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Edgardo Buscaglia and William E. Ratliff collection
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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