tag: South America

Perdomo (2007), “Lawyers and Political Liberalism in Venezuela”

Posted on April 13, 2026

Rogelio Perez Perdomo. “Lawyers and Political Liberalism in Venezuela.” In Fighting for Political Freedom: Comparative Studies of the Legal Complex and Political Liberalism. Edited by Terence C. Halliday, Lucien Karpik, and Malcolm M. Feeley, pp. 345-360, Oxford, U.K: Hart Publishing, 2007. This chapter analyzes the prosecution of three prominent Venezuelan jurists, Cecilia Sosa, Allan Brewer-Carías, …

Collins (2022), “Legitimation Narratives, Resistance, and Legal Cultures in Authoritarian and Post-authoritarian Chile: Lawyers and Judges in the (Post)-Transition”

Posted on July 9, 2025

This chapter explores the role of law, lawyers, and legal activism in authoritarian and transitional contexts, using Chile’s experience as a case study.

Meili (1998), “Cause Lawyers and Social Movements: A Comparative Perspective on Democratic Change in Argentina and Brazil”

Posted on June 18, 2025

This chapter examines how cause lawyers in Argentina and Brazil have engaged with grassroots social movements amid transitions from military rule to democratic consolidation.