GUIDELINES “FOR THE SUCCESS OF GOVERNMENTS”: RIGHTS IN THE FIRST MEXICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM (1821-1836)

Authors

  • Catherine Andrews Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21708/issn2526-9488.v6.n12.p121-142.2022

Abstract

This article discusses the recognition given to natural rights in the first Mexican Constitutions. It shows that the Mexicans debated two different models: the modern liberal model and the revolutionary ius naturalistic model. Law historiography often insists that this discussion originated in the 1842 Constituent Congress, or alternatively in the 1856 Constituent Congress. This text argues that the roots of this debate over rights had been present in Mexico since Independence in 1821.

Author Biography

Catherine Andrews, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico

Ph.D. em História Mexicana pela Universidade de St. Andrews, Scotland in 2001. Professora na Divisão de História no Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) na Cidade do Mexico

Published

2023-01-12

Issue

Section

Constitutional History Dossier: concepts, institutions and experiences

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