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41 San Diego L. Rev. 1337 (2004)
An Introductory Lesson to Mexican Law: From Constitutions and Codes to Legal Culture and NAFTA

handle is hein.journals/sanlr41 and id is 1349 raw text is: An Introductory Lesson to Mexican Law: From Constitutions and Codes to Legal Culture and NAFTA JORGE A. VARGAS* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE GROWING PRESENCE OF MEXICAN LAW IN THE UNITED STATES ................ 1338 A. A Triad of Intertwined Factors ............................................................... 1339 1. G eography ....................................................................................... 1339 2. P eop le .............................................................................................. 1340 3. W ealth .............................................................................................. 1340 II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF MEXICAN LAW .................................................. 1342 A. Mexico's Federal Constitutions of 1824 and 1857 ................................. 1343 * Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law. LL.B., summa cum laude, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City; LL.M. and J.S.D. (Candidate), Yale Law School. Professor Vargas was a guest lecturer on Mexican law at New York University School of Law, International Global Program in 1999, and a Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School in 1994. He is the founder and Director of the Mexico-United States Law Institute, University of San Diego 1983-1987. Professor Vargas was awarded the academic distinction of University Professor 2002-2003 by the University of San Diego. The Author wishes to express his personal thanks to Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean and Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, for the generous Summer Research Award 2003 granted for the preparation of this work. The Author verifies the accuracy of the Spanish language cites and all English translations. He maintains a website on Mexican law located at http://www.mexlaw.com. The Author expresses his personal thanks to Adriana Cordoba, J.D. 2005, and Juan Fogelbach, J.D. 2006, for their diligent and efficient research assistance during the preparation of this Article. 1337

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