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A Brief Review of the History of Reforms to the Legal Regulations of Political Parties in Mexico

This article studies the major reforms in the history of the legal regulation of political parties in Mexico based on the political context in which they took place. The objective is to explain their ... Political and Social Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Legal Research Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Email: . Abstract

Towards a Periodization of Oscar Correas’ Critical Legal Theory

the Marxism of the critique of political economy (this from the 1970s to the late 1980s), and the second, with a markedly linguistic turn, embracing skepticism, although he never completely abandons ... America and its particularities. In this sense, I propose the hypothesis of the existence of a “First Correas” and a “Second Correas.” The first aligns itself with Marx’s critique of political economy

How Effective are Hybrid Anti-Corruption Agencies in Tackling Political Corruption? The Case of the Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala

Literature on political corruption agrees that in contexts with widespread corruption, curbing it through institutions is insufficient. That is, formal rules like laws and anti-corruption agencies ... *  * Research Assitant at Latin America Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO, Mexico). M.A. in Corruption and Governance, University of Sussex, UK. Email: . Abstract Literature on political corruption

Report on abusive judicial review of electoral matters

authoritarian tools used by groups of an anti-democratic nature. That is to say, the circumstance that the courts and not the political actors are the ones that implement undemocratic measures with the advantage ... Institute of Human Rights "René Cassin", Strasbourg, France. Specialist in Constitutional Law and Political Science from the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid, Spain. Author of the Book

Managers, Engagement and Political Behaviors: A Nonlinear Relationship

existence of institutions.Objective the purpose of this paper is to investigate how managers from different companies and with different Work Engagement levels face the presence of political behavior in their ... concentration, mitigates the perception of political behavior in the organizations. However, there was a paradigm shift among the highly engaged: Engagement impacted on the increase of Perceptions of

Political Cycles and Fiscal Management in Brazilian Municipalities

The study analyzed how political-electoral incentives influence the fiscal management of Brazilian municipalities and their effects on electoral results. Two findings stand out, the first is that ... despite the fact that the newly elected parties sign higher levels of fiscal condition in the three political cycles, in the post-election period the averages shrink to levels lower than those achieved by

Patents in medicine and health as an integral human right

thought of one of the vital enlightenment writers on legal and political philosophy, Immanuel Kant. Kant places the idea of universality at the center of his moral philosophy, and he uses the term ... various international instruments. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural

Unpacking firm effects: modeling political alliances in variance decomposition of firm performance in turbulent environments

mainstream scholars, but by a more political view of firm differences, namely, the ability to manage valuable political alliances. To account for these differences, a multivariate performance measure was ... importance of the cost of capital. Key words: firm heterogeneity; variance decomposition; firm performance; turbulent environments; political strategies. RESUMO Estudos anteriores sobre a

Ronald Dworkin’s Legal Non-Positivism: Main Characteristics and its Confrontation with Legal Positivism of the Twentieth Century (H.L.A. Hart)

. The Connection between Law and Political Morality 113 VI. Dworkin and his Position on Fundamental Rights 114 VII. Conclusion 116 I. Dworkin’s Legal Model It is important that the ... conceptual approach, but also with a normative approach.5 The Dworkinian model constitutes the presentation of a very particular perspective of law -the American law-, which is supported by political

Unpacking firm effects: modeling political alliances in variance decomposition of firm performance in turbulent environments

mainstream scholars, but by a more political view of firm differences, namely, the ability to manage valuable political alliances. To account for these differences, a multivariate performance measure was ... importance of the cost of capital. Key words: firm heterogeneity; variance decomposition; firm performance; turbulent environments; political strategies. RESUMO Estudos anteriores sobre a

Big Tech Platforms, Democracy and the Law: Global Problems, Legal Perspectives and the Mexican Experience

how and to what extent voters learn from a variety of media sources including newspapers, TV, Radio, internet and so forth. In that regard, the media reinforces political interest and voting intentions ... . It cannot be reasonably challenged that citizens do use and engage with the media to learn about issues and topics relevant to the political arena, such as candidates’ traits, proposals, or careers.5

Reflexivity and Rupture: Emancipation in Socialist and Democratic thought

Based on a critique from both political and theoretical perspectives within the socialist tradition regarding models of social change, placing “revolution” opposite to “reform”, an assessment is made ... a rational basis for political action, but as a unifying force pushing towards political change. II. The Meaning of Political Emancipation in Marxism In German philosophy, the concept of

Criminals and enemies? The drug trafficker in Mexico's Political Imaginary

; derecho; enemigo; criminal; narcocorrido; imaginario TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. The Criminal and the Enemy in the Political Imaginary III. The Criminal and the Enemy in Official ... study aims to explore the impact of the Felipe Calderón Administration's "war on drugs" on the Mexican legal and political imaginary. I address these discourses borrowing from Paul Kahn's exploration of

Criminals and enemies? The drug trafficker in Mexico's Political Imaginary

; derecho; enemigo; criminal; narcocorrido; imaginario TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. The Criminal and the Enemy in the Political Imaginary III. The Criminal and the Enemy in Official ... study aims to explore the impact of the Felipe Calderón Administration's "war on drugs" on the Mexican legal and political imaginary. I address these discourses borrowing from Paul Kahn's exploration of

1968: One Year in the Life of the Mexican Federal Judiciary

of federal judges in the judicial proceedings instituted against the students and other leftist political dissidents. The article concludes that the MFJ was subject to many constraints and limitations ... mostly young persons who had peacefully assembled for a political rally that afternoon.2 There is a burgeoning number of studies and testimonies on the ‘68 in Mexico,3 but little attention, if any, has

Mexico 2018: an opportunity for popular constitutionalism

In 2018 Mexicans chose the most profound political change since the transition to democracy, leaving behind what in another work I have called authoritarian constitutionalism. The alternation has ... useful theory in order for the transformation to take a democratic, participative and egalitarian direction, since it fosters political participation and democratic equality. It is time to forego the

The Modern Possibilities of Human Rights. A Critique of the Negative Critique of Law and Rights

human rights in contemporary societies.Keywords : Critical Legal Studies; Marxism and law; Critical Legal Thinking; Human Rights; Negative philosophy. ... philosophy Resumen: El presente trabajo analiza las relaciones entre el discurso de los derechos humanos y la Crítica Jurídica, y se enfoca principalmente en lo que puede llamarse la “crítica negativa

Optimal Tax Theory: Its Contributions to the Brazilian Reality

of knowledge of optimal taxation in Brazil, and from the perspective of economics and political law, we sought to identify secondary data on tax distribution in Organization for Economic Co-operation ... crucial issue in the context of an economic crisis and political hardening that cross the world in the second decade of the 21st century. Crisis and hardening that globally intensify in the beginning of

The Struggle For Legal Philosophy (Vis-À-Vis Legal Education): Methods and Problems

that legal philosophy is an important part of a legal curriculum and necessary to bridge, rather than to deepen, the existing gap between theory and practice. ... as a branch of philosophy and thus part of practical philosophy in conjunction with moral and political philosophy requires (re)integrating both legal philosophy and applied legal philosophy to the

The Struggle For Legal Philosophy (Vis-À-Vis Legal Education): Methods and Problems

that legal philosophy is an important part of a legal curriculum and necessary to bridge, rather than to deepen, the existing gap between theory and practice.Keywords : Jurisprudence; legal education ... as a branch of philosophy and thus part of practical philosophy in conjunction with moral and political philosophy requires (re)integrating both legal philosophy and applied legal philosophy to the