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The San Luis Magistrate Competition selects judges and prosecutors under Ley VI-0615-2008 through a written judgment-drafting exam of at least five hours and a public oral hearing, after which the Consejo sends a binding terna to the Governor for Senate accord.

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1Under Articles 199 and 200 of the Constitution of the Province of San Luis, what is the mandatory constitutional mechanism for appointing lower court judicial magistrates and members of the Ministerio Público?

A.The Consejo de la Magistratura conducts a competitive examination of merits and opposition, selects a binding shortlist of three candidates (terna vinculante), and submits it to the Provincial Executive, which chooses one candidate for Senate accord

B.The Governor appoints judges directly without competitive examination or legislative confirmation

C.The Superior Tribunal de Justicia appoints all magistrates through internal administrative promotion by seniority

D.Judges are elected by universal popular vote in direct municipal elections every two years

Explanation: Articles 199 and 200 of the San Luis Provincial Constitution establish that the Consejo de la Magistratura organizes competitive examinations (concurso de antecedentes y oposición) and submits a binding terna to the Provincial Executive. The Governor then selects one nominee from the shortlist and sends the nomination to the Provincial Senate for constitutional accord.

2Under Ley Provincial Nº VI-0615-2008 (regulating the Consejo de la Magistratura of San Luis), how is the technical opposition evaluation (evaluación de idoneidad técnica) structured for magistrate and prosecutorial candidates?

A.The Comisión de Evaluación Técnica hands each candidate a case file at the start of a public hearing and requires a written judgment within a period that may not be less than five hours, with written bibliography permitted; the following day the Consejo holds a further public hearing for personal acquaintance and oral examination

B.Candidates sit a closed-book written examination of general legal theory questions and, if they pass, receive their result by post without any hearing

C.The evaluation is limited to scoring university degrees, teaching posts and publications, with no written or oral examination stage

D.Candidates are examined orally first and only those recommended by the Consejo are later required to submit a written judgment within thirty days from home

Explanation: Articles 7 to 9 of Ley VI-0615-2008 set out a two-day opposition stage. A Comisión de Evaluación Técnica of at least three university professors, appointed by the Superior Tribunal according to the fuero of the post, delivers a case file to each candidate at the opening of the public hearing so they can dictar sentencia within a period that may not be less than five hours, and candidates may not leave until they hand it in. The next day the Consejo convenes a public hearing to take personal acquaintance and examine candidates verbally on matters relevant to the post.

3Under the Organic Judiciary Act of San Luis (Ley Nº IV-0086-2021), how is the territorial jurisdiction of the provincial judiciary organized?

A.Into three Judicial Districts (Circunscripciones Judiciales): the Primera seated in San Luis Capital, the Segunda seated in Villa Mercedes, and the Tercera seated at Concarán

B.Into a single unified judicial district covering the entire province without territorial subdivisions

C.Into nine departmental judicial circuits, one for each department of the province

D.Into two circunscripciones, one for the capital and one for the rest of the province

Explanation: Article 2 of Ley IV-0086-2021 divides San Luis into three Circunscripciones Judiciales by department: the Primera (Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Belgrano, Ayacucho and Coronel Pringles) seated in the city of San Luis; the Segunda (Pedernera and Gobernador Vicente Dupuy) seated in Villa Mercedes; and the Tercera (General San Martín, Chacabuco and Junín) seated at Concarán or wherever the Superior Tribunal de Justicia determines.

4Under Article 45 of the Constitution of the Province of San Luis and Article 43 of the National Constitution, when is the action of amparo admissible?

A.Against any present or imminent act or omission of authorities, public agencies, organised groups or private individuals that, with manifest arbitrariness or illegality, injures, restricts, alters or threatens a constitutional right, where urgent relief is needed and the matter should not or cannot effectively be channelled through another statutory process

B.Only against final judgments already rendered by the Superior Tribunal de Justicia

C.Only where the injured party has first exhausted every administrative appeal and then waited three months for the administration to answer

D.Only against acts of provincial public authorities, since conduct by private individuals must always be litigated through ordinary civil proceedings

Explanation: Article 45 of the San Luis Constitution — not Article 34, which deals with searches of professional offices and places of worship — sets out amparo in terms close to Article 43 CN: it lies against present or imminent acts or omissions of authorities, public agencies, organised groups of persons and private individuals that injure, restrict, alter or threaten a constitutional right with manifest arbitrariness or illegality, where urgent repair is needed and the matter by its nature should not, or cannot effectively, be dealt with through another statutory process.

