Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings Book

Part I. The Constitutional and International Declarations of Human Rights and Its Judicial Guaranties:

1. The constitutional declarations of human rights in Latin America and its internationalization;
2. Judicial guaranties of the declarations of human rights;

Part II. The Amparo as a Latin American Constitutional and International Law Institution:
3. Judicial review and amparo proceeding in Latin America;
4. The amparo action in countries that only apply the diffuse system of judicial review of legislation;
5. The amparo action in countries that only apply the concentrated method of judicial review of legislation;
6. The amparo as a constitutional right in countries with mixed systems of judicial review of legislation;
7. The amparo as a constitutional guaranty in countries with mixed systems of judicial review of legislation;
8. The American Convention on Human Rights and the internationalization of the amparo in Latin America;

Part III. The Injured Party and the Constitutional Rights Protected by Means of the Amparo Proceedings:
9. The injured party: the plaintiff and the rules of standing;
10. The justiciable constitutional rights by means of the amparo and habeas corpus actions;
11. The question of the justiciability of social constitutional rights by means of the amparo action;

Part IV. The Injury, the Injuring Party, and the Injuring Acts in the Amparo Proceeding:
12. The general conditions of the injury (harms and threats);
13. The reparable character of the harms and the restorative character of the amparo proceeding;
14. The imminent character of the threats and the preventive character ofthe amparo proceeding;
15. The injuring party: the defendant (public entities or private individuals);
16. The injuring actions and omissions of public authorities causing the harm or the threats;

Part V. The Extraordinary Character of the Amparo Proceeding:
17. The question of the admissibility of the amparo and its relation with the ordinary judicial means;
18. The main principles of the procedure in the amparo proceeding;
19. The adjective configuration of the main phases of the amparo proceeding;
20. The adjudication in the amparo proceeding and the preliminary protective measures;
21. The definitive judicial adjudication in the amparo suit;
22. The revision of the amparo decisions by the Constitutional Court or the Supreme Court.