MEXICO´S CRIMINAL PROCEDURE REFORM. - The implementation of the accusatory criminal system in México. Regarding México’s criminal justice system, the most remote precedent in modern history can be traced back to the Constitution of 1857, weather it established the foundations of the criminal system is still in discussion, it did open the door to allow for secondary legislation, like the criminal jury law of 1869 and the code for criminal procedures of 1880, to set the profile of the criminal justice system as an inquisitive one. The creation of the Public Ministry figure, so clearly distinguished in modern Mexican criminal system has its origins as a criminal prosecutor, in charge of accusations in such laws. After México’s independence, a Congress was summoned to write a new Constitution, the result was the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution, unique in its humanistic view of law. This Constitution established some minor changes to the criminal system, mostly procedural ...
Blog con contenido jurídico, enfocado principalmente al Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal (de corte acusatorio) instaurado en México a partir de la Reforma del 18 de junio de 2008. También se publican opiniones sobre temas de interés.