The Workers’ Party and the political use of judiciary
This paper draws on the experience of the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT), during periods of opposition and incumbency, to develop a theoretical approach to the use of Courts by political actors. I argue that the use of Courts by political parties is an outcome of their relations with executive incumb...
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Universidad de Salamanca
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/7563 http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=es/es-011&d=article7563oai |
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| Sumario: | This paper draws on the experience of the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT), during periods of opposition and incumbency, to develop a theoretical approach to the use of Courts by political actors. I argue that the use of Courts by political parties is an outcome of their relations with executive incumbents, the institutional architecture of the judiciary, and a strategic evaluation of the different judicial mechanisms that are available to them. |
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