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Mexican Legal Research

This in-depth guide will help researchers navigate Mexican legal materials.

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Subject-Specific Treatises

Below are recommended starting points for selected subjects of Mexican law. To locate additional resources in the Georgetown Law Library collection, search the library catalog using keywords to narrow your search results (e.g. Mexico civil procedure or Mexico constitutional law).

Bankruptcy Law

Civil Procedure

Constitutional Law

Commercial & Business

Criminal Law & Procedure

Tax

  • RIA Worldwide Tax and Commercial Law: Mexico (Checkpoint)
    Register with your Georgetown Law e-mail address to receive a username and password. IDs automatically expire on July 31 and December 31 each year; re-registration required each semester.
    Includes English translations of official texts and laws as well as materials on taxation, corporate law, trusts, commercial law, and financial transactions and banking.
  • International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
    This database provides summaries and explanations of many countries’ tax laws, including federal and state taxation in Mexico. It also includes primary legislation in English translation and selected cases involving tax law and tax treaties. For broad starting points, see its guides to individual and corporate taxation in Mexico.
  • Bloomberg BNA Foreign Income Portfolios: Business Operations in Mexico
    Bloomberg BNAs tax portfolios include guides to taxation in selected countries, including Mexico. According to Bloomberg, this portfolio discusses the significant features of Mexican income tax law as applied to foreign investors conducting business activities in Mexico. In addition to a detailed discussion of the taxation of domestic and foreign corporations and individuals, it includes an analysis of the legal and regulatory provisions governing the conduct of business operations within the country.