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• Introduction
• The lawless unity of the people : the legalists and radicals' consensus
• Extraordinary adaptation : an illegal and plural people
• The enemies clash : lawless constitution-making in Venezuela and Ecuador
• A quarrel among friends : partially inclusive extraordinary adaptation in Colombia
• The enemies' truce : inclusive extraordinary adaptation in Bolivia
• Conclusion

"The “people” are the ultimate source of authority for a constitution. But who are the people? The danger is that populist leaders will define the people as one segment of the population that is unbound by law to create a new constitution that centralizes power in the leader's hands. This book retells the story of popular constitution-making in South America to develop an alternative theory of the relationship of the people to law. Braver examines how and how not to violate law to construct an inclusive people so they may realize their freedom to break with the past but still stave off the establishment of semi-authoritarian constitutions. Through the “extraordinary adaptation” of old institutions, the people and its constitutional convention may include all parties. Rather than overthrowing old institutions and opening a legal void, in extraordinary adaptation, the revolutionary party gains offices through democratic elections and then repurposes the old regime's institutions by bending, reinterpreting, and even breaking their rules. However, it never creates a legal vacuum, and this partial legal continuity facilitates the participation of old parties that continue to hold some power in the previous constitution's institutions. The adaptation must be principled: the revolutionary must first exhaust all legal channels, openly acknowledge the violation to seek popular vindication, and concede enough to the opposition so that it may begrudgingly acquiesce to the new constitution. The book develops the theories of constitution-making by examining all four instances of popular constitution-making in contemporary South America. It shows how populist leaders in Venezuela and Ecuador established semi-authoritarian constitutions through lawless constitution-making while Colombia and Bolivia managed to avoid the same fate by engaging in extraordinary adaptation"-- Provided by publisher

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The implications of mixed judicial selection on decision-making
• 3. Mixed judicial selection: prevalence and variation
• 4. The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal in political context
• 5. The Colombian Constitutional Court in political context
• 6. Determinants of legal invalidation by constitutional judges
• 7. Determinants of legal invalidation by constitutional courts
• 8. Weak judicial vetoes and contentious politics
• 9. Conclusion: Judicial selection and decision-making.
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How does the selection of judges influence the work they do in important constitutional courts? Does mixed judicial selection, which allows more players to choose judges, result in a court that is more independent and one that can check powerful executives and legislators? Existing literature on constitutional courts tends to focus on how judicial behaviour is motivated by judges' political preferences. Lydia Brashear Tiede argues for a new approach, showing that, under mixed selection, institutions choose different types of judges who represent different approaches to constitutional adjudication and thus have different propensities for striking down laws. Using empirical evidence from the constitutional courts of Chile and Colombia, this book develops a framework for understanding the factors, external and internal to courts, which lead individual judges, as well as the courts in which they work, to veto a law.
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• 1. Introduction
• 2. The implications of mixed judicial selection on decision-making
• 3. Mixed judicial selection: prevalence and variation
• 4. The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal in political context
• 5. The Colombian Constitutional Court in political context
• 6. Determinants of legal invalidation by constitutional judges
• 7. Determinants of legal invalidation by constitutional courts
• 8. Weak judicial vetoes and contentious politics
• 9. Conclusion: Judicial selection and decision-making.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

