ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roberto Gargarella

Roberto Gargarella is Professor at the University of Buenos Aires and the University Torcuato di Tella and Senior Researcher at the National Research Council, CONICET (Argentina).

POSTS BY Roberto Gargarella

05 April 2024

Roberto Gargarella

Argentiniens gefährliches Experiment

05 April 2024

Roberto Gargarella

Argentina’s Dangerous Experiment

Improvisation, Irrationality, and Provocative Cruelty. Continue reading >>

04 January 2022

Roberto Gargarella

Restoring the Validity of Law in Democratic Societies

The questions posed by Professors Andrew Arato and András Sajó in their open letter Restoring Constitutionalism are pressing and of utmost public importance. Many of the issues and controversies raised in the letter arise after “democratic backsliding has taken place” and when the constitution already includes “entrenched authoritarian enclaves”. Taking this context into consideration, I will examine a more basic issue, namely the validity of law in a democratic society. Continue reading >>

01 May 2020

Roberto Gargarella

The Fight Against COVID-19 in Argentina: Executive vs Legislative Branch

Argentina’s government has been adopting numerous and significant decisions in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. But: Almost all the relevant decisions adopted by the Executive Branch were decisions that belonged to the Legislative Branch: Congress is the only authority legally authorized to adopt them. In other words, the Executive Power is not authorized to do what it has been doing so far. Continue reading >>