Introduction : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar
Judicial review in developed democracies / Martin Shapiro
How some reflections on the United States' experience may inform African efforts to build court systems and the rule of law / Jennifer Widner
The constitutional court and control of presidential extraordinary powers in Colombia / Rodrigo Uprimny
The politics of judicial review in Chile in the era of domestic transition, 1990-2002 / Javier A. Couso
Legitimating transformation : political resource allocation in the South African constitutional court / Theunis Roux
The accountability function of courts in Tanzania and Zambia / Siri Gloppen
Renegotiating "law and order" : judicial reform and citizen responses in post-war Guatemala / Rachel Sieder
Economic reform and judicial governance in Brazil : balancing independence with accountability / Carlos Santiso
In search of a democratic justice
what courts should not do : Argentina, 1983-2002 / Roberto Gargarella
Lessons learned and the way forward / Irwin P. Stotzky.