Title International courts in Latin America and the Caribbean : foundations and authority / Salvatore Caserta

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 294 pages) Series International courts and tribunals series International courts and tribunals series. Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- International Courts in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- 1. International Courts in Latin America and the Caribbean: Foundations and Authority -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The De Facto Authority of International Courts -- 3. Analytical Markers to Assess the De Facto Authority of International Courts -- 3.1 Challenging Political Environments -- 3.2 The Timing of Institutional Founding and the Risk of Being Stuck in the Starting Gate -- 3.3 Material and Abstract Interests -- 3.4 Fundamental Support 3.5 Societal Embeddedness -- 4. Research Strategy -- 5. The Roadmap of the Book -- 2. The Extended Foundation of the Caribbean Court of Justice between Decolonisation and Globalisation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Extended Foundation of the Appellate Jurisdiction in the Shadow of the British Empire -- 2.1 The Early Attempts at Severing the Ties with the Privy Council as a Breeding Ground for the Present CCJ -- 2.2 Explaining the Past and Present Lack of Fundamental Support for the Appellate Jurisdiction: Post-​Colonial Legacies and the 'Banana-​Boat Lawyers' 3. The Extended Foundation of the CCJ's Original Jurisdiction in the Shadow of Globalisation -- 3.1 Caribbean Integration without Law: The First Steps of the CARIFTA and the CARICOM -- 3.2 The Slow Rise of a New Caribbean Legal Elite and its Fundamental Support for the CCJ's Original Jurisdiction -- 4. The Window of Opportunity: The Clash with the Privy Council on Human Rights Standards and the End of the Cold War -- 4.1 The Privy Council Stepping on the Toes of the Caribbean Legal Elites 4.2 Echoes of the End of the Cold War: The Reform of the CARICOM and the Negotiations for the Creation of the OJ -- 5. Embedding the Caribbean Court of Justice in the Caribbean Legal Field -- 5.1 Organisational and Institutional Decisions -- 5.2 The Appointment of the Judges -- 6. Conclusion -- 3. The Extended Foundation of the Central American Court of Justice between Pacification and Globalisation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Extended Foundation of the International and Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Central American Court of Justice -- 2.1 The Rise and Fall of the Cartago Court 2.2 Linking the Cartago Court to the Present CACJ -- 3. The Extended Foundation of the CACJ's Economic Law Jurisdiction in the Shadow of Globalisation -- 3.1 The Intergovernmental Beginnings of the ODECA and the CACM -- 3.2 Explaining the Lack of Fundamental Support for the Economic Jurisdiction of the CACJ: The Marginalisation of Lawyers and the Crisis of the ODECA and the CACM -- 4. The Window of Opportunity: The Creation the CACJ at the Crossroads of Pacification and Globalisation -- 4.1 Central American Pacification and the Revival of the Cartago Court Summary This work explores the foundations and evolution of the four Latin American and Caribbean regional economic courts. It argues that local socio-political factors are often the decisive factor in influencing the direction of these Courts, rather than the formally delegated functions they were assigned when established Notes This edition previously issued in print: 2020 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 17, 2021) Subject Corte de Justicia Centroamericana. Caribbean Court of Justice. Tribunal de Justicia de la Comunidad Andina. MERCOSUR (Organization). Tribunal Permanente de Revisión. SUBJECT Caribbean Court of Justice fast Corte de Justicia Centroamericana fast Subject International courts -- Latin America International courts -- Caribbean Area Commercial courts -- Latin America Commercial courts -- Caribbean Area International courts. Commercial courts International courts Caribbean Area Latin America Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191904592 0191904597 9780192638243 0192638246 9780192638250 0192638254

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