“It was the easiest and also the most difficult”: An ethnography of the Magistrates case in Córdoba. Memory and judicial honor

This article revisits the shift from the case to the judicial proceedings known as the “Magistrates” trial, which focused on the role of judges and judicial officials during the last civic-military dictatorship in Córdoba. Drawing on an ethnographic methodology that combines the analysis of legal fi...

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Autores principales: Ivana, Fantin, Ivana
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Publicado: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2026
Materias:
Dictatorship
Judiciary
Legal/Illegal
Memories
Honor
Dictadura
Poder Judicial
Legal/ilegal
Memorias
Ditadura
Poder Judiciário
Memórias
Honra
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Legal/Illegal
Memories
Honor
Dictadura
Poder Judicial
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Memorias
Honor
Ditadura
Poder Judiciário
Legal/ilegal
Memórias
Honra
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Memórias
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“It was the easiest and also the most difficult”: An ethnography of the Magistrates case in Córdoba. Memory and judicial honor
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Honor
Dictadura
Poder Judicial
Legal/ilegal
Memorias
Honor
Ditadura
Poder Judiciário
Legal/ilegal
Memórias
Honra
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Fantin, Ivana
Ivana
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Fantin, Ivana
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title “It was the easiest and also the most difficult”: An ethnography of the Magistrates case in Córdoba. Memory and judicial honor
title_short “It was the easiest and also the most difficult”: An ethnography of the Magistrates case in Córdoba. Memory and judicial honor
title_full “It was the easiest and also the most difficult”: An ethnography of the Magistrates case in Córdoba. Memory and judicial honor
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spelling I28-R265-article-169532026-03-20T13:00:02Z “It was the easiest and also the most difficult”: An ethnography of the Magistrates case in Córdoba. Memory and judicial honor “Fue la más fácil y también la más difícil”: Una etnografía de la causa Magistrados en Córdoba. Memorias y honor judicial “Foi o mais fácil e também o mais difícil”: Uma etnografia do caso Magistrados em Córdoba. Memória e honra judicial Ivana Fantin, Ivana Ivana Dictatorship Judiciary Legal/Illegal Memories Honor Dictadura Poder Judicial Legal/ilegal Memorias Honor Ditadura Poder Judiciário Legal/ilegal Memórias Honra This article revisits the shift from the case to the judicial proceedings known as the “Magistrates” trial, which focused on the role of judges and judicial officials during the last civic-military dictatorship in Córdoba. Drawing on an ethnographic methodology that combines the analysis of legal files with interviews conducted with judicial actors, victims, and their relatives, the article explores how the entanglement of legality and clandestinity structured the repressive apparatus, and how the local judicial bureaucracy operated within that context. In the 21st century, within a political climate that enabled the reexamination of civil complicities, this criminal trial brought to the fore disputes over memory, tensions around demands for justice, and a defense of judicial honor, which emerged precisely when the actions of the judiciary were placed under scrutiny. At the same time, its extended duration enabled alternative temporalities and understandings of how violence was produced and sustained during state terrorism, challenging historically constructed univocal narratives. Este artículo repone el pasaje del caso a la causa judicial conocida como “Magistrados”, centrada en el rol de jueces y funcionarios judiciales durante la última dictadura en Córdoba. A partir de una metodología etnográfica que articula análisis de expedientes con entrevistas a operadores judiciales, víctimas y familiares, se explora cómo el entramado entre legalidad y clandestinidad estructuró el ejercicio represivo, y cómo la burocracia judicial local operó en ese contexto. En el siglo XXI, en un contexto político que habilitó la revisión de las complicidades civiles, este proceso penal puso en escena disputas por la memoria, tensiones vinculadas a las demandas de justicia y una defensa del honor judicial, que emergió cuando el accionar del Poder Judicial fue sometido a escrutinio. Al mismo tiempo, su largo alcance marcó otras cronologías y comprensiones sobre la posibilidad y sostenimiento de las violencias durante el terrorismo de Estado que cuestionaron narrativas unívocas construidas históricamente sobre él.  Este artigo recompõe a passagem do caso ao processo judicial conhecido como “Magistrados”, centrado no papel de juízes e funcionários do Poder Judiciário durante a última ditadura cívico-militar em Córdoba. A partir de uma metodologia etnográfica que articula a análise de expedientes judiciais com entrevistas a operadores do sistema judiciário, vítimas e familiares, explora-se como o entrelaçamento entre legalidade e clandestinidade estruturou o exercício repressivo e como a burocracia judicial local atuou nesse contexto. No século XXI, em um contexto político que possibilitou a revisão das cumplicidades civis, esse processo penal trouxe à tona disputas em torno da memória, tensões ligadas às demandas por justiça e uma defesa da honra judicial, que emergiu justamente quando as ações do Poder Judiciário passaram a ser submetidas a escrutínio. Ao mesmo tempo, seu longo percurso temporal produziu outras cronologias e compreensões sobre a produção e sustentação das violências durante o terrorismo de Estado, desafiando narrativas unívocas historicamente construídas sobre esse período. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2026-03-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo enviado a un dossier temático application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/16953 10.34096/runa.v47i1.16953 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 47 No. 1 (2026): Dossier: 50 years after the 1976 coup d'état. Contributions of anthropology to the study of the last dictatorship, human rights activism, and policies of memory and justice.; 95-114 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 47 Núm. 1 (2026): Dossier A 50 años del golpe de estado de 1976. Aportes de la Antropología al estudio de última dictadura, el activismo en los derechos humanos y las políticas de memoria y justicia.; 95-114 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; v. 47 n. 1 (2026): Dossiê 50 anos após o golpe de Estado de 1976. Contribuições da antropologia para o estudo da última ditadura, o ativismo em direitos humanos e as políticas de memória e justiça.; 95-114 1851-9628 0325-1217 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/16953/15895 Derechos de autor 2026 Ivana Fantin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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