Edgardo Buscaglia and William E. Ratliff collection

Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

2015

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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Title: Edgardo Buscaglia and William E. Ratliff collection

Date (inclusive): 1969-2003

Collection Number: 97063

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In Spanish and English

Physical Description: 25 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (10.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: The collection consists of research materials that largely relate to the study of judicial systems, legal reform, political institutions, and economic development in Latin America and internationally. The materials are chiefly comprised of official reports, laws and decrees, statistics, and printed matter dating from the late 1990s and early 2000s; there are some digital files and audiovisual materials included as well. In terms of Latin America, there is a significant amount of documentation pertaining to Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Venezuela. The more general part of the collection contains reports and studies commissioned by the United Nations, the World Bank, and other bodies, and these focus on transnational issues of corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking.

Creator: Ratliff, William E.

source: Buscaglia, Edgardo

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1997.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edgardo Buscaglia and William E. Ratliff collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

The materials in the collection were compiled by Edgardo Buscaglia and William E. Ratliff. Buscaglia is an internationally recognized expert on the judicial systems and economies of Latin America and developing countries. He was a Hoover Institution research fellow from 1991 until 2008 and is currently a Senior Research Scholar in law and economics at Columbia University. Until his death in 2014, William E. Ratliff was the Latin American curator of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and a Hoover Institution research fellow. He was the author of numerous works on Latin American politics.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of research materials that largely relate to the study of judicial systems, legal reform, political institutions, and economic development in Latin America and internationally. The materials are chiefly comprised of official reports, laws and decrees, statistics, and printed matter dating from the late 1990s and early 2000s. In terms of Latin America, there is a significant amount of documentation pertaining to Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Venezuela. The more general part of the collection contains reports and studies commissioned by the United Nations, the World Bank, and other bodies, and these focus on transnational issues of corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking.

The collection also contains some materials relating to individual countries and specific regions outside Latin America, including Africa, Singapore, and South Korea. There are also several articles by Edgardo Buscaglia in the collection, as well as a number of digital files and audiovisual recordings related to the study of Latin American judicial systems, corruption, and organized crime.

Related Collection

William E. Ratliff papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Free enterprise

Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982-

Law reform -- Latin America

Law reform -- Developing countries

Buscaglia, Edgardo

Writings of Edgardo Buscaglia 1996, 2002

box 1, folder 1

"Sector judicial en Ecuador: Estudio descriptivo y analítico de los factores asociados a los tiempos procesales en juzgados de primera instancia," 1996

box 1, folder 2

With Jan van Dijk and Mark Shaw, "The TOC Convention and the Need for Comparative Research: Some Illustrations from the Work of the UN Centre for International Crime Prevention," 2002

Research Materials 1969-2003

Latin America 1969-2003

box 1, folder 3

General 1995-1998

Argentina 1969-2001

box 1, folder 4

Corruption 1999

box 1, folder 5-7

Decrees and laws 1989-1991

box 1, folder 8-10

Economy 1987-1995

box 2, folder 1-3

Economy 1987-1995

box 2, folder 4

Education and health 1993-1995

box 2, folder 5

Foreign relations 1991

box 2, folder 6-9

Judicial system 1969-2001

box 3

Judicial system 1969-2001

box 4

Judicial system 1969-2001

box 5

Judicial system 1969-2001

box 6, folder 1-5

Municipal and regional government 1995-2000

box 6, folder 6

Public opinion 1996

Bolivia 1996-2003

box 6, folder 7

Corruption 2001

box 6, folder 8-10

Decrees and laws 1996-1999

box 6, folder 11

Economic development 1999

box 6, folder 12

Government 1998

box 7, folder 1

Judicial system 2003

box 7, folder 2-3

Money laundering 2001-2002

box 7, folder 4

Public administration 1996

box 7, folder 5

Brazil, judicial system 1995

box 7, folder 6

Chile, judicial system 1997

Colombia 1995-2002

box 7, folder 7-11

Corruption 1995-2001

box 8, folder 1-2

Corruption 1995-2001

box 8, folder 3-10

Judicial system 1996-2002

box 9, folder 1

Kidnapping 2002

box 9, folder 2

Municipal government 2000

box 9, folder 3

Poverty 1998

Ecuador 1985-2002

box 9, folder 4

Corruption 2002

box 9, folder 5

Governance 1997

box 9, folder 6-13

Judicial system 1985-2000

Scope and Contents note

Box/Folder 12 : 2 contains material regarding Paraguay. See also Research Materials, Paraguay, Judicial system file.

