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Judicial Politics in Mexico

The Supreme Court and the Transition to Democracy

Autorzy: Andrea Castagnola, Saul Lopez Noriega Wydawnictwo: Taylor and Francis Data wydania: 2016 Język publikacji: Angielski Liczba stron: 191 Formaty publikacji: EAN: 9781315520605 DOI: 10.4324/9781315520612 ISBN: 9781315520605 Kategoria: Law Indeks wydawcy: 9781315520612 Nota bibliograficzna: -

Opis

After more than seventy years of uninterrupted authoritarian government headed by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Mexico formally began the transition to democracy in 2000. Unlike most other new democracies in Latin America, no special Constitutional Court was set up, nor was there any designated bench of the Supreme Court for constitutional adjudication. Instead, the judiciary saw its powers expand incrementally. Under this new context inevitable questions emerged: How have the justices interpreted the constitution? What is the relation of the court with the other political institutions? How much autonomy do justices display in their decisions? Has the court considered the necessary adjustments to face the challenges of democracy?


It has become essential in studying the new role of the Supreme Court to obtain a more accurate and detailed diagnosis of the performances of its justices in this new political environment. Through critical review of relevant debates and using original data sets to empirically analyze the way justices voted on the three main means of constitutional control from 2000 through 2011, leading legal scholars provide a thoughtful and much needed new interpretation of the role the judiciary plays in a country’s transition to democracy


This book is designed for graduate courses in law and courts, judicial politics, comparative judicial politics, Latin American institutions, and transitions to democracy. This book will equip scholars and students with the knowledge required to understand the importance of the independence of the judiciary in the transition to democracy.

Spis treści

  • Cover 2
  • Half Title 5
  • Title Page 7
  • Copyright Page 8
  • Table of Contents 9
  • List of illustrations 11
  • Acknowledgments 13
  • List of contributors 14
  • Introduction 17
    • I 17
    • II 19
    • III 22
    • References 23
  • 1. The transformations of the role of the Mexican Supreme Court 24
    • I Introduction 24
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