5Under Article 213 inc. 3 of the Constitution of the Province of San Luis, which court hears contentious-administrative cases and what condition must be satisfied before the claim can be brought?

A.The Superior Tribunal de Justicia hears them in a single instance and in plenary proceedings, after the administration has denied the rights being claimed — a denial that is presumed tacitly if the matter is not definitively resolved within three months of the file being ready for decision

B.A first-instance contentious-administrative judge hears them, and the claim may be filed at any time without any prior administrative step

C.The Cámara de Apelaciones en lo Civil, Comercial y Ambiental hears them on appeal from the provincial ministry that issued the act

D.Federal courts hear them, because claims against a provincial administration always raise a federal question

Explanation: Article 213 inc. 3 of the San Luis Constitution gives the Superior Tribunal de Justicia jurisdiction to decide contentious-administrative cases 'en única instancia y en juicio pleno', conditioned on prior denial of the rights claimed. The same clause defines tacit denial as the failure to resolve definitively within three months of the file being in a state for decision, and lets the Superior Tribunal order its judgments enforced directly through the relevant offices. Note that Ley VI-0156-2004 is the Ley de Procedimientos Administrativos — it governs procedure before the administration, not this judicial stage.

6Following the settled jurisprudence of the Argentine Supreme Court (CSJN in 'Mazzeo' and 'Rodríguez Pereyra') and the Superior Tribunal de Justicia de San Luis, what is the established standard regarding ex officio constitutional and conventionality review (control difuso de constitucionalidad y convencionalidad de oficio)?

A.All judges have the power and duty to perform ex officio constitutional and conventionality review of applicable norms against the National Constitution and international human rights treaties, without requiring an explicit party request, provided the contradiction is clear and parties had opportunity to debate facts

B.Judges are strictly prohibited from declaring unconstitutionality unless an explicit written petition was made in the initial complaint

C.Only the federal Supreme Court can declare unconstitutionality; provincial judges must apply unconstitutional statutes unconditionally

D.Constitutional review can only be exercised if the Provincial Governor approves the judicial challenge beforehand

Explanation: In 'Rodríguez Pereyra' (2012) and 'Mazzeo' (2007), the CSJN affirmed that the diffuse system of constitutional control in Argentina allows and requires judges of all instances and jurisdictions to declare the unconstitutionality and un-conventionality of norms ex officio, respecting the presumption of statutory validity and the right of defense.

7How does the Constitution of the Province of San Luis, in accordance with Article 123 of the National Constitution, structure municipal autonomy?

A.It recognizes municipal autonomy and authorizes municipalities with established population thresholds to draft their own Organic Charters (Cartas Orgánicas Municipales) for institutional, political, administrative, and financial self-governance

B.It classifies municipalities as mere administrative dependencies of the provincial ministries without independent tax or regulatory powers

C.It grants municipal mayors the constitutional power to appoint local judges without legislative or judicial oversight

D.It requires all municipal ordinances to be individually ratified by the National Congress in Buenos Aires

Explanation: In compliance with Article 123 CN and the San Luis Provincial Constitution, municipalities in San Luis enjoy recognized autonomy. Municipalities meeting statutory population requirements (such as San Luis Capital and Villa Mercedes) enact their own Cartas Orgánicas Municipales to govern their local institutions, tax revenues, and public services.

8Under Article 224 of the Constitution of the Province of San Luis, how is the Jurado de Enjuiciamiento for magistrates and members of the Ministerio Público composed?

A.It is presided over by the President of the Superior Tribunal de Justicia and made up of nine members: three deputies, three lawyers on the provincial roll who meet the requirements to sit on the Superior Tribunal, and three judicial magistrates including that President

B.It is presided over by the Governor and made up of nine members drawn in equal parts from the Executive, the Cámara de Senadores and the Colegio Forense

C.It is made up of the full membership of the Superior Tribunal de Justicia sitting as a disciplinary court, with no legislative or bar participation

D.It is made up of five deputies and five senators, since removal of judges is a purely legislative impeachment function

Explanation: Article 224 of the San Luis Constitution states that the Jurado is presided over by the President of the Superior Tribunal de Justicia and constituted by nine members: three deputies (lawyers where available), three lawyers on the provincial roll who meet the requirements for membership of the Superior Tribunal, and three judicial magistrates including the President. Members and their substitutes are drawn annually by public lot, the lawyers from a list of twenty prepared each December by the Colegio Forense de la Provincia.

9What is the primary objective of the constitutional action of Habeas Data under Article 43 of the National Constitution and provincial public law in San Luis?

