Abstract

MARTINEZ CARMONA, Gabriel. Elites Move to Fight Insecurity. Strategic Litigation and Support Structure for the Regulation of Cannabis. Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc [online]. 2020, vol.65, n.239, pp.263-289.  Epub Jan 31, 2021. ISSN 0185-1918.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2020.239.71151.

This article analyzes the case of Mexico United Against Crime [México Unido Contra la Delincuencia], a civil society group that undertook a legal mobilization to question the prohibitionist drug model, deeming it to be one of the main causes of insecurity in Mexico. Given the refusal of the Executive and Legislative branches to establish reforms, MUCD went to the Judiciary branch, where it indirectly questioned the prohibitionist policy of the Mexican state. Through the analysis of interviews and official documents, as well as the Supreme Court project and judgment, the article maintains that the success of the mobilization was based on the construction of a support structure, as well as on the use of strategic litigation; the establishment of alliances between lawyers with high-profile social, professional and kinship ties played a central role in obtaining a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.

Keywords : Legal mobilization; support structure; cannabis; Mexico United Against Crime; Supreme Court of Justice.

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