Matters of Justice : Pueblos, the Judiciary, and Agrarian Reform in Revolutionary Mexico /

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"Helga Baitenmann offers a novel interpretation of Mexico's revolutionary agrarian reform, an unconstitutional takeover by the executive of the judiciary's authority over contentious land matters, and examines the role that villagers played in shaping post-revolutionary state formatio...

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Main Author: Baitenmann, Helga (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Peasants > Political activity.
Land reform.
Judicial power.
Executive power.
Agriculture and state.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Politique agricole > Mexique.
Pouvoir judiciaire > Mexique.
Pouvoir executif > Mexique.
Paysannerie > Activite politique > Mexique.
Reforme agraire > Mexique.
Agriculture and state > Mexico.
Judicial power > Mexico.
Executive power > Mexico.
Peasants > Political activity > Mexico.
Land reform > Mexico.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Inherent Difficulties of Winning Pueblo Land and Water Suits in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
  • 2. Pueblo Land and Water Claims during the Madero Administration, 1911-1913
  • 3. The Zapatista Land Reform, 1911-1916
  • 4. The Constitutionalist Land Reform in the Absence of the Judiciary, 1914-1917
  • 5. The Return of the Judiciary in Uncertain Times, 1917-1924
  • 6. The Morelos Laboratory, 1920-1924
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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