Structural Transformations of Political Rights: the Mexican Case

This note supports the hypothesis that democratization and openness to international human rights law in Mexico brought about a structural change in its constitutional principles. This was mainly the result of substantially transforming the meaning - and especially the scope - legally given to polit...

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Autor: Soriano Cienfuegos, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Mexican Law Review
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/13643
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/mexican-law-review/article/view/13643
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Democratization
Political Rights
Ius Commune
Democratización
Derechos políticos
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Sumario:This note supports the hypothesis that democratization and openness to international human rights law in Mexico brought about a structural change in its constitutional principles. This was mainly the result of substantially transforming the meaning - and especially the scope - legally given to political rights. The change from prerogatives to rights is not only a matter of nomenclature, but also a 180-degree shift, at both practical and epistemological levels. In addition to this, the project to establish a Ius Constitutionale Commune in the region, based on human rights standards, has been an equally important change as it has placed the human person at the heart of the matter.