«Judicial Reform

Prillaman Chapter 2 Study Questions

1. What three things does Prillaman say we want from a judiciary?
2. How does he define each of these three?
3. How should we tackle these three problems? One at a time, in some order, all at the same time? Why?
4. How has Latin America (generally speaking) done on these three issues?
5. Why does Chile succeed?
6. What are the main obstacles to reform? (try to identify at least two broad categories)
7. What can we learn from the failures?

Prillaman Chapter 6 Study Questions

1. Does Prillaman examine each of the three problems he identified in the Chilean context?
2. How was the judiciary doing on each one before the reform?
3. What did the reforms do to address each one?
4. How did Chile tackle these three problems: one at a time, in some order, all at the same time?
5. Does Chile succeed in its reform efforts? How do we know?
6. What were the main obstacles to reform in Chile?
7. How did Frey and Aylwin overcome these obstacles? Was it a smooth process?