David Bosco

A dozen years after Chile's political system returned to democracy, the country's courts and judges have been forced to open themselves to the public. The judiciary is on the verge of a major liberalization. But the success of reform is not assured. Though the promise of a more open judiciary was greeted with cheers by Matus's progressive-minded audience, the reaction of Chile's judges—and, more troublingly, its citizenry—has been less certain.