How does the selection of judges influence the work they do in important constitutional courts? Does mixed judicial selection, which allows more players to choose judges, result in a court that is more independent and one that can check powerful executives and legislators? Existing literature on constitutional courts tends to focus on how judicial behaviour is motivated by judges' political preferences. Lydia Brashear Tiede argues for a new approach, showing that, under mixed selection, institutions choose different types of judges who represent different approaches to constitutional adjudication and thus have different propensities for striking down laws. Using empirical evidence from the constitutional courts of Chile and Colombia, this book develops a framework for understanding the factors, external and internal to courts, which lead individual judges, as well as the courts in which they work, to veto a law.
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• Acknowledgements German and Spanish Summaries (Zusammenfassung/Resumen) List of Tables and Graphics List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• 1 Introduction: Conflicts Because of Lands and Forests - the Challenging Relation between Amazonian Indigenous Peoples and Their Nation States 1.1 Structure of the Book 1.2 Method
• 2 Setting the Scene 2.1 The Amazonian Region as a Geographical Place 2.2 Amazonian Indigenous Peoples 2.3 Community Forest Management as a Form of Use of Forest Resources
• 3 Establishing the Legal Standards: Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level 3.1 Development of Indigenous Rights in International Law 3.2 Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level 3.3 Binding Character of International Agreements Referred to Indigenous Peoples (ILO Convention 169, UNDRIP and Biodiversity Convention) 3.4 Conclusions
• 4 Relationship between the Nation States and Indigenous Peoples 4.1 Historical Appraisal of Citizenship Regimes: Citizens, Non-citizens and People under Guardianship Regime 4.2 Indigenous Peoples in the Current Legal Systems 4.3 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 5 Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to the Lands and Territories 5.1 Historical Appraisal: The Long Road for Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to Recover Their Rights over Lands and Territories 5.2 Rights to the Lands in the Current Constitutions and National Laws 5.3 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 6 Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the Forest Resources 6.1 Historical Appraisal of the Forest Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6.2 Key Features of the Forest Norms 6.3 Rights over Forest Resources 6.4 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 7 Community Forest Management (CFM) 7.1 Definition of Community Forest Management 7.2 CFM and Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge 7.3 CFM before the Enactment of the Current Norms 7.4 Current Regulation of CFM 7.5 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 8 Evaluation and Summary 8.1 Implementing International Law in the National Legal Systems of Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru 8.2 Strengthening the Lands and Forests Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples for the Conservation of the Amazon Rainforest
• References Index.
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In this book Siu Lang Carrillo Yap compares the land and forest rights of Amazonian indigenous peoples from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, and analyses these rights in the context of international law, property law theory, and forest and soil sciences. Within this scope and against the historical background, the recent interrelations between the Amazonian indigenous peoples' land, forest and community forest management rights and their importance for the self-determination of indigenous peoples in the Amazonian region are examined. Through bringing together international law with national law, natural resources law with property law and law with natural sciences, the author sheds new light on the complex topic of indigenous peoples' rights closely entwined with the conservation of the Amazonian rainforest.
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• Acknowledgements German and Spanish Summaries (Zusammenfassung/Resumen) List of Tables and Graphics List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• 1 Introduction: Conflicts Because of Lands and Forests - the Challenging Relation between Amazonian Indigenous Peoples and Their Nation States 1.1 Structure of the Book 1.2 Method
• 2 Setting the Scene 2.1 The Amazonian Region as a Geographical Place 2.2 Amazonian Indigenous Peoples 2.3 Community Forest Management as a Form of Use of Forest Resources
• 3 Establishing the Legal Standards: Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level 3.1 Development of Indigenous Rights in International Law 3.2 Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Level 3.3 Binding Character of International Agreements Referred to Indigenous Peoples (ILO Convention 169, UNDRIP and Biodiversity Convention) 3.4 Conclusions
• 4 Relationship between the Nation States and Indigenous Peoples 4.1 Historical Appraisal of Citizenship Regimes: Citizens, Non-citizens and People under Guardianship Regime 4.2 Indigenous Peoples in the Current Legal Systems 4.3 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 5 Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to the Lands and Territories 5.1 Historical Appraisal: The Long Road for Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to Recover Their Rights over Lands and Territories 5.2 Rights to the Lands in the Current Constitutions and National Laws 5.3 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 6 Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the Forest Resources 6.1 Historical Appraisal of the Forest Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6.2 Key Features of the Forest Norms 6.3 Rights over Forest Resources 6.4 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 7 Community Forest Management (CFM) 7.1 Definition of Community Forest Management 7.2 CFM and Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge 7.3 CFM before the Enactment of the Current Norms 7.4 Current Regulation of CFM 7.5 Conclusions of the Chapter
• 8 Evaluation and Summary 8.1 Implementing International Law in the National Legal Systems of Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru 8.2 Strengthening the Lands and Forests Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples for the Conservation of the Amazon Rainforest
• References Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

In this book Siu Lang Carrillo Yap compares the land and forest rights of Amazonian indigenous peoples from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, and analyses these rights in the context of international law, property law theory, and forest and soil sciences. Within this scope and against the historical background, the recent interrelations between the Amazonian indigenous peoples' land, forest and community forest management rights and their importance for the self-determination of indigenous peoples in the Amazonian region are examined. Through bringing together international law with national law, natural resources law with property law and law with natural sciences, the author sheds new light on the complex topic of indigenous peoples' rights closely entwined with the conservation of the Amazonian rainforest.
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• Los procesos de consulta indígena en perspectiva antropológica / Alejandro Diez
• Los retos de la implementación de la consulta previa: identificando al sujeto de derecho y a sus organizaciones representativas / Juan Francisco Chávez
• Complejidades en la identificación de pueblos indígenas a partir del criterio subjetivo de autoidentificación / Oliver Stella
• Cultura institucional y diálogo intercultura: la consulta previa en Perú / Carola Mick y Carlos Garatea
• ¿Ganaron las comunidades nativas?: encuentros con la política estatal peruana a partir del caso de la consulta previa para el Plan Nacional de EIB / Karol Torres
• ¿Cuatro décadas de oro negro?: Análisis de la relación entre el Estado y las comunidades indígenas en la consulta previa del Lote 192 / Adelaida Farfán
• Flexibilidad y adaptación intercultural en Chile: las consultas al puevlo Rapanui / Minda Bustamante y ALejandro Diez
• Etnografía de la consulta previa: el caso de la exploración petrolera en la Orinoquía oriental colombiana / Margarita Serje

• Tomo
• 2. Entre la conservación ancestral y la explotación económica de los recursos naturales.

