Enrique Santiago Petracchi (16 November 1935 – 12 October 2014) was an Argentine lawyer, judge and a member of Supreme Court of Argentina.[1]
History
Petracchi is the son of Enrique Carlos Petracchi, who was procurator to the Argentine Treasury and Procurator General.[1] Enrique Santiago Petracchi studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, taking further studies at Tulane University in New Orleans in 1961.[1] He has spent his entire legal career in the justice system, first appointed as a legal assistant in 1955.
From September 1989, following the resignation of José Severo Caballero, he served as President of the Court for nine months.[2] From 2004 until 2006 he was again President of the Court, supported by all but one of his fellow Supreme Court Justices.[2] Adolfo Vázquez was the only dissenting voice.[3]
His presidency was a period of opening up the court and increasing its transparency, including publishing judgements on the internet.
