Resumen

NIEMBRO O., Roberto. Mexico 2018: an opportunity for popular constitutionalism. Mex. law rev [online]. 2020, vol.12, n.2, pp.33-51.  Epub 05-Mar-2021. ISSN 2448-5306.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24485306e.2020.2.14171.

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 meant a change of regime in which a social transformation is announced. The transformation can take different paths and must be accompanied by ideas that inspire it. In this frame of mind, popular constitutionalism can be a 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 elitist theories of constitutional law and the minimalist understandings of democracy.

Palabras llave : Participation; popular constitutionalism; transformative constitutionalism; Mexico.

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