Ранний анализ см.: Joel G. Verner. “The Independence of Supreme Courts in Latin America: A Review of the Literature”, Journal of Latin American Studies 16, no. 2 (1984): 463–506. Случай Мексики – см.: Julio Ríos-Figueroa. “Fragmentation of Power and the Emergence of an Effective Judiciary in Mexico, 1994–2002”, Latin American Politics and Society 49, no. 1 (2007): 31–57. Важно отметить, что остаются серьезные проблемы. См.: William C. Prillaman. The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America: Declining Confidence in the Rule of Law (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000).
