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Mexico
United Mexican States / Estados Unidos Mexicanos

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Constitution

  • Reformas a la Constitución (Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión) in Spanish
  • Mexico: Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) includes the 1917 constitution with 2004 reforms; in Spanish
  • Las Constituciones de México y sus Estados (INFOJUS, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM) federal and state constitutions; in Spanish
  • International Constitutional Law: Mexico (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

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Executive

  • President
  • Procurador General de la República [Attorney General]

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Judicial

  • Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación
  • Consejo de la Judicatura Federal

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Legislative

  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Diario oficial de la federación, organo consitutcional del los Estados Unidos mexicanos
  • PARLIAMENT: Congreso de la Union, consisting of Cámara de Diputados and Cámara de Senadores
  • GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers 8,496 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees, regulations, judicial decisions, and legal literature, issued from January 1954 to the present
  • Legislación Federal de México (Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión) full text of more than 225 Mexican federal laws in HTML and PDF; in Spanish
  • NATLEX: Mexico (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
  • Natural Resources Legislation: Mexico (University of Denver College of Law)

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Legal Guides

  • GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Mexico (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • An Electronic Guide to Mexican Law (Francisco A. Avalos and Elisa Donnadieu, via GlobaLex) November 2005
  • Electronic Guide to the Best Mexican Law Websites (Jorge A. Vargas , University of San Diego School of Law, via LLRX)
  • FindLaw: Mexico
  • Federal Code of Mexico (Jorge A. Vargas , University of San Diego School of Law, via LLRX) April 25, 2005
  • ForIntLaw: Mexico (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases Mexico (New York University Law Library)
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in Spanish; includes legislación y jurisprudencia
  • Judicial Assistance: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • JURIST: Mexico (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • Latin American Network Information Center: Mexico (University of Texas, Austin)
  • Mexican Trademark and Copyright Law as it Applies to E-Commerce (Jose-Juan Mendez, via LLRX) March 19, 2001
  • World Legal Information Institute: Mexico (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from North America: Mexico (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Mexico (Library of Congress) June 1996
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
  • Portals to the World: Mexico (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Mexico (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Profile of Mexico (U.S. Dept. of Labor) from By The Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under the Americas
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Mexico (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Mexico, Washington
  • Governments on the WWW: Mexico (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Mexico (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
  • NEWS: BBC World Americas
  • U.S. Embassy, Mexico City (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Mexico (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Mexico (Google); Mexico (Yahoo); Mexico Online Site Map (MexOnline); Sistema de Búsqueda (Mexmaster)

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