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Author Helmke, Gretchen, 1967-

Title Courts under constraints : judges, generals, and presidents in Argentina / Gretchen Helmke.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Ruling against the Rulers; 2 The Logic of Strategic Defection; 3 A Theory of Court-Executive Relations; 4 Judges, Generals, and Presidents; 5 The Reverse Legal-Political Cycle; 6 The Dynamics of Defection; 7 Conclusion; Appendix A Overview of the Federal Argentine Judiciary and the Argentine Supreme Court; Appendix B The Argentine Supreme Court Decisions Data Set; Appendix C Equilibria Proofs; References; Index.
Summary This study offers a new theoretical framework for understanding how institutional instability affects judicial behavior under dictatorship and democracy. In stark contrast to conventional wisdom, the central findings of the book contradict the longstanding assumption that only independent judges rule against the government of the day.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Political questions and judicial power -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
Political questions and judicial power.
Argentina.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Civil-military relations -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
Civil-military relations.
Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1983-2002.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1983-2002
1900-2002
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Helmke, Gretchen, 1967- Courts under constraints. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521820596 (DLC) 2004052120 (OCoLC)55534907
ISBN 0511082053 (electronic book)
9780511082054 (electronic book)
9780511510144 (electronic book)
0511510144 (electronic book)
9780511081606 (electronic book)
051108160X (electronic book)
9786610434701
6610434700
0521820596 (Cloth)
9780521820592
9781107405202 (paperback)
1107405203 (paperback)

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