Juan Nepomuceno Silva Meza (born 13 September 1944 in Mexico City), son of the writer Juan Silva Vega and professor Ana María Meza de Silva, is a Mexican jurist. He served as an Associate Justice (ministro) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since 26 January 1995, having previously served extensively elsewhere in the judiciary, including the Federal Electoral Tribunal. On 3 January 2011, he was elected Chief Justice for a term that ended on 31 December 2014.
Juan N. Silva Meza | |
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| President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
| In office 3 January 2011 – 31 December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia |
| Succeeded by | Luis María Aguilar Morales |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
| In office 26 January 1995 – 1 December 2015 | |
| Nominated by | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Succeeded by | Javier Laynez Potisek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 July 1944 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB) |
He earned his law degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ernesto Zedillo in December 1994 and ratified by the Senate in January 1995. He is considered to belong to the Court's liberal wing.[1] Silva was Chief Justice of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice when the court received a United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for 2013.[2]
In January 2016 he joined the Faculty of Law of UNAM.
Publications
edit- Silva Meza, Juan N. (2000). Hacia la nueva Ley de Amparo. Discursos de los Ministros de la Suprema Corte. Vol. 7. México: Poder Judicial de la Federación. ISBN 9789707120532.
- La confianza se gana día a día. Discursos de los Ministros de la Suprema Corte. Vol. 11. México: Poder Judicial de la Federación. 2001. ISBN 9789707120570.
- La interpretación constitucional en el marco de la justicia constitucional y la nueva relación entre poderes. Estudios Jurídicos. Vol. 8. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2002. ISBN 9703201415.
- Efectos de las sentencias de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación en los procesos constitucionales. 10 años de la Novena Época. México: Poder Judicial de la Federación. 2005. ISBN 9789707124875.
- Derechos fundamentales: algunos retos institucionales para el siglo XXI. Estudios Jurídicos. Vol. 52. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2007. ISBN 9789703247165.
- — (2009). Derechos fundamentales: bases para la reconstrucción de la jurisprudencia constitucional. México: Porrúa. ISBN 978-6070902765.
References
edit- ^ Carlos Avilés (March 7, 2010). "Juan Silva Meza se perfila para dirigir Suprema Corte". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Retrieved December 31, 2010.
Un ministro de ala liberal
- ^ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
External links
edit- Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación Web pages of the Supreme Court of Mexico
- Mexico Court Orders 22 Tied to '97 Killings Freed New York Times August 12, 2009
- Mexican Court Finds No Violation of Rights in Jailing of Journalist New York Times November 30, 2007
- On the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice Ruling on the Halcones Case translation of article by Manuel Becerra Ramirez, Mexican Law Review, number 8, July–December 2007
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