na INLIS000000000002576 20221109103049 0010-0520002576 221109 | | eng 0-521-82059-6 eng 347.820 12 347.820 12 HEL c Helmke, Gretchen Courts under Constraints : Judges, Generals, And Presidents In Argentina / Gretchen Helmke Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 xv, 221p. : : illus, ; 23cm. Indeks : p.209-221 p.195-207 Latin Amerca's courts are in crisis. Inadequate material resources and infrastructure, outdated procedures, case backlog, corruption, politicization, and cronyism are among the many problems that judiciaries face. Although such difficulties are hardly new to the region, over the last decade the image of the judiciary has grown decidedly worse. According to a recent survey published in The Economist, the percentage of Latin American citizens that has confidence in the judiciary has fallen from approximately 35 percent in 1996 to around 20 percent in Political questions and judicial power - Argentina - History - 20th century. Civil-military relations 09273/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09273/MKRI-P/XI-2008