• Introducción
• La emergencia de la otredad indígena en el constitucionalismo latinamericano
• El indígena en el constitucionalismo liberal latinoamericano
• Confluencia de las etapas indigenistas compartidas en latinoamerica
• El proceso de profundización democrática : el encuentro con la otredad indígena
• Conclusiones

"Con un enfoque democrático, transformador y emancipador del proceso de inclusión de los derechos de los grupos indígenas -tradicionalmente discriminados o invisibilizados durante la Modernidad-, este libro de Soraya Pérez Portilla se centra en el calor de la igualdad con un efoque democrático. El texto orienta al lector para comprender que los momentos constituyentes estudiados en sus páginas de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela en 1999, de la Reùblica de Ecuador en 2008 y de Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia en 2009, momentos legislativos refundados como plurinacionales e interculturales con una participación vigorosa de ñas comunidades ancestrales permitieron abrir espacios para que conceptos como pluriétnico y plurilingüismo pasara a ser principios fundamentales de la Carta Política de Colombia en 1991, permitiendo al mismo tiempo inaugurar escenarios para la representación indígena y de las comunidades ancestrales. Este libro nos dice del reconocimiento de la Otredad como principio para el diálogo que nos permitirá caminar juntos en la construcción de sociedades, justas y esenciales."-- Page 4 of cover

• Prólogo: Constitucionalismo crítico y poder constituyente / Ricardo Sánchez Ángel
• El estado plurinacional de Bolivia
• El camino hacia el estado plurinacional en Ecuador
• Democracia participativa en Venezuela : ¿continuismo o revolución?
• Estado peruano y Fujimorismo
• Bipartidismo y razón constituyente en Colombia
• Formas de estatalidad y sus transformaciones en América Latina.

• Foreword
• Argentina / Marcelo Bombau
• Bolivia / Pablo Rojas [and three others]
• Brazil / Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva [and nine others]
• Chile / Marcos Rios, Juan Francisco Mackenna
• Colombia / Carlos Urrutia [and nine others]
• Ecuador / Juan Carols Bustamante [and eight others]
• Paraguay / Alejandro Guanes
• Peru / Jean Paul Chabaneix, Alejandro Manayalle
• Uruguay / Gonzalo Secco, Manuel Lecuona and Agustina Pérez
• Venezuela / Fulvio Italiani, Paula Serra Freire.

"Since the early nineteenth century, South America has been an important recipient of international loans and foreign direct investment. London and New York became the financial centers for South American governments and companies. Given the economy structures of all countries in the region with low saving capacity, South America largely depends on foreign direct investments for its development and growth. Although it is still a region of many contrasts, it plays an increasingly important role in the business strategies of multinational enterprises. However, South America’s legal and business environment is still highly complex for many...[This] book discusses the legal environment for investments in infrastructure in the ten major countries in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The chapters focus on the national regulations that affect the lives of companies aiming to set up operations in these countries, including the regulatory framework. Providing you with a common language for business and a road map for investments in South America’s infrastructure, encompassing the constitutional and legal environment for investments in the energy, logistics, telecommunications, sanitation, education, technology, broadband, broadcasting, agribusiness, mining, health, urban mobility, and oil and gas sectors. Additionally, the guide provides the association formed between the public and private sectors through PPPs and PPIs and the financing available in each of the aforementioned countries. As a guide for foreign investors and a reference for international companies, this...book...[provides] information on the most attractive countries—for different reasons—for FDI."-- Publisher's website.

• Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Acronyms The Human Right to Water in Latin America Anna Berti Suman Abstract Keywords Introduction A The Right to Water in Latin America: Recognition, Limits, and Criticisms B The Main Features of Public, Private, and Mixed Water Systems in Latin America C Insight into the Chilean Water Framework Conclusion: Lessons from Latin America.
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In The Human Right to Water in Latin America, Anna Berti Suman investigates the development of the right to water and of water law in the Latin American context. By examining the significance of Latin American constitutional evolution, doctrine, and jurisprudence, the author illustrates the Latin American contribution in stimulating the social, political, and economic debate on the right to water, regionally and worldwide. Through an overview on the right to water in Latin American constitutions and of the main Latin American water management systems, Berti Suman argues that an analysis of the right to water has to take account of its application in specific contexts. The intrinsic connection between the right to water and the role of the private sector is examined through topical insights into the highly privatized Chilean water services. In the conclusion, the relevance of the lessons learnt from the Latin American experience for the global debate on the right to water is convincingly proved.
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