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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openedition-oai:revues.org:chs_962 en https://journals.openedition.org/chs/962 2009-04-03T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dz76 All rights reserved Looking forward, looking back : judicial discretion and state legitimation in modern Mexico Crime, Histoire & Sociétés Librairie Droz info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1663-4837 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1422-0857 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs Buffington, Robert 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. Cet article explore les débats qui ont entouré, au sein des élites, les tentatives entreprises pour réformer le code pénal mexicain à partir de la dernière période de la colonisation et qui ont culminé en 1931 dans le code pénal du district fédéral. Plus spécialement, il défend la thèse selon laquelle les décideurs politiques considéraient la réforme du droit – et particulièrement la notion de pouvoir discrétionnaire du juge – comme un élément crucial dans leurs efforts pour légitimer l'État. Ils ont par là contribué à la « re-féodalisation » de l'estado papà post-révolutionnaire. |
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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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