CONSERVATIVE POLITICS IN THE FACE OF THE DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS: ADVANCES AND STAG- NATION IN THE FACE OF THE ELECTORAL REFORM OF 1912

Authors

  • César D. Baena

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31054/2314.3061.v12.n2.43019

Keywords:

Oligarchical regime, Argentine Congress, Saenz Peña Law, Constitutional system, Electoral systems

Abstract

In the analysis of the application of the Saenz Peña Act, during the second decade of the 20th century in Argentina, it is pertinent to address two aspects that are of special importance from the point of view of democratic expansion: a) the legal and historical context of the bicameral system, with the Senate as the axis of reluctance to the policies proposed by the transition; and b) the modifications conducted to the electoral system applicable to the desig-
nation of national deputies. A congenital limitation of the reform is observed this way, which part not only of the Constitutional scheme - which defines the
composition of the Senate - but also in the narrowness of the new system in its configuration of the pluralistic democracy. In this sense, the slogan to give rise to “third parties”, i.e., to parliamentary  alternatives by outside the conservatism
and of the radicalism, will be restricted not only in the terms of the project of Indalecio Gomez, but also actually institutional praxis that will happen with the assumption of Yrigoyen like president.

Author Biography

  • César D. Baena

    Abogado (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) y Master in Global Rule of Law and Constitutional  Democracy (Università degli Studi di Genova). Director del proyecto “Constitución y gobierno 
    democrático: aspectos críticos del diseño institucional argentino” (Universidad Siglo 21). Docente de
    Derecho Público Provincial y Municipal y de Derecho Procesal Público (Universidad Siglo 21).

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Published

2023-11-14

Issue

Section

Doctrine and research

How to Cite

CONSERVATIVE POLITICS IN THE FACE OF THE DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS: ADVANCES AND STAG- NATION IN THE FACE OF THE ELECTORAL REFORM OF 1912. (2023). Revista De La Facultad De Derecho, 12(2), 119-132. https://doi.org/10.31054/2314.3061.v12.n2.43019