Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America

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 of the 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.