Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform

This report analyzes the main reasons or interests that have prevented some recent judicial and legal reforms in Honduras and Bolivia from becoming effective. It focuses on the reasons why criminal justice reforms were unable to put an end to the m...

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Published: Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/496741468266066017/Vested-interests-in-legal-and-judicial-reform
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spelling okr-10986-282042021-04-23T14:04:47Z Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform World Bank ABUSE ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AMPARO ASSAULTS ATTORNEYS AUDITS CASE LAW CIVIL PROCEDURE CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COUNSEL COURT COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIONS CRIMINAL CODE CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL LAWS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODES CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CRIMINAL SYSTEM CRIMINALS CUSTODY DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DETAINEES DISCRETION DISCRIMINATION DOMICILE DUE PROCESS DUE PROCESS OF LAW FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GANGS HOME HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IMPRISONMENT INITIATIVE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATOR JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL OFFICERS JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REFORM PROGRAMS JUDICIAL REFORMS JUDICIAL SELECTION JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEM REFORM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARIES JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICE SYSTEM JUSTICES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEGAL CHANGE LEGAL REFORM LEGAL REFORMS LEGALITY LEGISLATION LITIGATION MAGISTRATES MEDIA MEDIATION MINISTER MONOPOLY NOTARIES OFFENDERS PATRONAGE POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL WILL PRE-TRIAL DETENTION PRETRIAL DETENTION PREVENTIVE DETENTION PRIORITIES PRISON PRISONS PROSECUTION PROSECUTOR PROSECUTORS PUBLIC DEFENDERS PUBLIC OPINION PUNISHMENT REMEDY RESIDENCE RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SENTENCING SUBSTANTIVE LAW TRIAL TRIALS TRIBUNALS VICTIMS WILL YOUTH YOUTH GANGS This report analyzes the main reasons or interests that have prevented some recent judicial and legal reforms in Honduras and Bolivia from becoming effective. It focuses on the reasons why criminal justice reforms were unable to put an end to the misuse of pre-trial detention. The report also includes a study of some of the reasons that have prevented criminal procedure code reforms from reducing the perception of impunity prevailing in both countries. With respect to the reforms of judicial selection mechanisms, it focuses on the interests that have prevented the public perception of judicial independence from improving in spite of the implementation of those reforms. The report includes an annex to Section 1, consultations with civil society in Honduras. Section 2 discusses civil and commercial justice in Paraguay. Section 3 discusses vested interests in legal and judicial reform projects in Guyana. 2017-09-07T20:12:43Z 2017-09-07T20:12:43Z 2008-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/496741468266066017/Vested-interests-in-legal-and-judicial-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28204 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Bolivia Guyana Honduras Paraguay
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topic ABUSE
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
AMPARO
ASSAULTS
ATTORNEYS
AUDITS
CASE LAW
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CIVIL RIGHTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CONFIDENCE
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
COUNSEL
COURT
COURTS
CRIME
CRIME PREVENTION
CRIMES
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL ACTIONS
CRIMINAL CODE
CRIMINAL EVIDENCE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINAL LAW
CRIMINAL LAWS
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODES
CRIMINAL PROCEDURES
CRIMINAL SYSTEM
CRIMINALS
CUSTODY
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DETAINEES
DISCRETION
DISCRIMINATION
DOMICILE
DUE PROCESS
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
GANGS
HOME
HOUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
IMPRISONMENT
INITIATIVE
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATOR
JUDGE
JUDGES
JUDGMENTS
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
JUDICIAL CORRUPTION
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL OFFICERS
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE
JUDICIAL REFORM
JUDICIAL REFORM PROGRAMS
JUDICIAL REFORMS
JUDICIAL SELECTION
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIAL SYSTEM REFORM
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICE
JUSTICE SYSTEM
JUSTICES
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAWS
LAWYER
LAWYERS
LEGAL CHANGE
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL REFORMS
LEGALITY
LEGISLATION
LITIGATION
MAGISTRATES
MEDIA
MEDIATION
MINISTER
MONOPOLY
NOTARIES
OFFENDERS
PATRONAGE
POLICE
POLICE OFFICERS
POLITICAL WILL
PRE-TRIAL DETENTION
PRETRIAL DETENTION
PREVENTIVE DETENTION
PRIORITIES
PRISON
PRISONS
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTOR
PROSECUTORS
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
PUBLIC OPINION
PUNISHMENT
REMEDY
RESIDENCE
RULE OF LAW
SANCTIONS
SENTENCING
SUBSTANTIVE LAW
TRIAL
TRIALS
TRIBUNALS
VICTIMS
WILL
YOUTH
YOUTH GANGS
spellingShingle ABUSE
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
AMPARO
ASSAULTS
ATTORNEYS
AUDITS
CASE LAW
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CIVIL RIGHTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CONFIDENCE
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
COUNSEL
COURT
COURTS
CRIME
CRIME PREVENTION
CRIMES
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL ACTIONS
CRIMINAL CODE
CRIMINAL EVIDENCE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINAL LAW
CRIMINAL LAWS
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODES
CRIMINAL PROCEDURES
CRIMINAL SYSTEM
CRIMINALS
CUSTODY
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DETAINEES
DISCRETION
DISCRIMINATION
DOMICILE
DUE PROCESS
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
GANGS
HOME
HOUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
IMPRISONMENT
INITIATIVE
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATOR
JUDGE
JUDGES
JUDGMENTS
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
JUDICIAL CORRUPTION
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL OFFICERS
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE
JUDICIAL REFORM
JUDICIAL REFORM PROGRAMS
JUDICIAL REFORMS
JUDICIAL SELECTION
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIAL SYSTEM REFORM
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICE
JUSTICE SYSTEM
JUSTICES
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAWS
LAWYER
LAWYERS
LEGAL CHANGE
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL REFORMS
LEGALITY
LEGISLATION
LITIGATION
MAGISTRATES
MEDIA
MEDIATION
MINISTER
MONOPOLY
NOTARIES
OFFENDERS
PATRONAGE
POLICE
POLICE OFFICERS
POLITICAL WILL
PRE-TRIAL DETENTION
PRETRIAL DETENTION
PREVENTIVE DETENTION
PRIORITIES
PRISON
PRISONS
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTOR
PROSECUTORS
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
PUBLIC OPINION
PUNISHMENT
REMEDY
RESIDENCE
RULE OF LAW
SANCTIONS
SENTENCING
SUBSTANTIVE LAW
TRIAL
TRIALS
TRIBUNALS
VICTIMS
WILL
YOUTH
YOUTH GANGS
World Bank
Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Bolivia
Guyana
Honduras
Paraguay
description This report analyzes the main reasons or interests that have prevented some recent judicial and legal reforms in Honduras and Bolivia from becoming effective. It focuses on the reasons why criminal justice reforms were unable to put an end to the misuse of pre-trial detention. The report also includes a study of some of the reasons that have prevented criminal procedure code reforms from reducing the perception of impunity prevailing in both countries. With respect to the reforms of judicial selection mechanisms, it focuses on the interests that have prevented the public perception of judicial independence from improving in spite of the implementation of those reforms. The report includes an annex to Section 1, consultations with civil society in Honduras. Section 2 discusses civil and commercial justice in Paraguay. Section 3 discusses vested interests in legal and judicial reform projects in Guyana.
format Report
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
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title Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform
title_short Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform
title_full Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform
title_fullStr Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform
title_full_unstemmed Vested Interests in Legal and Judicial Reform
title_sort vested interests in legal and judicial reform
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/496741468266066017/Vested-interests-in-legal-and-judicial-reform
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28204
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