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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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | 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 discretion – as a crucial aspect of their efforts to legitimize the state and, in so doing, contributed to the « refeudalization » of the post-revolutionary estado papa. |
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