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Ecuador: Constitutions and Caudillos Vol 3

by George I. Blanksten. 196 pgs.

Contributors:

   George I. Blanksten

Publisher:

   University of California Press

Place of Publication:

  Berkeley, CA  

Publication Year:

  1951

Subjects:

Ecuador--Constitutional History, Ecuador--Politics And Government--1880-

	CONTENTS
	I. Survey of the Republic of the Equator	1
	Physical and Political Geography -- Emergence of the Ecuadoran State -- Development of the Republic -- Era of General Flores, 1830- 1845 -- Period, 1845-1859 -- Era of García Moreno, 1859-1875 -- Period, 1875-1895 -- Radical Liberal Era, 1895-1944 -- Period since 1944 .
	II. The Ecuadoran Pattern	14
	The Sierra -- The Coast -- The Oriente -- The Galápagos Islands -- Regionalism in Ecuador .
	III. Political Instability in Ecuador	32
	In the Wake of Monarchy -- The Caudillo -- Constitutions and Revolutions -- A Case Study in Caudillismo: José María Velasco Ibarra -- The Constitutions of 1945 and 1946 -- The Month of Four Presidents .
	IV. Parties and Elections	58
	Ecuadoran Party Politics -- Political Parties -- The Conservative Party -- The Radical Liberal Party -- "Third" Parties -- "Ad Hoc" Parties -- Elections -- The Election of 1948 .
	V. The National Administration	83
	The Presidential System in Ecuador -- The Council of State -- The Presidency -- The Vice-Presidency -- Ministries and Cabinet .
	VI. The National Legislature	100
	The Legislative Function -- The Senate -- The Chamber of Deputies -- Powers and Operation of Congress .
	VII. The National Judiciary	120
	Structure of the Judicial System -- Supreme Court -- Superior Courts -- Provincial Courts -- Cantonal Courts -- Some Ecuadoran Judicial Practices -- Case of Cardozo v. Suárez -- Interpretation of the Laws .
	VIII. Provincial and Local Government	141
	Ecuador as a Unitary State -- Provinces, Cantons, and Parishes -- The Ecuadoran Municipality -- Quito and Guayaquil .
	IX. The Ecuadoran System: A Recapitulation	169
	Monarchy in Republican Dress -- Political Ills and Remedies .
	Bibliography	179
	Index	189

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