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Making Amends with the Mexican Constitution: Reassessing the 1995 Judicial Reforms and Considering Prospects for Further Reform
Academic journal article from The George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 4
Beginning of article
I. INTRODUCTION
Mexico's judicial branch is the weakest of its federal government's three branches for a variety of historical, structural, political, and socio-cultural reasons.1 On January 1, 1995, several significant amendments to the Constitution of Mexico became effective.2 The amendments, submitted by President Ernesto Zedillo one month after taking office, revised twenty-seven articles of the Mexican Constitution3 in order to reform the structure and powers of the Mexican federal judicial system.4 The amendments to the Constitution reduced the number of Supreme Court Ministers (Justices), changed the manner in which Ministers are appointed to the Court, reduced the …
