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Author: Allan R. Brewer-Carías (Partner, Baumeister & Brewer, Law Firm (Caracas))
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.660kg
ISBN: 9781107677937
ISBN 10: 1107677939
Pages: 450
Publication Date: 02 January 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
""...a valuable reference guide to lawyers, legal scholars, and social scientists interested in the judicial protection of rights in Latin American countries, whether they have previous knowledge of the civil law tradition or not ... Describing in quite good detail yet in an accessible manner the constitutional and legal characteristics of a rather complex judicial remedy across nineteen countries is an unquestionable accomplishment of this book..."" --Julio Rios-Figueroa, Division de Estudios Politicos, CIDE, The Law and Politics Book Review
...a valuable reference guide to lawyers, legal scholars, and social scientists interested in the judicial protection of rights in Latin American countries, whether they have previous knowledge of the civil law tradition or not ... Describing in quite good detail yet in an accessible manner the constitutional and legal characteristics of a rather complex judicial remedy across nineteen countries is an unquestionable accomplishment of this book... --Julio Rios-Figueroa, Division de Estudios Politicos, CIDE, The Law and Politics Book Review
...a valuable reference guide to lawyers, legal scholars, and social scientists interested in the judicial protection of rights in Latin American countries, whether they have previous knowledge of the civil law tradition or not ... Describing in quite good detail yet in an accessible manner the constitutional and legal characteristics of a rather complex judicial remedy across nineteen countries is an unquestionable accomplishment of this book... --Julio Rios-Figueroa, Division de Estudios Politicos, CIDE, The Law and Politics Book Review
Author Information
Law Degree (Summa Cum Laude) (1962) and Doctor of Laws (1964), Central University of Venezuela. Since 1963 he has been Professor at the Central University of Venezuela. He was the Director of the Public Law Institute at the same University (1978–89), and has been Professor in post-graduate courses in the Law Faculties at the University of Cambridge (LLM), UK; the University of Paris II; the University of Rosario and the University Extern ado of Colombia in Bogotá. In 2006 and 2007, he has been Adjunct Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School, University of Columbia, New York. In 1981 he was awarded with the National Sciences Prize of Venezuela, for his achievements in law and institutional studies. He is a Vice-President of the International Academy of Comparative Law (The Hague); a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights; and a Member of the Venezuelan National Academy of Political and Social Sciences, where he served as President in 1997–9. In Venezuela, he has been Senator for the Federal District; Head of the Presidential Commission on Administrative Reform and Minister for Decentralization; and was elected Member of the National Constituent Assembly in 1999. Since 1980, he has been the Director of the Public Law Journal (Revista de Derecho Público) of Venezuela and has extensively published books and articles on constitutional and administrative law. Cambridge University Press published his 1985 book, Judicial Review in Comparative Law. Since 1974 he has been a Partner of the law firm Baumeister & Brewer in Caracas.