A.To enable individuals to access, verify, correct, update, or suppress personal data held in public or private registries intended to provide reports

B.To challenge the constitutional validity of provincial tax collection rates

C.To obtain immediate physical release from an arbitrary criminal arrest

D.To register trademarks and intellectual property rights before national registries

Explanation: Habeas Data is the specific constitutional remedy designed to protect informational self-determination. It allows any person to discover what information is recorded about them in public or private databanks and to demand its updating, rectification, confidentiality, or deletion in case of false or discriminatory data.

10Under Ley VI-0615-2008 and Article 199 of the San Luis Constitution, what is the legal character and timeframe for the Consejo de la Magistratura to submit the terna after a vacancy is communicated?

A.The terna is binding (vinculante) on the Executive and must be proposed within sixty (60) days of formal communication of the vacancy by the Superior Tribunal de Justicia

B.The terna is purely advisory and the Governor may appoint any lawyer not on the shortlist within five years

C.The Consejo submits a single candidate who automatically takes office without executive or legislative intervention

D.The terna must be submitted within twenty-four hours under penalty of immediate legislative dissolution of the Consejo

Explanation: Article 200 requires the Consejo to propose the terna to the Executive within sixty days of the Superior Tribunal communicating the vacancy, and Article 196 obliges the Executive to designate 'uno de ellos' with the accord of the Cámara de Senadores — which is what makes the terna binding. Article 12 of Ley VI-0615-2008 then gives the Executive thirty days to choose and send the nomination to the Senate; if that period lapses the whole terna is deemed rejected and the Consejo must send a second one.

About the Concurso Magistratura San Luis Exam

The Concurso de Antecedentes y Oposición run by the Consejo de la Magistratura de la Provincia de San Luis is the constitutional selection process for judges and members of the Ministerio Público in the province. It rests on Articles 199 and 200 of the Constitución de la Provincia de San Luis and is regulated by Ley Provincial Nº VI-0615-2008, with evaluation standards set by Resolución Nº 01-CM-2023 and online registration under Acta Nº 08 of 20/02/2018. Competitions are called continuously for judgeships in the Civil, Commercial and Environmental, Labour, Family, Niñez, Adolescencia y Violencia and criminal jurisdictions, for Jueces de Garantía and members of the Colegios de Jueces, and for Fiscales de Instrucción, Fiscales Adjuntos, Defensores Oficiales and Defensores Adjuntos across the three judicial districts: Primera Circunscripción (San Luis Capital), Segunda Circunscripción (Villa Mercedes) and Tercera Circunscripción (seated at Concarán, covering the Chacabuco, General San Martín and Junín departments). The opposition stage is held at the Palacio de Justicia, 9 de Julio Nº 934, San Luis Capital: candidates draft a judgment on a case file supplied by the Comisión de Evaluación Técnica in not less than five hours, then face a public hearing of personal acquaintance and oral examination the following day. The only official statement of scope is the 'temario marco de contenidos mínimos por asignatura' published on the Consejo's website, which covers human rights and guarantees, theory of the state and general theory of law, constitutional and administrative law, public and private international law, criminal law and procedure, civil law, obligations, contracts, real rights, family and succession, labour and social security, civil and commercial procedure, commercial law and companies, economic and financial analysis, and public finance and tax law — applied through San Luis provincial codes such as the Código Procesal Penal (Ley VI-0152-2021), the Código Procesal Civil y Comercial (Ley VI-0150-2013), the Código Procesal de Familia, Niñez y Adolescencia (Ley VI-1053-2021) and the Ley Orgánica de Administración de Justicia (Ley IV-0086-2021). The official competition is conducted in Spanish as a written-and-oral performance evaluation with no multiple-choice items and no published passing score. This practice bank is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation built to help candidates review those official subjects, the provincial procedural frameworks and judicial ethics; it is not an official translation, not a simulation of the written or oral format, and the topic percentages represent our study design rather than official test weights.

Assessment

Under Arts. 7-9 of Ley VI-0615-2008 the Comisión de Evaluación Técnica — at least three university professors appointed by the Superior Tribunal de Justicia according to the fuero of the post — hands each candidate a case file at the start of a public hearing and requires a written judgment within a period that may not be less than five hours, with consultation of written bibliography permitted. The following day the Consejo convenes a further public hearing for personal acquaintance and oral examination, after which the Commission issues a dictamen rating each candidate 'Recomendable' or 'No recomendable'. Candidates who pass must then undergo a psycho-physical examination (Art. 10) before the Consejo decides the terna.

