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A federal civil-law republic with a Constitution that was among the first to recognise social rights, a distinctive remedy of constitutional protection, the amparo, the recognition of indigenous peoples and their own normative systems, ejido land and a restricted coastal zone where foreigners use a bank trust, and a judiciary that began to elect its judges in 2025. How the system works, how to live, work and buy there, and why the title of a plot matters. Free articles, organized by subject, growing every week.
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This portal collects material on Mexican law, a civil-law system with a federal structure of 31 states and Mexico City: the Constitution of 1917 is its supreme law, state codes differ on marriage, land and crimes, the juicio de amparo protects people against authorities, and indigenous peoples are recognised with their own normative systems within limits. It is written for readers who visit, live, work, study, buy property or do business in Mexico or who want to understand its legal system, and it explains laws, institutions and procedures without giving legal advice or opinions on individual cases. Laws change, and several major reforms are recent. Everywhere else on this site, content reflects US law unless a page says otherwise.
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Mexican Law
A first course in Mexican law: Spanish colonial law and independence and the Constitution of 1917, the President and the Congress and the legislative process, federalism and the states and Mexico City and the municipality and indigenous peoples and community justice, the Supreme Court and the judicial reform and notaries, human rights and nationality and foreigners and the juicio de amparo, contract and land and the ejido and the fideicomiso and marriage and succession, companies and foreign investment and the labour reform and the 40-hour week and tax, and the accusatorial criminal system and the environment and trade marks and data protection and the USMCA and arbitration.
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Legal documents
31 legal documents in Español (Spanish)
Leases, loan and sale agreements, powers of attorney, family documents, letters and more, ready to fill in and sign, in Español (Spanish), with the English translation alongside for the other party. PDF and Word. 6 € for a document in the language, 9 € with the English translation. Included in the individual All-Access plan, in the language you choose.
- • Contrato de arrendamiento de vivienda
- • Contrato de servicios profesionales (freelance)
- • Contrato de préstamo
- • Acuerdo de confidencialidad (NDA)
- • Contrato de compraventa de bienes muebles (incluido un vehículo usado)
- • Autorización de los padres para que un menor viaje al extranjero
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These are general templates for use in any country, each with a ‘check in your country’ list. They are not drafted under Mexico law, and they are not legal advice.
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The Civil Law Tradition
Where the Mexican Civil Code comes from and what it shares with Spain, France, Italy and the other legal systems of continental Europe and Latin America: the Roman roots, the great codes and legal science.
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