Julio Rios-Figueroa
Former Fellow
Professional affiliation
Professor, ITAM (Mexico City)
Expertise
- Democracy
- Governance
Full Biography
Julio Ríos-Figueroa is Associate Professor at the Department of Law at ITAM in Mexico City. Ríos-Figueroa received his Ph.D. in Politics from New York University (NYU). His research focuses on comparative judicial politics, the rule of law, and empirical legal studies with a focus on the Latin American region. Prof. Rios-Figueroa's scholarly work can be found at https://rios-figueroa.com/
Julio Rios-Figueroa
Former Fellow;
Professor, ITAM (Mexico City)
Professor, ITAM (Mexico City)
El análisis de algunos aspectos de los concursos realizados entre 1995 y 2022 nos revela que persiste el reclutamiento de juzgadores federales que favorece al personal que ya labora en el PJF y a los hombres.
Major Publications
- Constitutional Courts as Mediators. Armed Conflict, Civil-Military Relations, and the Rule of Law in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
- Courts in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2010. Co-edited with Gretchen Helmke))
- Anatomy of an Informal Institution. The "Gentlemen's Pact" and Judicial Selection in Mexico, 1917-1994. (IPSR, vol. 39, no. 5. With Andrea Pozas-Loyo)