box 10

Judicial system 1985-2000

box 11

Judicial system 1985-2000

box 12, folder 1-2

Judicial system 1985-2000

box 12, folder 3

Guatemala, police 2001

Honduras 1996-1999

box 12, folder 4

Government finances 1999

box 12, folder 5-6

Judicial system 1996, 1999

Mexico 1997-2003

box 12, folder 7

Corruption 2001

box 12, folder 8-10

Judicial system 1997, 2000

box 12, folder 11

Kidnapping 2003

box 12, folder 12

Public administration 2001

box 13, folder 1

Public administration 2001

box 13, folder 2

Panama, judicial system 1993-1995

Paraguay 1994-1999

box 13, folder 3

Corruption and transparency 1994-1999

box 13, folder 4

Economy 1997

box 13, folder 5

Government finances 1996

box 13, folder 6-10

Judicial system 1995-1999

Peru 1997, 2001

box 13, folder 11

Corruption 2001

box 14, folder 1

Judicial system 1997

Venezuela 1980-2000

box 14, folder 2-3

Decrees and laws 1980, 1991

box 14, folder 4-10

Judicial system 1981-2000

box 15

Judicial system 1981-2000

box 16, folder 1-3

Judicial system 1981-2000

box 16, folder 4-7

Municipal government 1994-1999

box 17, folder 1-4

Municipal government 1994-1999

International studies and initiatives 1992-2003

box 17, folder 5-10

Corruption 1995-2003

box 18

Corruption 1995-2003

box 19

Corruption 1995-2003

box 20, folder 1

Corruption 1995-2003

box 20, folder 2-3

Crime prevention and criminal justice 1993, 1999

box 20, folder 4-5

Crime victims 1999, 2002

box 20, folder 6

Crimes against humanity 2003

box 20, folder 7

Criminal justice information systems 2000

box 21, folder 1

Criminology 2000-2002

box 21, folder 2-7

Drug trafficking 1992, 2000-2003

box 21, folder 8

Foreign exchange violations 2003

box 21, folder 9

Governance 2000

box 22, folder 1

Human trafficking 2002

box 22, folder 2-4

Kidnapping 2001, 2003

box 22, folder 5

Legal reform 2001

box 22, folder 6-7

Money laundering 1998, 2000-2002

box 22, folder 8-11

Organized crime 2001-2003

box 23, folder 1-3

Organized crime 2001-2003

box 23, folder 4

Poverty 2002

box 23, folder 5

Terrorism 2002

Other countries and regions 1997-2002

Africa 1997-2002

box 23, folder 6-8

General, corruption 1997, 1999, 2002

Nigeria 2001

box 23, folder 9

Corruption and organized crime 2001

box 24, folder 1

Judicial system 2001

box 24, folder 2

South Africa, corruption 2001

box 24, folder 3

Eastern Europe, corruption 2001

box 24, folder 4

Former Soviet Union, judicial system 2001

box 24, folder 5

Hungary, corruption 2000

box 24, folder 6

Serbia, judicial system 2002

box 24, folder 7-8

Singapore, judicial system 1991-1996, 1999

box 24, folder 9

South Korea, intellectual property 1998

box 24, folder 10

Turkey, drug trafficking 2001

Digital Files 2001-2003

box 25

"Country Assessment in Accountability and Transparency," United Nations, 2 electronic disks (CD) 1998-2001

box 25

Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association conference, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1 electronic disk (CD) 2001

box 25

"El Secuestro: Problemas sociales y jurídicos," presentation by René A. Jiménez Ornelas and Olga Islas de González Mariscal, 1 electronic disk (CD) 2002

box 25

"Decisiones, Tribunal Supremo de Justicia," Bolivia, 1 electronic disk (CD) 2003

box 25

Documents relating to corruption, governance, and organized crime in Latin America, 3 electronic disks (CD-R) 2001-2003

box 25

"Promoting the Ratification of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime," Jakarta, Indonesia, 1 electronic disk (CD-R) 2003 February 26-28

Audiovisual Materials 1999-2003

box 25

"Un día volver," Coral Corte Suprema de Justicia, Venezuela, 1 sound disc (CD) undated

Videorecordings 1999-2003

box 25

"Las asociaciones estrategicas entre el sector público y privado," presentation by Eduardo Carabobo, San Diego, Venezuela, 1 videodisc (CD-R) 1999

box 25

"México contra la corrupción," 1 videodisc (CD-R) 2003

box 25

"Audencia publíca parroquial," 3 videocassettes (VHS) 1999

box 25

"El sur, un norte de esperanza," 1 videocassette (VHS) 2001

box 26, folder 1-4

Oversize Materials 1996-1998

Scope and Contents note

Relate to municipal government in Venezuela.