DETERMINANTES DEL VOTO SALVADO EN CONTEXTOS DE INESTABILIDAD INSTITUCIONAL EXTREMA: EL CASO DEL TRIBUNAL CONSTITUCIONAL DEL ECUADOR

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  • Santiago Basabe Serrano FLACSO Ecuador

Resumen

Este artículo identifica las variables que explican el voto disidente en cortes de justicia que operan bajo condiciones de inestabilidad institucional extrema. Recurriendo a tres modelos de regresión logística, se propone que las preferencias ideológicas de los jueces constituyen un buen predictor del voto judicial disidente. Contrariamente al argumento clásico que señala que la inestabilidad de los jueces incentiva el voto estratégico, este artículo sostiene que esta relación se da solamente hasta un punto determinado en el que un incremento exponencial de inestabilidad institucional propicia el voto judicial sincero, aun cuando esto signifique formar parte de la coalición minoritaria o “perdedora”.

Palabras clave:

Ecuador, voto dividido, cortes constitucionales, inestabilidad judicial

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Biografía del autor/a

Santiago Basabe Serrano, FLACSO Ecuador

Coordinador de la Maestría en Política Comparada de FLACSO Ecuador.

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2017-06-07

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Basabe Serrano, S. (2017). DETERMINANTES DEL VOTO SALVADO EN CONTEXTOS DE INESTABILIDAD INSTITUCIONAL EXTREMA: EL CASO DEL TRIBUNAL CONSTITUCIONAL DEL ECUADOR. Revista Iuris, 1(16). Recuperado a partir de https://publicaciones.ucuenca.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/iuris/article/view/1162

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