Lynchings in Mexico: A reply to Carlos Vilas

Authors

  • Antonio Fuentes Díaz Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades “Alfonso Vélez Pliego”, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  • Leigh Binford Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades “Alfonso Vélez Pliego”, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32399/ICSYH.bvbuap.2954-4300.2001.2.3.58

Keywords:

lynchings, State, customary law, Mexico

Abstract

In Mexico lynchings represent a modern phenomena and any effort to view them as only traditional is problematic. The position that views customary law as a detonator of lynchings lacks forcefulness, and, in any case, would require further investigation. This essay proposes to respond to move the debate beyond the issue of what is and what is not legal by emphasizing a gray area between public lynchings and State executions.

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Published

2001-09-01

How to Cite

Fuentes Díaz, A., & Binford, L. (2001). Lynchings in Mexico: A reply to Carlos Vilas. BAJO EL VOLCÁN. REVISTA DEL POSGRADO DE SOCIOLOGÍA. BUAP, 2(3), 143–155. https://doi.org/10.32399/ICSYH.bvbuap.2954-4300.2001.2.3.58

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2001): Bajo el Volcán No. 3 (REVISTA IMPRESA)

Section

LINCHAMIENTOS EN MÉXICO

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