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<journal-id>1870-0578</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Mexican law review]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mex. law rev]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-0578</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-05782018000200057</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iij.24485306e.2018.1.12511</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Unpacking the Mexican Federal Judiciary: An Inner Look at the Ethos of the Judicial Branch]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferreyra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Texas A&amp;M University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Corpus Christi ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>57</fpage>
<lpage>83</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000200057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000200057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000200057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Based on 45 interviews conducted in 6 different jurisdictions in Mexico, this article presents a close examination of the distinctive attributes and practices that characterize the Mexican Federal Judiciary (Poder Judicial Federal). Interviewees included typists, clerks and court clerks, judges, and justices, as well as scholars and experts with an in-depth knowledge of this institution. From an insider perspective, the article sheds light on idiosyncrasies, customs, and organizational patterns that are not well known outside the MFJ, such as its strong hierarchical structure, the nature of the work done, employee salaries, the practices of legalism, the risks of drug-related trials, and structural gender inequalities. It also discusses phenomena like influence peddling, cronyism, and nepotism, all of which are widely practiced within the MFJ but kept undisclosed. These practices do not necessarily have a negative connotation within the federal judiciary because they have become normalized due to their widespread use. In fact, the notion of corruption is somehow ambiguous for many judicial employees. Despite all this, the MFJ has become a more professionalized branch where the vast majority of employees performed their job competently and efficiently.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El presente artículo aborda un análisis exhaustivo la cultura y costumbres que prevalecen en el Poder Judicial Federal en México. Este trabajo está basado en una investigación de campo que se realizó en 6 diferentes ciudades del país donde se entrevistaron a 45 personas, entre ellas oficiales administrativos, actuarios, secretarios de juzgados, proyectistas, jueces de distrito, magistrados de colegiados, personal del Consejo de la Judicatura, expertos y litigantes. El análisis de esta propuesta conlleva una perspectiva desde adentro respecto de algunas prácticas comunes al interior del Poder Judicial Federal como son la existencia de una estructura jerárquica poderosa, el tipo de trabajo de todos los días, los salarios, el legalismo exacerbado, los riesgos de resolver juicios relacionados con el narcotráfico y cuestiones de inequidad institucional. También se discuten temas como el tráfico de influencias, el amiguismo y el nepotismo los cuales están ampliamente arraigados en la institución. De hecho, el tema de la corrupción tiene una connotación ambigua entre empleados del PJF porque no hay políticas institucionales para resolverlo ya que oficialmente este problema no existe. A pesar de lo anterior, el PJF se ha profesionalizado y la mayoría de empleados realizan sus labores de una manera eficaz y competente.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexican Federal Judiciary]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Misconduct]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Legal Studies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Qualitative Methods]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ethnography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Poder Judicial federal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Conductas Ilegales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estudios de Derecho]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Métodos Cuantitativos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Etnografía]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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