The COVID-19 pandemic forced justice systems to adjust to completely new realities and work methods. The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) and the Institute for Comparative Studies in the Criminal and Social Sciences (INECIP) address this topic in a new edition of the journal. Specifically, the authors address how technology has been used … Read more
On Friday, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) will present the publication “Indigenous justice and ordinary justice responses to civil disputes: The path towards alignment”, which was written by consultant Silvina Ramírez. The publication reviews the evolution of the recognition of the region’s indigenous justice systems and experiences related to their co-existence with … Read more
The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) presents the text The Importance of Evidence: A Canadian Perspective. The study, which was written by Emma Cunliffe, is being published with the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) through the project “Improving Access to Civil Justice in Latin America.” IV Chapters The publication is divided into … Read more
The Director of Research and Projects of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), Marco Fandiño, discussed some of the misconceptions about trial by jury that have circulated in the region over the years in a column published in La Tercera. Fandiño stated, “Latin American juries have a unique history that is related to … Read more
In an extensive report published in Revista El Mercurio Legal (a publication of Chile’s El Mercurio newspaper) on the Chilean government’s decision to revisit legislative discussion about civil justice reform, JSCA Executive Director Jaime Arellano outlined the elements that the Center has identified as essential for moving forward with the modernization of this system and … Read more
At the XI Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA), JSCA Executive Director Jaime Arellano called on member states to energetically work on and develop the components that the region’s justice systems need to guarantee effective access to it to all individuals and noted that digitalization will … Read more
Following the Chilean government’s decision to revisit legislative discussion of the civil procedure reform and propose changes to the system currently used to appoint judges, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) shared its opinion of both bills as the agency responsible for promoting judicial modernization in the 34 member states of the Organization … Read more
The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) presents the publication Comparative Studies on Civil Justice System Reform in China and Japan, Volume III in the context of the project “Improving access to civil justice in Latin America,” which is financed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The volume complements the previous installments in this … Read more
On Monday, April 19, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) published the Manual on litigating complex environmental civil cases written by Argentine professor Juan Sebastián Lloret. The publication was launched during the virtual seminar “Environmental Civil Litigation in Latin America: Challenges and Vision” in the context of the project “Improving access to justice … Read more
Download the publication here With the financial support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), we are pleased to announce the translation of the first section of the text “Comparative study on civil procedure reforms in Latin America.” The main purpose of this translation is to present a comparative vision of the civil justice reforms that have … Read more