Time Limit

Fixed in each official convocatoria; the written exam and the hearings are normally held on two consecutive days starting at 08:30, and the written judgment period may not be less than five hours (Art. 8, Ley VI-0615-2008)

Passing Score

No numeric pass mark is published; the Comisión de Evaluación Técnica rates candidates 'Recomendable' or 'No recomendable' (Art. 9, Ley VI-0615-2008)

Exam Fee

No arancel is published in the official edictos de convocatoria (Consejo de la Magistratura de la Provincia de San Luis)

Concurso Magistratura San Luis Exam Content Outline

18%

Constitutional Law, Human Rights & General Theory of Law

Constitutional supremacy and the federal constitutional block (Art. 31, Art. 75 inc. 22 CN), diffuse and conventionality review, constitutional guarantees (amparo, habeas corpus, habeas data), sources and interpretation of law (Arts. 1-3 CCCN), forms of state and municipal autonomy, and the domestic effect of international treaties.

15%

Administrative Law & the San Luis Judicial Framework

Administrative acts and their nullities, administrative silence, public contracting, state liability, the Ley de Procedimientos Administrativos de San Luis (Ley VI-0156-2004), the contentious-administrative jurisdiction of the Superior Tribunal de Justicia (Art. 213 Constitución de San Luis), the Consejo de la Magistratura (Arts. 196-200 and Ley VI-0615-2008), the Ley Orgánica de Administración de Justicia (Ley IV-0086-2021) and the Jurado de Enjuiciamiento (Arts. 224-233).

20%

Criminal Law & Adversarial Criminal Procedure

Substantive Código Penal doctrine (attempt, participation, justifications, culpability, offences against public administration and property) and adversarial oral criminal procedure under the Código Procesal Penal de San Luis (Ley VI-0152-2021): investigative role of the Ministerio Público Fiscal, Juez de Garantía oversight, coercive measures, alternative outcomes, accusation control, oral trial litigation and impugnación.

15%

Civil & Commercial Procedure

The Código Procesal Civil y Comercial de la Provincia de San Luis (Ley VI-0150-2013): preliminary and evidentiary hearings, evidence assessed under sana crítica, precautionary and self-satisfying measures, executive proceedings, res judicata, peremption of instance, appeals and cassation before the Superior Tribunal de Justicia, plus environmental litigation under Ley 25.675 and consumer procedure under Ley 24.240.

17%

Civil Law: Obligations, Contracts, Property, Family & Succession

Civil and commercial obligations (default, interest, prescription), contract formation, adhesion contracts and termination, real rights under the numerus clausus and registry publicity, civil liability and attribution factors, family law and the Código Procesal de Familia, Niñez y Adolescencia de San Luis (Ley VI-1053-2021), succession and the forced share, and private international law under Book Six of the CCCN.

Labour & Social Security Law

The protective principle and Art. 14 bis CN, the Ley de Contrato de Trabajo (registration presumptions, just cause, severance, subcontracting solidarity), labour procedure before the San Luis labour courts, and the workplace risk system under Ley 24.557 and Ley 27.348, to which San Luis has adhered.

Commercial, Company, Public Finance & Tax Law

Company types and liability under Ley General de Sociedades 19.550, disregard of corporate personality, insolvency proceedings under Ley 24.522, negotiable instruments, the constitutional principle of tax legality, federal revenue sharing under Art. 75 inc. 2 CN, tax determination and fiscal execution.

How to Pass the Concurso Magistratura San Luis Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: No numeric pass mark is published; the Comisión de Evaluación Técnica rates candidates 'Recomendable' or 'No recomendable' (Art. 9, Ley VI-0615-2008)
Assessment: Under Arts. 7-9 of Ley VI-0615-2008 the Comisión de Evaluación Técnica — at least three university professors appointed by the Superior Tribunal de Justicia according to the fuero of the post — hands each candidate a case file at the start of a public hearing and requires a written judgment within a period that may not be less than five hours, with consultation of written bibliography permitted. The following day the Consejo convenes a further public hearing for personal acquaintance and oral examination, after which the Commission issues a dictamen rating each candidate 'Recomendable' or 'No recomendable'. Candidates who pass must then undergo a psycho-physical examination (Art. 10) before the Consejo decides the terna.
Time limit: Fixed in each official convocatoria; the written exam and the hearings are normally held on two consecutive days starting at 08:30, and the written judgment period may not be less than five hours (Art. 8, Ley VI-0615-2008)
Exam fee: No arancel is published in the official edictos de convocatoria

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Concurso Magistratura San Luis Study Tips from Top Performers

1Start from the official 'temario marco de contenidos mínimos por asignatura' published on the Consejo's website — it is the only official statement of scope and it spans far more than procedure, including obligations, contracts, real rights, companies and tax law.

