José Ramón Cossío

Dr. José Ramón Cossío is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) in Mexico (2003–2018) and has taught
at universities such as the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He is currently an associate researcher at El Colegio de México and the director of the Instituto para el Fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho (IFED), a civil association dedicated to analyzing and improving the legal system in the country.

He is a Level III national researcher at the National System of Researchers (SNI) in Mexico. His research focuses on constitutional
law, human rights, and legal theory. He is also a columnist for newspapers like El País and El Universal, and a regular contributor to Proceso magazine. He has written 38 books and more than 750 articles in specialized journals.

José Ramón Cossío is a member of the Colegio Nacional, one of the most important academic institutions in Mexico, as well as the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Academy of History, and the National Academy of Medicine, where he was the first lawyer to be admitted. He is also a member of the American Law Institute and a Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the University of Houston Law Center.

Ten institutions in Mexico have awarded him an honorary doctorate. He has been recognized with the José Pagés Llergo National Communication Award in 2010 and 2017, the Malinalli National Award in 2011, and the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes in 2009. Earlier in his career, he received the National Research Award (Social Sciences) from the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 1998.

José Ramón Cossío joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Professor in Law for the School of Social Sciences and Government and for the School of Government and Public Transformation.

• Ph.D., Law, Complutense University of Madrid
• Master’s, Law, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
• Master’s, Constitutional Law and Political Science, Centro de Estudios Constitucionales (Madrid)
• Bachelor, Law, University of Colima

• Cossío Díaz, J. R., & Hernández Salgado, J. O. (2023). La Suprema Corte en la Revolución (1st ed.). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2023). Que nunca se sepa: El intento de asesinato contra Gustavo Díaz Ordaz y la respuesta brutal del Estado mexicano. DEBATE.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2020). Biografía judicial del 68: El uso político del derecho contra el movimiento estudiantil. DEBATE.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2020). Concepciones de la democracia y justicia electoral. Cuadernos de Divulgación de la Cultura Democrática. Instituto Nacional Electoral.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2019). Voto en contra. DEBATE.

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