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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>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-05782021000100003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iij.24485306e.2021.2.15088</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[1968: One Year in the Life of the Mexican Federal Judiciary]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fix-Fierro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Institute of Legal Research ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>3</fpage>
<lpage>34</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-05782021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-05782021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-05782021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract 1968 is considered a mythical year in many parts of the world. In Mexico, it has acquired an almost sacred status. The student movement is commonly viewed as the beginning of the prolonged process of democratic transition that has unfolded in the last decades. Although there is very abundant literature about the events of that year, the role that the Mexican Federal Judiciary (MFJ) played in them has practically not been examined. The article analyzes the situation and performance of the Supreme Court of Justice and the MFJ during that single year. For this purpose, the essay examines the following aspects: the composition, organization and resources of the federal courts; judicial statistics; judicial precedents; judicial ideology and public perception on the justice system; and finally, the intervention of federal judges in the judicial proceedings instituted against the students and other leftist political dissidents. The article concludes that the MFJ was subject to many constraints and limitations that, for good measure, hampered its role in the defense of constitutional order. Twenty years later the reforms leading to the transformation of the Supreme Court of Justice into a constitutional court were started, favoring a more active intervention of judges and courts in the protection and defense of fundamental rights.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen 1968 es un año considerado mítico en varias partes del mundo. En México ha adquirido un estatus casi sagrado, pues se considera comúnmente al movimiento estudiantil de ese año como el inicio del prolongado proceso de transición democrática que se produjo en las últimas décadas. Aunque existe una bibliografía muy abundante sobre los eventos de ese año, prácticamente no ha sido examinado el papel del Poder Judicial de la Federación (PJF) en ellos. El artículo analiza la situación y el desempeño de la Suprema Corte de Justicia y del PJF en su conjunto durante ese solo año. Para tal fin se estudian aspectos como la composición, organización y recursos de los tribunales federales; las estadísticas judiciales; la jurisprudencia; la ideología judicial y la percepción pública del sistema de justicia; finalmente, la intervención de los jueces federales en los juicios iniciados contra los estudiantes y otros disidentes políticos de izquierda. El examen concluye que el PJF estaba sometido entonces a un buen número de limitaciones que impidieron, en parte, que pudiera desempeñar un papel más relevante en la defensa del orden constitucional. Veinte años después se iniciaron las reformas encaminadas a la transformación de la Suprema Corte de Justicia en un verdadero tribunal constitucional y que promovieron una participación más activa de jueces y tribunales en la protección y defensa de los derechos fundamentales.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexican Federal Judiciary]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[student revolts]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[judicial backlog]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[judicial statistics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[writ of amparo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[democratic transition]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Poder Judicial de la Federación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[movimientos estudiantiles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[rezago judicial]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[juicio de amparo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[transición democrática]]></kwd>
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