The judicial dialogue among constitutional Courts: The case of Mexico

Why do supreme courts use international law? This work suggests that, in Mexico, the arrival of a new judge with a different profile and an atypical staff progressively introduced a jurisprudential dialogue within the Court. Additionally, it is shown how the minister trained his staff in internation...

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Autor: Cortez Salinas, Josafat
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuestiones Constitucionales. Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/16160
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/16160
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Judges
Supreme Court
International law
Human Rights
jueces
Suprema Corte
derecho internacional
derechos humanos
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Sumario:Why do supreme courts use international law? This work suggests that, in Mexico, the arrival of a new judge with a different profile and an atypical staff progressively introduced a jurisprudential dialogue within the Court. Additionally, it is shown how the minister trained his staff in international courts and tribunals in order to get in contact with international law. These factors, combined with a favorable environment for human rights, led the Supreme Court to begin using jurisprudential dialogue.