The report reviews the research conducted in Mexico's Federal District courts on the summary debt collection proceedings - Juicio Ejecutivo Mercantil (JEM) - as a result of a specific request from the Government, to study the judiciary's impact on contract enforcement, as well as because of the...

This study offers the first time series cross-section analysis of state courts in Mexico, explaining variation in judicial spending across Mexico s 31 states from 1993 to 2009. Cutting against mainstream accounts of judicial empowerment that highlight electoral competition, I conclude that...

Scholars agree that the United States Supreme Court did not discover the general judicial review aspects of Marbury v. Madison (1803) until nearly a century later in 1895. This article reveals that the Mexican Supreme Court, relying heavily on U.S. constitutional sources and quoting Marbury,...