Criminal justice reform, Americanization, and conviction without trial in Argentina

This chapter addresses the hypothesis that the criminal justice reforms toward an accusatory/adversarial model produced in Latin America from the 1980s onwards have meant a mutation in its way of functioning that can be read as an “Americanization.” Specifically, this general question is addressed b...

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Main Author: Sozzo, Máximo (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Punishment in Latin America
Year: 2025, Pages: 59-85
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