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Courts And The Creation Of A Spirit Of Moderation: Judicial Protection Of Revolutionaries In Argentina, 1863-1929, Jonathan M. Miller
Courts And The Creation Of A Spirit Of Moderation: Judicial Protection Of Revolutionaries In Argentina, 1863-1929, Jonathan M. Miller
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Scholarship on Latin America has traditionally ignored the political role played by the judiciary. This gap may have some justification in the relative weakness of many Latin American judiciaries in recent decades, but leaves a serious void for understanding Latin American politics in earlier periods. This Article examines how the Argentine judiciary in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century protected the rights of government opponents who started armed uprisings with high political stakes. Far from acting as a tool of government oppression, the judiciary frequently challenged the government and placed sharp limits on its actions. The Argentine Supreme Court …