Court-packing in Argentina

Court-packing in Argentina is mentioned as part of the book’s broader discussion of institutional persistence and political influence over courts. The available evidence identifies scholarship on the practice but does not describe specific court expansions, the officials who carried them out, or their consequences.

Reference in the Book

The book’s notes cite research by Helmke on the history of court-packing in Argentina and note that this work quotes Justice Carlos Fayt. The same note points to comparative data on the relative tenure of Supreme Court justices in Argentina and the United States, drawing on Iaryczower, Spiller, and Tommasi.

Evidentiary Limits

The supplied passage is a reference note rather than a narrative of the practice. It does not specify when or how Argentina’s court was expanded, who initiated any such changes, or what effects they had on judicial decisions or political power. The book’s citation establishes court-packing as a subject of relevant research, but further claims about its history or consequences cannot be made from this evidence alone.