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Books

  • Death and Resurrection of the Catholic Church in Chiapas in the XX C., Mexican National University (UNAM), Mexico, 2002 (in Spanish) (link)
  • Samuel Ruiz en San Cristobal, Tusquets, Mexico, 1999 (in Spanish). Book by Jean Meyer with the collaboration of Federico Anaya and Julio Rios Figueroa (link)

    Articles in Journals

  • Enacting Constitutionalism. The Origins of Independent Judicial Institutions in Latin America. Coauthored with Andrea Pozas-Loyo. Forthcoming, Comparative Politics (pdf)
  • Fragmentation of Power and The Emergence of an Effective Judiciary in Mexico, 1994-2002, Latin American Politics & Society, vol. 49, no. 1, Spring 2007 (pdf) Versión anterior en español (pdf)
  • Institutional Determinants of the Judicialisation of Policy in Brazil and Mexico, Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 38, no. 4, November 2006. Coauthored with Matthew M. Taylor (pdf)
  • The Constitutional Adjudication Mosaic of Latin America, Comparative Political Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, March 2005. Coauthored with Patricio Navia (pdf)
  • Social Capital and Democracy: A Critical Review of Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work, Politica y Gobierno, vol. VI, no. 2, 1999. Coauthored with Alejandra Rios Cazares (in Spanish) (pdf)

    Book Chapters

  • When and Why "Law" and "Reality" Coincide? De Jure and De Facto Judicial Independence in Chile and Mexico. In Alejandra Rios-Cazares and David Shirk (eds.), Evaluating Accountability and Transparency in Mexico. National, Local, and Comparative Perspectives San Diego, CA: San Diego University Press. Coauthored with Andrea Pozas-Loyo (pdf)

    Dissertation

  • Judicial Independence: Definition, Measurement, and Its Effects on Corruption. A Study of Latin America (pdf)

    Working Papers

  • "Judicial Institutions and Corruption Control". CIDE, Division of Political Studies, Working Paper # 204, May 2008 (pdf)
  • "Unpacking the Rule of Law. A Review of Judicial Independence Measures". Coauthored with Jeffrey K. Staton. The Committee on Concepts and Methods, International Political Science Association IPSA, Working Paper # 21, September 2008 (pdf)
  • Judicial Institutions and Economic Growth. Coauthored with Jennifer Gandhi
  • Transitional Justice and the Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America. Coauthored with Patricio Navia

    Book Reviews

  • Ethics and Criminal Justice. An Introduction, by John Kleinig (Cambridge University Press, 2008). In Law & Politics Book Review, vol. 18, no. 9, September 2008 (link)
  • Judicial Review as Political Insurance. Argentina, Peru, and Mexico in the 1990s, by Jodi S. Finkel (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008). In Journal of Politics, forthcoming
  • The Judicial Response to Killings in Latin America. Inequality and the Rule of Law, by Daniel M. Brinks (Cambridge University Press, 2008). In Politica y Gobierno, forthcoming (in Spanish)
  • Envisioning Reform. Improving Judicial Performance in Latin America, by Linn Hammergren (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007). In Journal of Latin American Studies, forthcoming
  • Retribution and Reparation in the Transition to Democracy, edited by Jon Elster (Cambridge University Press, 2006). In Law & Politics Book Review, vol. 16, no. 10, October 2006 (link)
  • Latin American Lawyers. A Historical Introduction, by Rogelio Perez-Perdomo (Stanford University Press, 2006). In Law & Politics Book Review, vol. 16, no. 5, May 2006 (link)
  • The Rule of Law in Nascent Democracies. Judicial Politics in Argentina, by Rebecca Bill Chavez (Stanford University Press, 2004). In Latin American Politics & Society, vol. 47, no. 4, Winter 2005 (pdf)
  • The Chiapas Rebellion. The Struggle for Land and Democracy, by Neil Harvey (Duke University Press, 1999). In Politica y Gobierno, vol. 7, no. 2, 2000 (in Spanish)(pdf)

    Newspaper and magazine articles

  • "Can a Constitutional Amendment be Unconstitutional?", Revista Nexos, No. 370, October 2008. Coauthored with Andrea Pozas-Loyo (in Spanish) (pdf)
  • "Constitutional Adjudication and Representation in Contemporary Democracies", Revista Folios, vol. 2, No. 9, January-February 2008. Coauthored with Andrea Pozas-Loyo (in Spanish) (pdf)


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