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Author Castagnola, Andrea

Title Judicial Politics in Mexico : the Supreme Court and the Transition to Democracy
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages)
Series Law, Courts and Politics
Law, courts and politics.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of contributors; Introduction; I; II; III; References; 1. The transformations of the role of the Mexican Supreme Court; I Introduction; II Roles and military jurisdiction; III Supreme Court Justices as adjudicators: 1917-1940; IV The Supreme Court Justices as Regime Supporters: 1941-1997; V The Supreme Court Justices as Constitutional Interpreters: 1998-2013; VI Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. The law as power: Strategic litigation in Mexico; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Notes
4. The Supreme Court and the (no) Rights Revolution: An empirical analysis of the court's rulings 2000-2011I The Supreme Court and the suit of amparo during the PRI hegemony; II A model of judicial behavior for protecting fundamental rights in the Mexican Supreme Court; III A description of the justices' rulings during the PAN administration; IV An empirical account of Mexican justices' rulings on fundamental rights; V Conclusions; Notes; References; 5. Constitutional change and the Supreme Court institutional architecture: Decisional indeterminacy as an obstacle to legitimacy; I Introduction
II Decisional fuzziness: A few illustrationsIII Decisional fuzziness and anti-majoritarian legitimacy; IV Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Conclusion: The challenges of courts in democratic consolidation; I Democratic consolidation and the public law; II Overview of political and legal transformations, 1977-2013; III Empowerment, activation, decision-making, and impact; IV Lessons learned and future agenda; Notes; References; Index
Bibliography References3. Are Mexican justices true arbiters among the political elites? An empirical analysis of the court's rulings from 2000-2011; I Explaining judicial behavior in consolidating democracies; II Approaches for developing democracies; II A model of judicial behavior for the Mexican Supreme Court: Effects of political context and constitutional design; III A description of unconstitutional rulings during the PAN administration; IV An empirical account of Mexican justices mediating intra-elite conflicts; V Conclusions; Notes; References
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Subject Mexico. Suprema Corte de Justicia.
SUBJECT Mexico. Suprema Corte de Justicia fast
Subject Political questions and judicial power -- Mexico
Judicial process -- Mexico
Democracy -- Mexico
Democracy
Judicial process
Political questions and judicial power
Mexico
Form Electronic book
Author Lopez Noriega, Saul
ISBN 9781315520605
1315520605