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

by Helga Baitenmann

After the fall of the Porfirio D az regime, pueblo representatives sent hundreds of petitions to Pres. Francisco I. Madero, demanding that the executive branch of government assume the judiciary's control over their unresolved lawsuits against landowners, local bosses, and other villages. The Madero administration tried to use existing laws to settle land conflicts but always stopped short of invading judicial authority.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496219481
• ISBN13: 9781496219480
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"