Courts Under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina

by Gretchen Helmke

Book Overview

This study offers a 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 some assumptions 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521820596
• ISBN13: 9780521820592
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"