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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-id>S1870-05782020000200203</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iij.24485306e.2020.1.14814</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Drafting a Constitution is Not Drafting a Statute: An Analysis of the Mexican Constitution and Hyper-Amending Pathologies from the Legislative Drafting Perspective]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orozco Pulido]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Guadalajara  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>203</fpage>
<lpage>217</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-05782020000200203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-05782020000200203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-05782020000200203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This note critically examines the way the Mexican Constitution has changed since it was originally written, due to a large number of amendments. Through 239 decrees of constitutional reforms, which represent 732 modifications to constitutional articles, the current constitutional text is not the same document that arose from the Mexican Revolution. This vertiginous change is analyzed from the perspective of theoretical and practical notions of legislative drafting in common law countries. A huge number of reforms demonstrates a constitution&#8217;s volatility, and the way reforms are written has a direct impact on whether or not it is observed. In fact, a proper process of redaction in legislative drafting can provide ideas for improving the quality of legislation. Reforming the constitution, as has been done by Mexican constituent powers, can overload the fundamental text with specific rules, rather than principles. An excessive use of words, an arbitrary use of subdivisions and an excessive number of transitory norms are common elements of constitutional amendments. Some specific traits of those amendments are analyzed in order to propose ways to improve the efficacy of the constitution through a better legislative drafting process for reforms. All of this in order to reach a better level of comprehension of the normative purpose of amendments by their final recipients: citizens and institutions.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Esta nota critica la forma en que la constitución mexicana ha cambiado desde su texto original debido a un enorme número de reformas. A través de 239 decretos de reforma, que representan 732 modificaciones a sus artículos, la constitución actual no es el mismo texto que emanó de la revolución mexicana. Este cambio vertiginoso es analizado mediante herramientas teóricas y prácticas de la redacción normativa que tienen bastante difusión en países del common law. Un gran número de reformas muestra la volatilidad de la constitución, y la forma en que tales reformas se redactan incide en la observancia. Por ello, la redacción normativa tiende a dar ideas para mejorar la calidad de la legislación a través de una adecuada escritura. La reforma de la constitución, como se ha hecho en México, versa en sobrecargar el texto fundamental de reglas, en lugar de principios. También es común observar una utilización excesiva de palabras, el uso arbitrario de subdivisiones y un número desorbitante de artículos transitorios. Algunas características en específico son analizadas a fin de proponer ideas que mejoren la eficacia de la constitución por la vía de una mejor redacción normativa de sus reformas. El fondo de la cuestión es lograr una mejor comprensión del mensaje normativo por los destinatarios finales de la reforma: los ciudadanos y las instituciones.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexican Constitution]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[legislative drafting]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[legal efficacy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Constitución mexicana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[redacción normativa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[reforma constitucional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[eficacia del Derecho]]></kwd>
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