Trends and Prospects for the Electoral Justice in Latin America

The author begins with a historical approach establishing the evolution and transformations exhibited by models of electoral justice during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A classification system is proposed according to the body responsible for issuing the final decision on disputes about t...

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Autor: Orozco Henríquez, J. Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Derecho Electoral
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/9953
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-electoral/article/view/9953
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:electoral justice system
litigious electoral
constitutional justice
electoral reform
sistemas de justicia electoral
contencioso electoral
justicia constitucional
reforma electoral
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Sumario:The author begins with a historical approach establishing the evolution and transformations exhibited by models of electoral justice during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A classification system is proposed according to the body responsible for issuing the final decision on disputes about the validity and results of an election. This system yields four categories: legislative, judicial, administrative and ad hoc models. The author then classifies Latin American countries, where electoral challenges are presented either to the institution in charge of organizing the election, constitutional, administrative or specialized courts. Lastly, the author reflects on the limits and possibilities of constitutional control over the electoral jurisdiction and outlines the trends in electoral reform currently present in the region.