The making of law : the Supreme Court and labor legislation in Mexico, 1875-1931 / William J. Suarez-Potts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suarez-Potts, William J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation--Mexico--History.

Labor laws and legislation.

Mexico. Suprema Corte de Justicia--History.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite Porfirio Díaz's authoritarian rule (1877-1911) and the fifteen years of violent conflict typifying much of Mexican politics after 1917, law and judicial decision-making were important for the country's political and economic organization. Influenced by French theories of jurisprudence in addition to domestic events, progressive Mexican legal thinkers concluded that the liberal view of law-as existing primarily to guarantee the rights of individuals and of private property-was inadequate for solving the ""social question""; the aim of the legal regime should instead be one of harmo

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Rights of Free Labor, 1875-1910; 2. Free Labor and the Federal Judiciary, 1875-1910; 3. Porfirian Industrial Relations and the Rights of Labor; 4. Toward Social Legislation; 5. Legislating Labor Law, 1911-1924; 6. The Supreme Court and Labor Law, 1917-1924; 7. Labor Law and Supreme Court Decisions, 1925-1931; 8. The Enactment of the Federal Labor Law, 1925-1931; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804783484

0804783489

OCLC:

811204919