National Sovereignty and Provincial Sovereignties Before the Supreme Court of Justice (Argentina, 19th Century)

Abstract

Once federal judicial institutions were established in 1860’s Argentina, an 1865 decision by the Supreme Court, and the subsequent polemics between jurists about the case, rekindled debates about the relations between national and provincial governments, about centralization and local autonomies, the notion of sovereignty, and about divergent interpretations of federalism. These debates were negotiated in constitutional courses at the country’s law schools, in constitutional law textbooks, and ultimately, in the courts.

KEYWORDS: Constitutional Law (Argentina); Sovereignty; Nation; Provinces; Supreme Court (Argentina).