Elisa Speckman Guerra is director and researcher at the Institute of Historical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She is the author or coauthor of several books in Spanish on law, judicial culture, and criminal justice in Mexico.
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List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword, JosE RamOn CossIo DIaz Foreword: The Wanderings of Justice, Sergio GarcIa RamIrez Prologue I. Preliminary Questions II. The Design of Justice III. The Public Image of Justice IV. Experiences in Justice: Judges' Appointments and Profiles V. Experiences in Justice: Judicial Practices and Notorious Homicides VI. The Suppression of Criminal Courts Conclusions Appendix A: Magistrates Appointed to the TSJ Appendix B: Judges Appointed to the Criminal Courts Notes Bibliography Index
"A Question of Justice is based on extraordinarily rich sources. It relates to a topic that is central to the field of the history of law, crime, and justice: the complex construction of notions of 'justice,' built into the interactions between legal actors, the press, and judicial reformers. It is clearly a must-read book in graduate seminars and courses on Latin American history, Mexican history, or in courses of law and society or legal history."-Ricardo D. Salvatore, coeditor of Murder and Violence in Modern Latin America "A Question of Justice is an important book for comprehending the history of modern Mexico. This study of crime, its perception, and the criminal justice system will contribute to a developing scholarship on the nation's institutional trajectory and its legal culture, particularly in relation to urban relations. The book is a significant addition to the English language historiography on Mexico; it definitely merits a reading by students and scholars of legal and socio-cultural history."-William SuArez-Potts, author of The Making of Law: The Supreme Court and Labor Legislation in Mexico, 1875-1931