Book contents
- The Limits of Judicialization
- The Limits of Judicialization
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Working in New Political Spaces
- 2 Critical Disconnects
- 3 When Winning in the Courts Is Not Enough
- 4 Forms of Countermovement and Counter-Reform in Latin America
- 5 Backlash against State Strengthening Reforms
- 6 Backlash against Corporate Accountability for Grave Human Rights Violations in Colombia
- 7 Courting Judicial Legitimacy
- 8 Family Ties and Nepotism in the Mexican Federal Judiciary
- 9 Judicial Corruption
- 10 Kickbacks, Crackdown, and Backlash
- 11 Turning Corruption Trials into Political Tools in the Name of Transparency
- 12 Fighting Corruption, Dismantling Democracy
- 13 Prosecutorial Agency, Backlash and Resistance in the Peruvian Chapter of Lava Jato
- Index
- References
10 - Kickbacks, Crackdown, and Backlash
Legal Accountability in the Lava Jato Investigation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2022
Book contents
- The Limits of Judicialization
- The Limits of Judicialization
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Working in New Political Spaces
- 2 Critical Disconnects
- 3 When Winning in the Courts Is Not Enough
- 4 Forms of Countermovement and Counter-Reform in Latin America
- 5 Backlash against State Strengthening Reforms
- 6 Backlash against Corporate Accountability for Grave Human Rights Violations in Colombia
- 7 Courting Judicial Legitimacy
- 8 Family Ties and Nepotism in the Mexican Federal Judiciary
- 9 Judicial Corruption
- 10 Kickbacks, Crackdown, and Backlash
- 11 Turning Corruption Trials into Political Tools in the Name of Transparency
- 12 Fighting Corruption, Dismantling Democracy
- 13 Prosecutorial Agency, Backlash and Resistance in the Peruvian Chapter of Lava Jato
- Index
- References
Summary
The Lava Jato (or “Car Wash”) corruption investigation offers an important case study of the evolution of legal accountability in consolidating democracies. This chapter evaluates the origins of the investigation and the early successes of prosecutors, analyzes why Lava Jato initially succeeded where numerous previous cases had floundered, discusses the causes and likely consequences of the investigation’s declining effectiveness and ultimate neutering, and reflects on what this experience suggests about legal accountability in Brazil and other democracies facing long-festering patterns of elite collusion, corruption and impunity.
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- The Limits of JudicializationFrom Progress to Backlash in Latin America, pp. 242 - 265Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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