Legal Research Center
For Professor Vargas Mexican Law Spring 2008
LRC Reference Desk: (619) 260-4612 lrcrefer@sandiego.edu
Melissa Fung, Foreign & International Specialist University of San Diego Legal Research Center Tel: (619) 260-4734 mfung@sandiego.edu
What we will cover
Searching the Catalogs: Sally, Circuit & ILL Journal Databases Mexican Law in English Mexican Law in Spanish Other Online Resources
Lexis & Westlaw Research Guides Intergovernmental Organizations
Searching the Catalogs: Sally, Circuit & ILL
Searching the catalogs
Sally: The Legal Research Center’s online catalog (SALLY) is an index to materials held at the LRC and the Main Library (Copley) Remember that Sally can be used to find not just materials in our print collection, but it also provides direct access to materials in our subscription databases, and it also links to websites! You can link to Sally off of the LRC’s webpage, or by going directly to: http://sally.sandiego.edu
Searching the catalogs
Foreign law : current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world / Thomas H. Reynolds, Arturo A. Flores
LRC Reference K38 .R48
The federal civil code of Mexico / translated and updated by Jorge A. Vargas
LRC Reading Room KGF404.32 .V37 2005
Mexican commercial code annotated / translated and updated by Jorge A. Vargas
LRC Reading Room KGF1054.31889 .V37 2005
Doing business in Mexico
LRC Reserve KGF3725 .D64
Searching the catalogs
Circuit Catalog: Because USD is a member of a library consortium called the Circuit, you can search the catalogs of and borrow materials from any of the member libraries which include SDSU, UCSD, CSU San Marcos, and the San Diego County Library System. As you can imagine, this greatly increases the universe of materials that are accessible to you! Access: You can link to the Circuit catalog through Sally (click on the hyperlinked Circuit logo) or go to: http://circuit.sdsu.edu
Searching the catalogs
Interlibrary Loan (ILL): But that’s not all! If you’re looking for an item and can’t find it in Sally or the Circuit, then come ask a reference librarian if it can be interlibrary-loaned from a participating member of a worldwide network of libraries.
Journal Databases
Journal Databases
Westlaw: Journals & Law Reviews (JLR) Lexis-Nexis: Law Reviews & Journals (Lawrev)
Hein-Online is a database that contains digital (PDF) images of law reviews from U.S. law schools. Although it doesn’t allow for fancy Boolean searching, it provides coverage back to the first issue of all journals. Access: through the “Legal Research Database” button through our home page or go to: http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/database/ SSRN provides access to abstracts and full-text articles for working papers and journals whose publishers SSRN has agreements with. You can search for abstracts without charge, and this is a good place to check to see what research is currently being conducted. Also, once you locate an article or working paper, you can frequently find a full-text version available through the author’s website. Contact a reference librarian if you do want to download an article that requires a fee.
Access: to search the database, go to: http://www.ssrn.com/
Overview of the Mexican Legal System
Overview of the Mexican Legal System
Constitución Federal de 1917 (con reformas hasta 2004) Códigos Federales Leyes Federales Reglamentos Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación Tribunal Colegiado de Circuito
Overview of the Mexican Legal System
Primary Sources Mexico's Federal Constitution of 1917, as amended
Federal Civil Code Code of Commerce Federal Code of Civil Procedure Federal Code of Criminal Procedure Federal Criminal Code Code of Military Justice Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures, and Fiscal Code of the Federation.
Federal statutes
Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/index.htm
Overview of the Mexican Legal System
Mexico is a federated Union of thirty-one states and a federal district.
The states of the Mexican federation are free, sovereign, autonomous and independent from each other. They have the right to create their own constitution. International agreements Mexican Law, Web Sites of Mexico’s 31 States http://www.mexlaw.com/best_websites/appendix 3.html
Web Sites on Mexican Law in English
Guide to Law Online: Mexico http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/mexico.html
World Legal Materials from North America http://www.law.cornell.edu/world/namerica.html
Embassy of the United States, Mexico http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/main.html Mexican Law, sponsored by Prof. Jorge Vargas http://www.mexlaw.com
Web Sites on Mexican Law in Spanish
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/index.htm
Mexican Senate http://www.senado.gob.mx/index.php?lng=en
Supreme Court of Justice http://www.scjn.gob.mx/PortalSCJN/
The Presidency of Mexico http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/en/
Web Sites on Mexican Law in Spanish
Federal Agency Electronic Portal http://www.precisa.gob.mx/
Diaro Oficial http://www.segob.gob.mx Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México http://www.juridicas.unam.mx
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
LexisNexis Westlaw Research Guides
LexisNexis
International Law > Find Laws by Country or Region > Mexico Legislacion (Legislation) Jurisprudencia (Case Law) Doctrina y Referencia (Law Journals & Reference) Archivos (Archive) Martindal-Hubbell International Law Digest
Westlaw
International Law > International/Worldwide Materials > North America > Individual Country Materials > Mexico Legislation and Regulations Law Reviews, Bar Journals and Legal Periodicals Business & News Mexico Court Records
Research Guides
Jorge A. Vargas, Electronic Guide to the Best Mexican Law Websites http://www.llrx.com/features/mexlaw.htm
LRC Research Guides: Law of Mexico and NAFTA http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/about/guide.php
Cornell Legal Research Engine http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/Research Guides/Legal-Research-Engine.cfm