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Perspective

Nov. 22, 2014

Promoting the rule of law in El Salvador

Dr. Florentín Meléndez, of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, is on mission to protect the rule of law in his country. By Daniel Barton


By Daniel Barton


Dr. Florentín Meléndez is on mission to protect the rule of law in El Salvador. On the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, Justice Meléndez and his four colleagues in the Constitutional Chamber resolve disputes about the authority of public institutions and the meaning of the rights of individuals. But that's not what is remarkable. On Saturdays, while his colleagues on the court enjoy their weekends, the 63-year-old Salvadoran Supreme C...

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