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, 1997 IDRF Fellow Gretchen Helmke’s findings of the book contradict the longstanding assumption that only independent judges rule against the government of the day. Set in the context of Argentina, the study uses the tools of positive political theory to explore the conditions under which courts rule against the government. Buy from Amazon

Publication Details

Title
Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Authors
Helmke, Gretchen
Publisher
University of Cambridge / Cambridge University Press
Publish Date
2004
ISBN
978-0521820592
Citation
Helmke, Gretchen, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) (University of Cambridge / Cambridge University Press, 2004).

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