James, T. M.

Mexico's Supreme Court : between liberal individual rights and revolutionary social rights, 1867-1934 / Timothy M. James. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

The judicial protection of constitutional rights during the porfiriato -- From the plan of san luis potosi to the constitution of 1917 -- Liberal jurisprudence and article 123 -- The third revolutionary court and legal obstacles to the implementation of article 27.

"The protection of individual rights was established for the first time in the Mexican constitution of the late nineteenth century and carried over into the 1917 revolutionary constitution. The author's asks, "How did judicial interpretation become a barrier to implementing labor legislation and agrarian land rights?"--Provided by publisher.



9780826353795

016558280 Uk


Mexico. Suprema Corte de Justicia --History.


Social rights--History.--Mexico
Civil rights--History.--Mexico
Constitutional courts--History.--Mexico


Electronic Books.

KGF2530 / .M495 2014