Brett J Kyle
Biographic Data
| ID | 388458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brett J Kyle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brett J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kyle |
| SIGNATURE | KYLE B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4652-4937 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Military Legal Power, Unchecked
During the 2021 presidential campaign in Honduras, winning candidate Xiomara Castro promised to break from the practices of her predecessors that had eroded the country’s democratic institutions an
A New Dawn for Latin American Militaries
On July 26, 2018, thousands of protesters, led by the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, marched in Argentina to oppose President Mauricio Macri's plans to empower the military to engage in domestic policin
Recycling Dictators in Latin American Elections
What explains the presence—and the surprising performance—of former authoritarian-regime officials in Latin American presidential elections? To answer that question, Brett J. Kyle examines the experiences of twelve countries that transitioned from military to civilian government in the Third Wave of democratization. His persuasive analysis, incorporating case studies of Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, and El Salvador, sheds new light on the consolid…
Militarized Justice in New Democracies
While a large body of literature emphasizes the importance of judicial reform in new democracies, few scholars have examined the reform of military justice systems in these settings-despite the potential for these courts to compete directly with civilian courts and subvert the rule of law. This article focuses on Latin America to empirically examine how the process of reforming military courts has played out in each democracy following authoritar…
Dictating Justice
Militaries throughout the world operate their own courts to prosecute military crimes, such as insubordination, that are not part of civilian legal codes. Latin American militaries traditionally have extended this hermetic justice system to cover all crimes committed by their personnel, allowing the institution to sit in judgment of its own actions and escape punishment for human rights violations. This parallel legal system erodes the principle …
Dictating Justice
Militaries throughout the world operate their own courts to prosecute military crimes, such as insubordination, that are not part of civilian legal codes. Latin American militaries traditionally have extended this hermetic justice system to cover all crimes committed by their personnel, allowing the institution to sit in judgment of its own actions and escape punishment for human rights violations. This parallel legal system erodes the principle …
Militarized Justice in New Democracies
While a large body of literature emphasizes the importance of judicial reform in new democracies, few scholars have examined the reform of military justice systems in these settings-despite the potential for these courts to compete directly with civilian courts and subvert the rule of law. This article focuses on Latin America to empirically examine how the process of reforming military courts has played out in each democracy following authoritar…
Dictating Justice
Militaries throughout the world operate their own courts to prosecute military crimes, such as insubordination, that are not part of civilian legal codes. Latin American militaries traditionally have extended this hermetic justice system to cover all crimes committed by their personnel, allowing the institution to sit in judgment of its own actions and escape punishment for human rights violations. This parallel legal system erodes the principle …
Militarized Justice in New Democracies
While a large body of literature emphasizes the importance of judicial reform in new democracies, few scholars have examined the reform of military justice systems in these settings-despite the potential for these courts to compete directly with civilian courts and subvert the rule of law. This article focuses on Latin America to empirically examine how the process of reforming military courts has played out in each democracy following authoritar…
Recycling Dictators in Latin American Elections
What explains the presence—and the surprising performance—of former authoritarian-regime officials in Latin American presidential elections? To answer that question, Brett J. Kyle examines the experiences of twelve countries that transitioned from military to civilian government in the Third Wave of democratization. His persuasive analysis, incorporating case studies of Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, and El Salvador, sheds new light on the consolid…
A New Dawn for Latin American Militaries
On July 26, 2018, thousands of protesters, led by the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, marched in Argentina to oppose President Mauricio Macri's plans to empower the military to engage in domestic policin
Military Legal Power, Unchecked
During the 2021 presidential campaign in Honduras, winning candidate Xiomara Castro promised to break from the practices of her predecessors that had eroded the country’s democratic institutions an
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · History (2 works) · International Law and Human Rights (2 works) · Latin Americans (2 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)