2Practise the actual task: Art. 8 of Ley VI-0615-2008 requires you to draft a full judgment on a supplied case file in not less than five hours, so rehearse structuring facts, issues, applicable law and disposition under time pressure.

3Master the adversarial phases of the San Luis Criminal Procedure Code (Ley VI-0152-2021), especially the split between the Fiscal's investigative role and the Juez de Garantía's jurisdictional control, and track the 2026 reform that moved impugnación work into the Colegios de Jueces.

4Review the Código Procesal Civil y Comercial de San Luis (Ley VI-0150-2013) alongside the 2026 electronic notification regime, focusing on the preliminary hearing, evidence admissibility and sana crítica.

5Study the constitutional architecture of the provincial judiciary: Arts. 196-200 (appointments), 203 (requirements for first-instance judges), 213 (Superior Tribunal jurisdiction) and 224-233 (Jurado de Enjuiciamiento).

6Read leading Superior Tribunal de Justicia de San Luis jurisprudence on constitutional review, cassation standards, labour accidents and civil liability, and pair it with the CSJN doctrines the temario assumes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Concurso de Magistratura de la Provincia de San Luis?

It is the statutory public selection competition conducted by the Consejo de la Magistratura de la Provincia de San Luis under Articles 199 and 200 of the Provincial Constitution and Ley Nº VI-0615-2008 to select candidates for judgeships, prosecutorial posts (Fiscales de Instrucción and Fiscales Adjuntos) and public defender offices across the province.

How is the technical evaluation structured in San Luis?

Under Arts. 7 to 9 of Ley VI-0615-2008 a Comisión de Evaluación Técnica of at least three university professors hands each candidate a case file and requires a written judgment in a period that may not be less than five hours, with written bibliography permitted. The next day the Consejo holds a public hearing of personal acquaintance and oral examination at the Palacio de Justicia in San Luis Capital.

Is there an official syllabus for the San Luis magistrate competition?

Yes. Every edicto de convocatoria states that the 'temario marco de contenidos mínimos' for the technical suitability evaluations is published on the Consejo's website. That document lists the examinable subjects by asignatura — from human rights and constitutional law to obligations, contracts, real rights, companies and tax law — but publishes no percentage weightings per subject.

How are candidates graded, and is there a numeric passing score?

No numeric pass mark is published. Under Art. 9 of Ley VI-0615-2008 the Comisión de Evaluación Técnica issues a dictamen rating each candidate as 'Recomendable' or 'No recomendable' for the post applied for, and the Consejo then decides whether to include the candidate in the terna.

How are magistrates appointed following the competition in San Luis?

The Consejo proposes a terna of three candidates to the Provincial Executive within sixty days of the vacancy being communicated (Art. 200). Under Art. 196 the Executive must designate one of those three, with the accord of the Cámara de Senadores. Art. 12 of Ley VI-0615-2008 gives the Executive thirty days to send the nomination to the Senate, failing which the whole terna is deemed rejected.

What criminal procedure model applies in San Luis?

San Luis operates an accusatory, adversarial criminal procedure established by Ley Nº VI-0152-2021, featuring oral hearings, separation between prosecution (Ministerio Público Fiscal) and adjudication (Colegios de Jueces), control by Jueces de Garantía and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. In 2026 the province suppressed the Tribunales de Impugnación and transferred their functions to the Colegios de Jueces, introducing horizontal review.

What are the three Judicial Circunscripciones of San Luis?

Under Art. 2 of Ley IV-0086-2021 the province is divided into the Primera Circunscripción (Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Belgrano, Ayacucho and Coronel Pringles, seated in San Luis Capital), the Segunda Circunscripción (Pedernera and Gobernador Vicente Dupuy, seated in Villa Mercedes) and the Tercera Circunscripción (General San Martín, Chacabuco and Junín, seated at Concarán).

Are there examination fees for registering for the San Luis magistrate competition?

No examination fee (arancel) is published in the official edictos. Registration is completed online through the Consejo's portal under Acta Nº 08 of 20/02/2018 with digitally signed documentation, followed by filing a paper folder at the Consejo's Mesa de Entradas within five business days of the close of registration.

Is this question bank an official simulation of the San Luis competition?

No. The official examination is a Spanish-language written judgment-drafting exercise plus a public oral hearing. This bank is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation designed to reinforce the subjects listed in the official temario, San Luis procedural codes and judicial ethics. It is not an official translation, not a format simulator, and its topic percentages are our study allocation rather than official weightings.