Provincial supreme courts are important players in local politics because justices can affect the interest of the ruling governors; however, no research has addressed the factors that affect judicial turnover in provincial high courts in new democracies. This research attempts to fill this gap by using original data on the 525 departures of all provincial high court justices in Argentina from 1983 to 2009. My guiding hypothesis is that the stability of a justice on the bench depends on the political proximity of the justice to the ruling governor rather than on the executive’s institutional capacity to impeach. This study reveals that being aligned with the faction of the ruling governor is a major factor in accounting for judicial turnover...
La política judicial comparada ha proporcionado evidencia invaluable sobre cómo el contexto político...
From introduction: "During the last two decades, social scientists have begun to examine the links ...
In many Latin American countries the executive branch manipulatesthe composition of the Supreme Cour...
Provincial supreme courts are important players in local politics because justices can affect...
Supreme Courts are collegiate organs of conduction of the Judicial Power, and they have decision-mak...
Why do justices remain in office such a short time despite having life tenure? The objective of this...
This dissertation deals with court-executive relations in post-authoritarian Argentina (1983-2006). ...
En las últimas décadas asistimos a una gran diversidad de investigaciones que estudian los mecanismo...
This paper addresses the problem of the political mechanisms through which politics is disputed and ...
The judicialization of Argentine politics opens a gap between the activism in political matters deve...
This paper presents an estimation of ideal points for the Justices of the Supreme Court of Argentina...
Abstract: Judicial reform presents a paradox: why would a ruling party agree to judicial reforms tha...
The selection process of candidates in regional parties in Argentina is the manifestation of the nat...
The author studies the signs the Supreme Court of Justice is putting out in Argentina. Above all, he...
This thesis uses three case-studies to evaluate the extent to which multi-sectorial Judicial Council...
La política judicial comparada ha proporcionado evidencia invaluable sobre cómo el contexto político...
From introduction: "During the last two decades, social scientists have begun to examine the links ...
In many Latin American countries the executive branch manipulatesthe composition of the Supreme Cour...
Provincial supreme courts are important players in local politics because justices can affect...
Supreme Courts are collegiate organs of conduction of the Judicial Power, and they have decision-mak...
Why do justices remain in office such a short time despite having life tenure? The objective of this...
This dissertation deals with court-executive relations in post-authoritarian Argentina (1983-2006). ...
En las últimas décadas asistimos a una gran diversidad de investigaciones que estudian los mecanismo...
This paper addresses the problem of the political mechanisms through which politics is disputed and ...
The judicialization of Argentine politics opens a gap between the activism in political matters deve...
This paper presents an estimation of ideal points for the Justices of the Supreme Court of Argentina...
Abstract: Judicial reform presents a paradox: why would a ruling party agree to judicial reforms tha...
The selection process of candidates in regional parties in Argentina is the manifestation of the nat...
The author studies the signs the Supreme Court of Justice is putting out in Argentina. Above all, he...
This thesis uses three case-studies to evaluate the extent to which multi-sectorial Judicial Council...
La política judicial comparada ha proporcionado evidencia invaluable sobre cómo el contexto político...
From introduction: "During the last two decades, social scientists have begun to examine the links ...
In many Latin American countries the executive branch manipulatesthe composition of the Supreme Cour...