This is the website for the Trans-Border Institute (TBI) at the University of San Diego. Located just over 30 miles north of the U.S.-Mexican border, the University of San Diego is home to numerous scholars and students interested and involved in a wide variety of trans-border issues.
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Find a USD Border Expert - The University of San Diego is home to over forty USD faculty and staff engaged in research, teaching, and community outreach to Mexico and the U.S.-Mexican border region. Their interests are wide ranging, covering topics from biology and anthropology to border security and immigration policy. 2009 Border Studies Seminar Tijuana, Mexico May 24 - June 20, 2009 Applications due by April 1, 2009 Upcoming Events: TBI Intramural Grant Information Session Time: 12:15 - 1:30 PM Location: Joan B. Kroc Building, Room 253 University of San Diego 
Migration, Religion, and National Identity International Conference April 15 - 16, 2009 Joan B. Kroc Theatre, University of San Diego 
Spring 2008 TBI Nexus Newsletter[ PDF (574.50 KB) ] Selected Contents:
 "State Level Justice Reform Initiatives in Mexico" [ PDF (148.14 KB) ]
February 21, 2008 Over the past decade, there has been a growing call for reforms to Mexico's ailing justice system in order to address widespread public distrust, case backlogs, systemic corruption, and criminal impunity. In recent years, a number of Mexican scholars, experts and nongovernmental organizations have advocated reforms and innovations that would dramatically transform the administration of justice by blending elements of the accusatorial model found in the United States with Mexico's traditionally inquisitorial model, and adding new alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms that would alleviate the demands on Mexico's court system. TBI Justice in Mexico Project publication: 
"Evaluating Accountability and Transparency in MexicoNational, Local, and Comparative Perspectives" by Editors Alejandra Rios Cazares and David A. Shirk This monograph includes works covering a wide range of topics relating to Mexico's justice system: effective enforcement of the law, government adherence to the law, and access to justice through law. Government accountability and transparency is the paramount theme in all these papers. |
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TBI Justice in Mexico Project - A research project by the USD Trans-Border Institute (TBI) dedicated to the rule of law and justice reform in Mexico. The TBI Justice in Mexico Project coordinates and disseminates research on three major components of the rule of law: (1) order; (2) accountability and; (3) Equal access to justice. Recent TBI Media Coverage: March 3, 2008 March 2, 2008 February 28, 2008 |
