Matters of justice : Pueblos, the judiciary, and agrarian reform in revolutionary Mexico /
Helga Baitenmann.
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource.
- The Mexican experience .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Helga Baitenmann offers a novel interpretation of Mexico's revolutionary agrarian reform, an unconstitutional takeover by the executive of the judiciary's authority over contentious land matters, and examines the role that villagers played in shaping post-revolutionary state formation by siding with the executive branch over the judiciary"--
9781496220028
2019041551
Land reform--Mexico. Peasants--Political activity--Mexico. Executive power--Mexico. Judicial power--Mexico. Agriculture and state--Mexico.