THE EVOLUTION OF SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW IN THE STATE OF MEXICO

Abstract

Since the establishment of the State of Mexico in 1824 up to the present day, various substantive criminal laws have governed the state. This study focuses on their compilation and brief analysis from a constitutional guarantees perspective. The analysis traces a historical path, examining the decrees issued separately to sanction crimes such as theft, possession of weapons, and tobacco smuggling, as well as those that penalized behaviors such as vagrancy, immoral conduct, and homosexuality.

The foregoing will provide a general overview of how guarantees in criminal law have evolved in the state, and ultimately, the reader will be able to address the following question: Has criminal law truly evolved?

To this end, the present study is divided into two parts: the first refers to substantive criminal legislation prior to codification, and the second to the study of the punitive codes that have governed the entity.