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Broken Oversight: The Role of Electoral Justice in Political Finance: Lessons from Mexico

This article argues that Mexico’s detailed and strict oversight rules for political finance, while among the most robust and praised in the world, are ultimately rendered ineffective due to recent failures of the country’s electoral justice system. Through a process of politicisation, the country’s Electoral Tribunal has increasingly used legal formalism and technicalities to reverse […]