EL EJIDO POSREVOLU CIONARIO: DE FORMA DE TENENCIA SUI GENERIS A FORMA DE TENENCIA AD HOC

Abstract

The post-revolutionary ejido was defined, by one of the lawyers who most reflected on this form of land-tenure, as sui generis. The recognition of individual entitlements with characteristics similar to privateproperty within the corporate ownership of the land was its main peculiarity.The constitutional reforms of 1992 have given the ejido evenmore peculiar traits that deny the principles that were the justificationfor its creation. This paper presents the genesis and evolution of post-revolutionaryejido as a legal form of land-tenure. The intention is to show the contentious nature of any legal framework that has enabled wide margins of law interpretation and application.