Mauro Arturo Rivera

University of Silesia in Katowice · Faculty of Law and Administration

Supermajorities in judicial review are present in several countries, including the United States (at the state level), Mexico, Peru, the Czech Republic, Chile, and South Korea. Despite their prevalence, the theoretical legitimacy of supermajorities has been a topic of intense debate since the early twenty-first century. A notable gap exists between...

In Mexico’s federalism, subnational entities may challenge legislation through a procedure called “constitutional controversies” under two limits: a deferential supermajority and a prohibition of general effects if a lower level brings the challenge. I argue that an empirical analysis of the supermajority shows it lacks substantive impact and forms...

This article provides a comparative analysis of how courts have performed judicial review on supermajority rules governing courts’ decision-making. Through an empirical approach, covering the cases of the United States, Peru and Poland, the article argues that the supermajority’s legal source and the chronology of its establishment may influence th...

The monograph performs specialized research on the parties subject to individual constitutional complaints.

El amparo mexicano está caracterizado por la naturaleza inter partes de sus efectos. Existe la posibilidad de analizar la constitucionalidad de normas, pero el eventual pronunciamiento favorable ha operado tradicionalmente a favor único del accionante o quejoso. En 2011 se modificó la Constitución para introducir un procedimiento denominado «declar...

LegalTech 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, Tokenization, smart contract, AI, Eu ID. The use of technological solutions, increasingly often referred to as LegalTech, in the administration of justice is nowadays necessary. It is impossible to imagine courts functioning without information systems or law firms not using electronic databases of case law and legal litera...

This article will analyze Mexico's evolution from the struggle to provide digital justice to the likelihood of establishing a constitutional right to digital justice. Section II) will analyze the 2020 full transition to online procedures, accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. We will present the argument that as of the 2013 Amparo Act, Mexico has a...

Seit dem ersten IGF-Gipfel der Vereinten Nationen 2006 in Athen dient das Treffen Entscheidungsträgern als Forum und Informationsquelle – v.a., was die Nutzung neuer Technologien– einschließlich rechtlicher und politischer Konsequenzen – angeht. Die Diskussionsbeiträge der 6. Tagung in Polen zum Thema „Internet und neue Technologien“ sind in diesem...

El presente artículo analiza los modelos de legitimación en acciones de inconstitucionalidad y controversias constitucionales establecidas por las diversas Entidades Federativas en el caso mexicano. El estudio argumenta que, dado el federalismo mexicano, Alemania es un adecuado término de comparación por ser un Estado Federal con modelos operativos...

La Suprema Corte se pronunció recientemente sobre la constitucionalidad de reformas a la legítima defensa efectuada por diversas entidades federativas en el caso mexicano, que explícitamente permiten la causación de daños tasados, incluyendo la muerte del agresor. La Suprema Corte concluyó que tales disposiciones resultan constitucionales. En el pr...

En el presente artículo se analiza la posición institucional del Consejo de la Judicatura Federal en México. Se argumenta que su posición actual tiene una clara dependencia de la Suprema Corte y que carece de medios que garanticen su autonomía e independencia. Para tales efectos, se estudia en una perspectiva comparada ciertas medidas tendentes a f...

En el presente artículo se realiza un análisis de la evolución de la división de poderes en el constitucionalismo mexicano hasta la consagración de los llamados «órganos constitucionales autónomos» (OCA). Se analiza el origen y concepto de los OCA y las imprecisiones definitorias del préstamo conceptual de la doctrina constitucional mexicana de los...

Umfassende Erörterung der Problematik der Verbindung des Rechts der neuen Technologien mit der Arbeit eines Anwalts. Die Autoren beschreiben die Entwicklung der Technologie und die wachsende Tendenz der Technik, um die Domäne, die bis vor kurzem war nur für Juristen vorbehalten zu betreten. Heutzutage können die Informationssysteme die Arbeit des A...

ABSTRACT: This article provides an outline as to the functioning of “Amparo,” a Mexican mechanism of constitutional control. From the time of its introduction to Mexican constitutionalism in 1847, it has established itself as a robust constitutional control mechanism and has profoundly influenced Latin American constitutionalism and other countries...

SUMARIO: I. Constitución y democracia .II. Reflexiones sobre el Poder Constituyente III. Poder Constituyente y Democracia IV. Bibliografía

This article analyzes the complex electoral centralization in Mexico by the 2014 Constitutional amendment.

In spite of being formally rigid, the Mexican Constitution is frequently amended. In this article, I analyze the constitutional amendment procedure in order to understand the causes, consequences and potential solutions of the accelerated rhythm of constitutional amendments in Mexico.

In this article we analyze the development of the right to prior consultation regarding persons with disabilities, particularly mobility impairments. It is argued that the aborning of the right to prior consultation derives from international law. In Mexico it has been particularly debated in view of the obligation foreseen by the International Lab...

This article analyses the need of developing an institutionalized model of ex post evaluation in the Federal Entities in Mexico. The absence of evaluation mechanisms in the States reduces the potential efficacy of local legislation frequently approved and amended without empirical knowledge of its effects. In 2015 a bill proposing the creation of a...

An analysis of general theory of legal drafting, mexican legal drafting system and legislative evaluation.

Resumen En el presente artículo se analizarán los sujetos legitimados para la interposición del conflicto de órganos constitucionales, regulado por la LOTC. Se sostendrá que la legitimación en los términos normativos resulta insuficiente para garantizar la organización constitucional. Así, se estudiarán exhaustivamente la restrictiva lista de suje...

This article contains a critical analysis of parliamentary immunity in Mexico. Considering the origins and purpose of composite protection for the lower house of parliament, a misunderstanding of the institution exists and there are errors in the procedural approach to the manifestation of justification. Proposals are put forth to improve or elimin...

En el presente artículo, se analizarán las alternativas del desbloqueo o apertura de listas electorales en el caso de parlamentarios electos por el principio de representación proporcional en el Congreso de la Unión mexicano (actualmente electos con lista cerrada y bloqueada). Se argumentará que la modificación del sistema de listas es una alternat...

The present article deals with the countermajoritarian difficulty but not from a substantial perspective but with its inner characteristics. I try to offer considerations about the violated majority and a useful distinction to the countermajoritarian decisions attending the emitting organ and the passive subject. A brief analysis about the implicat...

In this article, I analyze the counter-majoritarian difficulty and examine how it manifests itself in the Mexican case. I first summarize the problem originally formulated in Alexander Bickel's work "The Least Dangerous Branch." I then present some of the main objections against judicial control that have found their way into the debate surrounding...

In this book, Prof. Martínez and I explore the relationship between law and linguistics, including speech markers and speech act theory.