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Julio Rios-Figueroa

Former Fellow

Professional affiliation

Professor, ITAM (Mexico City)

Expertise

  • Democracy
  • Governance

Full Biography

Julio Ríos Figueroa is Professor at the Department of Law at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He is the author of Constitutional Courts as Mediators. Armed Conflict, Civil-Military Relations and the Rule of Law in Latin America (2016, Cambridge University Press). Professor Ríos Figueroa is a former fellow at the Wilson Center (2022-2023). His works can be found here: https://rios-figueroa.com/

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Julio Rios-Figueroa

Former Fellow;
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)