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- Title
LAS CORTES SUPREMAS COMO MECANISMO DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DE PODER: EL CASO DE LA REELECCIÓN PRESIDENCIAL EN COSTA RICA Y NICARAGUA.
- Authors
MARTÍNEZ-BARAHONA, ELENA
- Abstract
Two Central American countries have recently approved the presidential reelection by a Supreme Court decision. This article proposes a model to explain why this decision has been taken in a judicial institution instead of the correct legislative arena. The model shows that the decision about this question will be transferred to the judicial forum when the National Assembly is fragmented, the promoter is a ''growing coalition'' and the Supreme Court is ''goal-oriented.'' This model is supported by an empirical analysis of the Supreme Court decision affecting presidential electoral rules that took place in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
- Subjects
NICARAGUA; COSTA Rica; PRESIDENTIAL elections; APPELLATE courts; COSTA Rican politics &; government, 1986-; NICARAGUAN politics &; government, 1990-; POLITICAL questions &; judicial power
- Publication
Revista de Ciencia Politica, 2010, Vol 30, Issue 3, p723
- ISSN
0716-1417
- Publication type
Article