The Making of Law

The Making of Law
Author: William Suarez-Potts
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2012-09-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0804783489

Despite Porfirio Díaz's authoritarian rule (1877-1911) and the fifteen years of violent conflict typifying much of Mexican politics after 1917, law and judicial decision-making were important for the country's political and economic organization. Influenced by French theories of jurisprudence in addition to domestic events, progressive Mexican legal thinkers concluded that the liberal view of law—as existing primarily to guarantee the rights of individuals and of private property—was inadequate for solving the "social question"; the aim of the legal regime should instead be one of harmoniously regulating relations between interdependent groups of social actors. This book argues that the federal judiciary's adjudication of labor disputes and its elaboration of new legal principles played a significant part in the evolution of Mexican labor law and the nation's political and social compact. Indeed, this conclusion might seem paradoxical in a country with a civil law tradition, weak judiciary, authoritarian government, and endemic corruption. Suarez-Potts shows how and why judge-made law mattered, and why contemporaries paid close attention to the rulings of Supreme Court justices in labor cases as the nation's system of industrial relations was established.

Labour Law in Mexico

Labour Law in Mexico
Author: Patricia Kurczyn-Villalobos
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9403523689

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on Mexico not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors as employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Mexico, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.

Doing Business in Mexico

Doing Business in Mexico
Author: Robert E Stevens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136391398

Learn what you need to know to conduct successful business in Mexico!This book is a primer on all aspects of doing business in Mexico, with practical examples that illustrate the risks and benefits of Mexican business operations. It provides the basic knowledge that all prospective investors and entrepreneurs in Mexico need, especially in the light of NAFTA. One of the authors is the former CEO and chairman of a multinational, multi-billion dollar company headquartered in Mexico City; the other is a CPA and consultant with small-to-medium-sized firms. Doing Business in Mexico: A Practical Guide provides you with comprehensive, basic knowledge of the pros and cons of establishing a business in Mexico, NAFTA and its implications for businesses, and much more.This single volume gives you what you need to know about: the maquila industry--what it is and how NAFTA affects it information about taxes, labor law, and accounting differences between Mexico and the United States basic considerations in beginning a Mexican operation import/export requirements foreign currency exposure United States tax laws applicable to citizens living abroad . . . and includes five appendixes that supply you with: contact information--addresses, telephone numbers, Web sites--of useful government agencies and journals/periodicals in Mexico and Mexican consulates in the United States Spanish-English and English-Spanish business glossaries examples of Mexican financial statements minimum daily wage rates for various occupations Doing Business in Mexico: A Practical Guide is a must for anyone with an interest in business operations in that country. If you are such a person, this is the one essential volume you cannot afford to miss! Visit the author's Web page at http://www.gusgordon.com

Under-Rewarded Efforts

Under-Rewarded Efforts
Author: Santiago Levy Algazi
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2018-07-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1597823058

Why has an economy that has done so many things right failed to grow fast? Under-Rewarded Efforts traces Mexico’s disappointing growth to flawed microeconomic policies that have suppressed productivity growth and nullified the expected benefits of the country’s reform efforts. Fast growth will not occur doing more of the same or focusing on issues that may be key bottlenecks to productivity growth elsewhere, but not in Mexico. It will only result from inclusive institutions that effectively protect workers against risks, redistribute towards those in need, and simultaneously align entrepreneurs’ and workers’ incentives to raise productivity.

International Employment Law: The Multinational Employer and the Global Workforce

International Employment Law: The Multinational Employer and the Global Workforce
Author: Christian Campbell
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2021-10-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004480609

An insightful survey of the legal issues, both national and international, that affect the cross-border employment relationship today. Essays by practitioners from North America and Europe offer prudent procedures-and warn of pitfalls-in such areas as hiring and firing, expatriate employment issues, the extraterritorial effect of domestic employment laws, corporate codes of conduct, employee benefits in the multinational corporation, and employment issues in international business transactions and trade agreements. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.