The federal extraordinary appeal, admissibility first.
Spes Rex is a methodological assistant for assessing the viability of, and building, the federal extraordinary appeal before the Argentine Supreme Court —and the complaint when it is denied—, going through the admissibility requirements one by one.
What it is
Spes Rex reviews the admissibility requirements that decide the fate of the appeal before the merits are ever reached, structures the grounds of appeal, and subjects the appeal to a stress test against the typical causes of rejection —including the discretionary filter of section 280, Argentina's certiorari-style power to decline a case.
Admissibility first
Final judgment, highest court of the case, the time limit under section 257, timely reservation of the federal question, and a direct and immediate relationship: if one requirement fails, the merits are never read.
Structured grounds of appeal
It orders the federal question and each ground so that they are pleaded and supported separately, not merged into a narrative.
Rejection stress test
It subjects the appeal to the typical causes of rejection —section 280 included— before the Court does.
How it works
The method is designed with disciplines that protect the professional's judgement —they do not replace it.
Admissibility before the merits
It prioritises the requirements that decide the fate of the appeal. A brilliant ground does not save an inadmissible appeal.
It attacks every independent ground
It identifies the independent grounds on which the judgment rests; if one is left unrefuted, the appeal is deemed abandoned.
It flags every citation for verification
Citations to the Court's official reports (Fallos) are checked against the Court's official collection, which confirms that they exist, not that they are on point. Every citation is flagged for you to verify against the official source before filing.
It does not take case law for granted
It is designed not to assert a line of authority without a citable basis and to distinguish what is supported from what must be confirmed. It can be wrong: that is why citations are checked.
The lawyer's judgement prevails
It orders, verifies and warns; the strategy and the signature belong to the professional.
For the professional
Designed for real work before the Court, not for the public.
Admissibility, reviewed before filing
The admissibility check happens before filing, not at the Court.
Every ground of the judgment in view
The map of independent grounds helps you not to leave unchallenged one that supports the judgment.
The submission, ordered for review
The grounds arrive structured and with the citations flagged, ready for your judgement.
Legal notice
Spes Rex is a tool of methodological assistance to the analysis of the extraordinary appeal. It does not replace the lawyer's judgement. Every citation of case law or doctrine must be verified against the official source before filing. The system flags citations for verification; it does not guarantee their accuracy.
The user lawyer is solely responsible for the content, the litigation strategy, the accuracy of the citations and the filing of the appeal before the Argentine Supreme Court. Spes Rex acts exclusively as the provider of a technical assistance tool, promises no outcome and assumes no professional responsibility for the outcome of the appeal.