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Mexican law review
On-line version ISSN 2448-5306Print version ISSN 1870-0578
Abstract
PEREZ FUENTES, Gisela María and CANTORAL DOMINGUEZ, Karla. The Best Interests of the Minor as a Principle of Interpretation in Mexican Civil Law. Mex. law rev [online]. 2015, vol.7, n.2, pp.83-112. ISSN 2448-5306.
From a doctrinal perspective and based on a case study, this article analyzes the way in which the best interests of the minor has become an important principle of interpretation in Mexico's legal life. This is observed in the evaluation of different situations in which the federal Judicial Branch has resolved conflicts dealing with fundamental rights, taking into account family law-related issues. Moreover, there are important cases that neither the state nor local courts have resolved as they specifically deal with the protection of minors in the printed media. Therefore, as of the constitutionalization of Civil Law, the traditional form of this particular branch of law has been revised, considering the rescue of the person and in compliance with the international treaties that Mexico has signed, as a form of legal argument.
Keywords : Best interests of the minor; family law; weighting; personality rights of minors; a child's right to identity.