Lunch Talk with Retired Mexican Supreme Court Justice José Ramón Cossío
Date
Thu February 16th 2023, 12:45pm
Event Sponsor
Stanford Global Studies; Stanford Law and Society Association; Stanford Center for Latin American Studies; Stanford Latinx Law Student Association; Global Trends in Judicial Reform Policy Lab
Location
Stanford Law School Room 90
Justice Cossio served as the Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico between 2003 and 2018. He has written 31 books and hundreds of articles in his career as a legal academic. Justice Cossio will be discussing Mexico’s judiciary, including the role of the courts in the maintenance of democracy in Mexico, as well as the appointment processes for the Supreme Court of Mexico and other topics in Mexican Constitutional law. Justice Cossio will also be situating Mexico’s commitment to their judiciary and rule of law in the broader context of Latin America, as well as in the growth of authoritarian movements worldwide.
This event is open to the Stanford community.
Part of "Global Trends in Judicial Reform", a SGS Global Research workshop series.
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