Law and Political Development in Latin America: Toward a Framework for Analysis

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Journal Article Toward a Framework for Analysis Get access Howard J. Wiarda Howard J. Wiarda 1Howard J. Wiarda is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts. Some of the ideas for this study were generated while the author was a faculty fellow at the Mershon Center for Education in National Security, Ohio State University, during the 1969–1970 academic year. The author would like to thank the Mershon Center for its support, Professor Keith Rosenn of the Ohio State College of Law for many stimulating discussions and ideas concerning law and development in Latin America as well as for the invitation to write this paper, and lêda Siqueira Wiarda whose comments on the first draft were invaluable. None of these persons or organizations bear any responsibility for the study's contents, however; that rests solely with the person under whose name it appears Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 19, Issue 3, Summer 1971, Pages 434–463, https://doi.org/10.2307/839556 Published: 01 July 1971