https://revistas.suiiurisasociacion.com/xmlui/handle/123456789/11365 Mexican Law Review is a forum for the debate, research, and analysis of Mexican, Latin American, and comparative law. Submissions are receiving from any author independently of their geographical location and must pass through a double-blind peer-review process. MLR is published twice a year by the Institute for Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico 2026-04-24T11:32:10Z https://revistas.suiiurisasociacion.com/xmlui/handle/123456789/21281 Institutional Framework for International Judicial Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges for North America; Institutional Framework for International Judicial Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges for North America This essay surveys the existing international judicial cooperation institutions, both in Europe and Ibero-America. Then, it addresses the current situation in the North American region where almost nothing has been taking place.In the author´s opinion international judicial cooperation in the North-American region should address at least in three simultaneous areas: a) a priority agenda; b) an implementation agenda; and c) a sustainable agenda, where the significant Canadian contribution in the field of "Civil Law Common Law bijuralism," shows significant lessons to be learned.; Este trabajo examina las instituciones actualmente existentes para la cooperación judicial internacional, tanto en Europa como en Iberoamérica. Posteriormente se refiere a la situación actual en la región de América del Norte, en donde prácticamente no ha ocurrido nada.En opinión del autor, la cooperación judicial internacional en la América del Norte debe cubrir cuando menos tres áreas simultaneas: a) una agenda prioritaria; b) una agenda de implementación, y c) una agenda de sustentabilidad, en donde la significativa contribución canadiense en el ámbito del "Bijuralismo romano-germánico Common Law", muestra importantes lecciones para ser aprendidas. https://revistas.suiiurisasociacion.com/xmlui/handle/123456789/21283 Pemex's Mature Fields Awards: The First Bidding Round under the New Pemex Law; Pemex's Mature Fields Awards: The First Bidding Round under the New Pemex Law This article offers a perspective on the legal, economic and institutional issues associated with a new type of procurement transaction that was made possible by the Energy Reform of 2008. The procurement by Pemex Exploration & Production (E&P) concerned the purchase of field redevelopment services on a long-term contract in three blocks located in the state of Tabasco. The procurement was carried out by means of a public tender in which the sole biddable element was the offered fee/barrel. The character of the contract was that of a farm-out, that is, the common practice, found internationally, by which an operating company with leaseholder rights to acreage in effect subleases an area to another company which, in return, receives a legal interest in the revenue from future production of the well or wells that the second company may drill. The discussion calls into question the legality and economic justification of the lowest-price award criterion, and observes that Pemex made an ad hoc interpretation of Article 6 of the Petroleum Law to justify the concept of a fee/barrel. Finally, the report asks if the new contractual modality represents, in the first place, a new chapter in Mexican oil policy, and, in the second place, does it represent a step toward privatization.; Este comentario ofrece una perspectiva acerca de la problemática legal, económica e institucional relacionada con una nueva forma de adquisiciones que se puede realizar a partir de la reforma energética de 2008. Se ofrece un estudio de caso de la adquisición por Pemex Exploración y Producción (PEP) de servicios para un nuevo desarrollo de un contrato de largo plazo de campos ubicados en tres cuadrantes en el estado de Tabasco. La adquisición se llevó a cabo por medio de una licitación en la cual el único componente de la licitación fue con respecto a la oferta de precio por barril. La naturaleza del contrato fue la de una subcontratación, una práctica común a nivel mundial en la cual una empresa explotadora con derechos de arrendatario de una superficie le otorga en subarrendamiento a otra empresa los derechos que a su vez recibe un beneficio legal de los ingresos de la producción futura del pozo o pozos que esta ultima pudiera perforar. El texto cuestiona la legitimidad y la justificación legal del criterio de otorgarlo al postor con el menor precio, y advierte que Pemex realizó una interpretación ad hoc del artículo 6 de la Ley Federal del Petróleo para justificar el concepto de precio de barril. Por último, el comentario pregunta si la nueva modalidad contractual representa, en primer lugar, un nuevo capítulo en la política del petróleo mexicano y, en segundo lugar, si constituye un paso hacia la privatización. https://revistas.suiiurisasociacion.com/xmlui/handle/123456789/21282 An Overview of the Rules Governing the Performance of Public Middle School Teachers in Mexico City; An Overview of the Rules Governing the Performance of Public Middle School Teachers in Mexico City Rules governing the performance of public middle school teachers in Mexico City are contained in a myriad of regulations, a fact which leads to certain difficulties in understanding them. This article analyzes them based on a detailed review of the relevant laws and interviews with the public officers who enforce these provisions. Teacher performance rules are divided into three groups depending on the type of activity regulated: performance in the classroom, discipline, and attendance/punctuality. The comment also provides a brief explanation of the remedies for sanctions imposed on teachers by the educational authorities, and explains the nature of the termination lawsuit before the Federal Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.; Las reglas que regulan las funciones de los docentes que laboran en secundarias públicas en México se encuentran en diversas disposiciones, lo que hace complicado entenderlas. Con base en una revisión detallada de las leyes relevantes, así como de acuerdo con diversas entrevistas realizadas con funcionarios encargados de aplicar tales leyes, el presente artículo analiza dichas reglas, las cuales se dividen en los siguientes tres grupos, dependiendo del tipo de actividad regulada: desempeño en el salón de clase, disciplina, y asistencia/ puntualidad. Asimismo, brinda una breve explicación sobre las acciones legales que pueden interponerse en contra de las sanciones aplicadas a los docentes, y explica el juicio de cese ante el Tribunal Federal de Conciliación y Arbitraje. https://revistas.suiiurisasociacion.com/xmlui/handle/123456789/21284 The Right to the Truth as an Autonomous Right Under the Interamerican Human Rights System; The Right to the Truth as an Autonomous Right Under the Interamerican Human Rights System The evolution of Inter-American Court case law and the advances made by international bodies and instruments, as well as those in domestic legislation, clearly reveal that the right to the truth is now recognized as an autonomous and independent right. Although this right is not expressly included in the American Convention, it does not prevent the Inter-American Court from being able to examine any alleged violation of this right, and declaring that it has been violated, according to Article 29 of the Pact of San José. The author of this opinion considers that although the right to the truth is mainly related to the right of access to justice derived from Articles 8 and 25 of the American Convention, it should not necessarily remain subsumed in the examination of the other violations of the rights to the judicial guarantees and judicial protection that were declared in a case because this understanding encourages the distortion of the essence and intrinsic content of each right. The author considers that the Inter-American Court should reconsider its criteria regarding the fact that the right to the truth is necessarily “subsumed” in the victims’ and their families’ right to have the competent State bodies elucidate the violations and corresponding responsibilities, in order to proceed, when appropriate, to declare its violation as an autonomous and independent right. This would clarify the content, dimensions and true scope of the right to know the truth.