Summer Institute for Mexican Law & Legal Studies
Loyola is offering the following two Law courses on the Mexican Legal System for Political Science, Sociology, or Criminal Justice credit. Loyola Law School credit for these two courses is still pending. Students will be required to purchase an English-Spanish Legal Dictionary.
POLS-G410-001 or SOCI-G410-001 Introduction to Mexican Law
Covers the general elements of the Mexican legal system, the values the Mexican legal system expresses, the sources of its norms, the principal institutions for making and applying the law, the most important substantive and procedural norms, and the relationship of the Mexican legal system with other legal systems. Includes Constitutional Law; Human Rights; Criminal Law, Procedure, and Punishment; Civil Law and Procedure; Commercial Law, Corporations, Property, Contracts, and sample legal writing and documents. Professors, Dr. Celia Blanco-Escandón.
POLS-G411-001 or SOCI-G411-001 or CRJU-G411-001 Mexican Criminal Law
Examines Mexican Criminal Law and the Mexican criminal justice system. Stresses analysis of the definitions of crimes, the theories of punishment and re-adaptation, and criminal liability and defenses. Covers criminal sentencing and corrections and prison issues. Provides crime data and theories relevant to Mexico. Looks at the most common crimes prosecuted in Mexican courts and the major differences between Mexican and U.S. Criminal Law. Professors, Dr. Celia Blanco-Escandón.
