Looking forward, looking back : judicial discretion and state legitimation in modern Mexico
This essay explores the elite debates surrounding efforts to reform Mexican criminal law that began in the late colonial period and culminated in the 1931 Federal District Penal Code. More specifically, it argues that elite policy makers saw legal reform – in particular the notion of judicial discre...
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| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |