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Concluding Thoughts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2019

Jorge L. Esquirol
Jorge L. Esquirol
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Florida International University
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Summary

The fictions of Europeanness and legal failure frame most thinking about law in Latin America. However, they are predominantly instrumental narratives that have served historical and still continuing purposes. They remain relevant because of the interests they promote and their standing as conventional wisdom. Neither, however, provides a satisfactory basis from which to evaluate national legal systems.

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Ruling the Law
Legitimacy and Failure in Latin American Legal Systems
 , pp. 249 - 258
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Concluding Thoughts
  • Jorge L. Esquirol, Florida International University
  • Book: Ruling the Law
  • Online publication: 31 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316823552.006
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  • Concluding Thoughts
  • Jorge L. Esquirol, Florida International University
  • Book: Ruling the Law
  • Online publication: 31 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316823552.006
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  • Concluding Thoughts
  • Jorge L. Esquirol, Florida International University
  • Book: Ruling the Law
  • Online publication: 31 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316823552.006
Available formats
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