Open AccessMexico 2018: An Opportunity for Popular Constitutionalism
Author(s) -
O Roberto Niembro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mexican law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-5306
pISSN - 1870-0578
DOI - 10.22201/iij.24485306e.2020.2.14171
Subject(s) - constitutionalism , democracy , authoritarianism , politics , law , political science , sociology , transformation (genetics) , order (exchange) , law and economics , rule of law , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , finance , gene
In 2018 Mexicans chose the most profound political change since the transition to democracy, leaving behind what in another work I have called authoritarian constitutionalism. The alternation has meant a change of regime in which a social transformation is announced. The transformation can take different paths and must be accompanied by ideas that inspire it. In this frame of mind, popular constitutionalism can be a useful theory in order for the transformation to take a democratic, participative and egalitarian direction, since it fosters political participation and democratic equality. It is time to forego the elitist theories of constitutional law and the minimalist understandings of democracy.