The Judiciary of Mexico is one of the three branches of government in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It is made up of the

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ( es, Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) is the Mexican institution serving as the country's federal high court and the spearhead organisation for the judiciary of the Mexican Federal Go ...

, the Electoral Court of the Federal Judicial Branch, the Federal Judicial Council, the District Courts, the Collegiate Circuit Courts and the Unitary Circuit Courts. Its foundations are found in Title III, Chapter IV (covering fourteen articles) of the

Constitution of Mexico The Constitution of Mexico, formally the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ( es, Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the current constitution of Mexico. It was drafted in Santiago de Querétaro, in th ...

and the ''Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation''. The Federal Jury of Citizens and the courts of the States and of

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

, may act to the aid of the Federal Justice, in the cases provided by the Constitution and the laws . The administration, surveillance and discipline of the Federal Judicial Branch, with the exception of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Electoral Court, is in charge of the Federal Judicial Council. That power, and its set of organs, can determine justice in all institutional aspects of the Mexican state; the application of legal norms and principles in conflict resolution; and in all areas of law enforcement and the interpretation of laws in society (civil, criminal, constitutional, commercial, labor, administrative, fiscal, judicial, etc.)

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