Of Strategies, Ideas, and Deliberation: Judges, Courts, and Constitutions in Latin America

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This essay reviews the following works:Constitutional Courts and Deliberative Democracy. By Conrado Hübner Mendes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. viii + 272. $42.50 paper. ISBN: 9780198759454.Crafting Courts in New Democracies: The Politics of Subnational Judicial Reform in Brazil and Mexico. By Matthew C. Ingram. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xxv + 365. $110.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781107117327.Making Constitutions: Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America. By Gabriel L. Negretto. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xxii + 283. $44.99 paper. ISBN: 9781107670983.Primer Informe Estado de la Justicia. By Programa Estado de la Nación en Desarrollo Humano Sostenible (Costa Rica). San Jose, Costa Rica: PEN, 2015. .Constitutional Courts as Mediators: Armed Conflict, Civil-Military Relations, and the Rule of Law in Latin America. By Julio Ríos-Figueroa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xv + 238. $110.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781107079786.