Effectiveness and inequality in the legal system -- Charting injustice in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay -- Informational and normative shifts across jurisdictions -- Buenos Aires : political interference and informational dependence -- São Paulo : normative autonomy and informational failures -- Uruguay : strong results from a weak system -- Córdoba : high levels of inequality in a strong system -- Salvador da Bahia : social cleansing under political and judicial indifference -- Binding leviathan.