Subject(s): Judicial review -- Political resourse -- Democratic justice -- Accountability functions of the court in new democracies -- Judicial review in developed democracies -- Reflections on the US experience may inform African efforts to build court systems and the rule of law -- Constitutional court and control of presidential extraordinary powers in Colombia -- Politics of judicial review in Chile in the era of domestic transition -- Legitimating transformation: political resources allocation in the south African constitutional court -- Accountability functions of the courts in Tanzania and Zambia -- Renegotiating law and order : judicial reform and citizen responses in post-war Guatemala -- Economic reform and judicial governance in Brazil: balancing independence with accountability -- Democratic justice, what courts should not do Argentina, 1983-2002