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[3] Nonetheless monarchists such as Lucas Alaman continued to hope that monarchy was a viable solution to Mexico's political turmoil by inviting a European prince to assume the Mexican throne, following the precedent set by nations such as the United Kingdom, Greece, and Belgium, who elected their monarchs from different countries. [4]
The civil law tradition was developed by, and as such the "authorities" were and continue to be, legal scholars and not judges and lawyers as in the common law tradition. [8] [9] The legal treatises produced by these scholars are called doctrine (doctrina), and are used much in the same way case law is used in the common law tradition. [8]
Congress, in order to accommodate the provinces, expanded the powers of the Provisional Deputations, giving them the power to appoint almost all government offices within their territories, and expressed support for the establishment of a federal system. [33] To pacify Guadalajara, 2,000 men were sent under the command of Negrete and Bravo.
The predominantly civilian composition of the Constituent Congress was in contrast with the place of real power in revolutionary Mexico, which was in the military. Most senior generals did not participate directly in the congress. [31] An exception was Álvaro Obregón backing the progressive faction, although indirectly. "Of the members of the ...
Taking on Goliath: The emergence of a new left party and the struggle for democracy in Mexico. Penn State Press, 2010. Camp, Roderic Ai. "Learning democracy in Mexico and the United States." Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos 19.1 (2003): 3-27. Castañeda, Jorge. Perpetuating Power: How Mexican Presidents were Chosen. The New Press 2000.
Mexico finally gained its independence under the Plan of Iguala promulgated by Agustín de Iturbide, which planned for Mexico to be ruled by a member of the Spanish Bourbons, in either a personal union or with a member of the royal family travelling to Mexico to establish a new throne. The Spanish government refused the offer and a popular ...
In time, the system gradually became, as some political scientists have labeled it, an "electoral authoritarianism" [33] in that the party resorted to any means necessary, except for the dissolution of the constitutional and electoral system itself to remain in power. Mexico was considered a bastion of continued constitutional government when ...
The executive power is vested upon a head of government elected by first-past-the-post plurality. The legislative power is vested upon a unicameral Legislative Assembly. The judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice and the Judiciary Council. Mexico City was divided into delegaciones or boroughs. Though not fully equivalent ...