ABSTRACT

Roberto Gargarella is Professor of Law and Constitutional Theory, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Siri Gloppen is Researcher at the University of Bergen, Department of Comparative Politics, and Head of the Courts in Transition Programme, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. Elin Skaar is Senior Researcher and Head of the Human Rights Programme at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. Martin Shapiro is James W. and Isobel Coffroth Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Jennifer Widner is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, USA. Rodrigo Uprimny is Professor of Law, National University of Colombia and Deputy Judge at the Constitutional Court of Colombia. Javier Couso is Professor of Law and Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. Theunis Roux is Reader in Law and Society and Head of the Law & Transformation Programme, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Rachel Sieder is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, UK. Carlos Santiso is a political economist at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA. Irwin P.Stotzky is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Human Rights, University of Miami School of Law, USA.