TY  - JOUR
T1  - Matching Constitutional Culture and Parchment: post-Colonial Constitutional Adoption in Mexico and Argentina
A1  - Wenzel, Nikolai G.
PB  - Universidad de Oviedo: Area de Derecho Constitucional
YR  - 2010
UL  - http://biblioteca.ararteko.eus/Record/dialnet-ar-18-ART0000367837
AB  - This paper compares post-colonial constitutional choice in Mexico and
Argentina. Both countries adopted internally imposed, non-evolutionary
constitutions inspired by exogenous ideas. But Argentina's founders adopted a
constitution that was radically mismatched to the underlying culture, resulting in
constitutional failure and military coups. Mexico's founders, on the other hand,
took great pains to adapt exogenous ideas to endogenous culture, leading to
constitutional stability for Mexico.
KW  - Constitutional adoption
KW  - Mexico founding
KW  - Argentina founding
KW  - Constitutional failure
KW  - Constitutional culture
ER  -