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""Jordi Díez opens the black box of judicial decision-making and abortion. Beautifully written and compellingly argued, this landmark book is required reading for anyone seeking to understand the role of courts and court personnel in contentious politics."" --Jocelyn Viterna, Harvard University ""This pioneering study examines how four Latin American courts decided abortion cases once they reached the respective court dockets. Its wide-ranging, reader-friendly scholarship promotes understanding of the variance among such decisions and the different factors that judges consider before they pen their decisions or cast their votes."" --Rebecca Cook, University of Toronto

""This pioneering study examines how four Latin American courts decided abortion cases once they reached the respective court dockets. Its wide-ranging, reader-friendly scholarship promotes understanding of the variance among such decisions and the different factors that judges consider before they pen their decisions or cast their votes."" --Rebecca Cook, Professor Emerita and Co-Director, Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto ""Jordi Díez opens the black box of judicial decision-making and abortion. Beautifully written and compellingly argued, this landmark book is required reading for anyone seeking to understand the role of courts and court personnel in contentious politics."" --Jocelyn Viterna, author of Women in War: The Micro-processes of Mobilization in El Salvador

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Jordi Díez is professor of political science at the University of Guelph.

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