Mexican Constitution Day

The new Mexican constitution was the main outcome of the revolution.There are three main laws in Mexico. Constitution of 1824. It established a federal system, the model for which was the federal system of the United States. Constitution of 1857. It granted many political and civil rights. The current constitution, which was proclaimed on February 5, 1917, retained its liberal democratic character, but also contained revolutionary provisions.

This document deprived officials of all major political organizations of the right to re-election for a second term and greatly strengthened the executive branch.

The new Mexican constitution was the main outcome of the revolution. Carranza, who remained victorious, gave the force of law to the reforms promised in his revolutionary decrees. The text of the document basically repeated the provisions of the Constitution of 1857, but added three essential articles.

Article three provided for universal free primary education; article 27 declared all lands, waters and subsoil in Mexico national property, and declared the need for the division of large latifundia and established the principles and procedure for agrarian reform; article 123 was an extensive code of labor laws.

Mexico consists of 31 states and one federal district. The Constitution gives the states powers that the central government does not have, although in practice the Mexican states have limited real power. Adoption of the Constitution of 1917. It has strained relations between the two countries, as a number of its articles hurt the interests of North American companies in Mexico.