Clarifying Limbo: Disentangling Indigenous Autonomy from the Mexican Constitutional Order

In contrast to U.S. Federal Indian law, which has classified indigenous tribes as “domestic dependent nations” since the early 19th century, Mexican law has only recently begun to define the political and territorial autonomy of indigenous groups. This paper contrasts the Mexican approach to this pr...

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Main Author: Sprague Ian Flannigan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Studies on Federalism 2016-05-01
Series:Perspectives on Federalism
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pof.2016.8.issue-1/pof-2016-0003/pof-2016-0003.xml?format=INT