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No. 8 (2025)
Published January 29, 2026
El Constituyente: Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Anáhuac Querétaro

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Articles

Juan Francisco Montalvo Cantu
13-33
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN REFORMS TO THE MEXICAN CONSTITUTION
ANÁLISIS CRÍTICO A ALGUNAS REFORMAS A LA CONSTITUCIÓN MEXICANA (Español (España))
Mario David Montes Esparza-Farías
35-53
CYBERSECURITY AND DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE IN TRANSHUMANISM: TOWARD A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF AUGMENTED IDENTITY
CIBERSEGURIDAD Y VIGILANCIA DIGITAL EN EL TRANSHUMANISMO: HACIA UN NUEVO CONTRATO SOCIAL PARA LA PROTECCIÓN DE LA IDENTIDAD AUMENTADA (Español (España))
Alonso Ignacio Salinas García
55-76
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO REBELLION: A HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND ITS FULL VALIDITY AND NECESSITY
EL DERECHO HUMANO A LA REBELIÓN: UNA ANTOLOGÍA HISTÓRICA Y FILOSÓFICA PARA COMPRENDER SU PLENA VALIDEZ Y NECESIDAD (Español (España))
María Emilia Montejano Hilton
77-97
LAW AND WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY
DERECHO Y MUJERES DE LA ANTIGÜEDAD (Español (España))
Juan Gerardo Mangas Toscano
99-115
THE DISSOLUTION OF AUTONOMOUS CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES IN THE MEXICAN STATE (2018–2030): JUSTIFICATION OR CONSOLIDATION OF POWER?
LA DESAPARICIÓN DE ALGUNOS OCA EN EL ESTADO MEXICANO 2018-2030 ¿JUSTIFICACIÓN O CONCENTRACIÓN DE PODER? (Español (España))
Susana Domínguez Izaguirre
117-128
EFFECTS OF PATENT TERM ON THE MEXICAN PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET
EFECTOS DE LA VIGENCIA DE PATENTES EN EL MERCADO FARMACÉUTICO MEXICANO (Español (España))
José Pablo Sánchez Cardona
129-150
REFLECTIONS ON MEXICAN SECULARISM
REFLEXIONES SOBRE EL LAICISMO MEXICANO (Español (España))
José María Herrera Zaballa, Juan José Herrera Zaballa
152-174
LA REFORMA: THEIR MASONIC INFLUENCE AND THE [UN]CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS THEY ENTAILED
LEYES DE REFORMA: SU INFLUENCIA MASÓNICA Y EL PROCESO [IN]CONSTITUCIONAL QUE SIGNIFICARON. (Español (España))
Rodrigo Jiménez Olmos
176-197
THE ANNULMENT OF POPULAR ELECTIONS IN QUERÉTARO (1813–1822): COLONIAL ANTECEDENTS AND CONTINUITIES
LA NULIDAD DE LAS ELECCIONES CIUDADANAS EN QUERÉTARO (1813-1822). ANTECEDENTES COLONIALES Y SUS CONTINUIDADES (Español (España))
Juan Francisco Montalvo Cantu
199-215
POLITICS WITHOUT SOVEREIGNTY: THE JURIDICO-POLITICAL ORDER OF MEDIEVAL CHRISTENDOM
POLÍTICA SIN SOBERANÍA EL ORDEN JURÍDICOPOLÍTICO DE LA CRISTIANDAD MEDIEVAL (Español (España))
Braulio Guerra Urbiola
219-220
BICENTENNIAL OF THE QUERÉTARO JUDICIARY: THE 1825 CONSTITUTION AND THE JUDICIARY AS LEGACY AND FUTURE
BICENTENARIO DE LA JUSTICIA QUERETANA: LA CONSTITUCIÓN DE 1825 Y EL PODER JUDICIAL COMO LEGADO Y PORVENIR (Español (España))
Jesús Medina Franco
221-230
The PRIVATE INITIATIVE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SELF-PROCLAIMED “FOURTH TRANSFORMATION” IN MEXICO: AN IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH
LA INICIATIVA PRIVADA EN EL CONTEXTO DE LA AUTODENOMINADA “CUARTA TRANSFORMACIÓN” EN MÉXICO. UN ENFOQUE IDEOLÓGICO (Español (España))

analysis of court rulings and criteria

Carlos Alfredo De los Cobos Sepúlveda
256-257
JUDICIAL OBSERVATORY
Observatorio judicial nacional (Español (España))
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El Constituyente is a peer-reviewed academic journal published annually (November) by the School of Law at Universidad Anáhuac Querétaro. Its name draws on Mexico’s constitutional history: it alludes to the Constituent Congress that drafted the 1917 Constitution in the city of Querétaro, home to our University and a symbol of the reformist drive and legal debate that inspire this publication.

The journal disseminates high-impact research and reflections in Law, Public Administration, Political Science, and International Relations. It publishes original articles, essays, case notes and jurisprudential commentaries, case studies, and book reviews in Spanish (exceptionally in English), all subjected to double-blind peer review and originality checks.

With an interdisciplinary vocation, El Constituyente fosters dialogue between Law and economics, philosophy, history, sociology, and public-policy analysis to connect theory and practice for decision-making. It is published in electronic format and is aimed at scholars, legal practitioners, public officials, students, and all those interested in public life and the contemporary legal order.