The Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado was created in 1948, under the heading Boletín del Instituto de Derecho Comparado, as the periodical review of that Institute. By agreement of the University Council of December 15, 1967, the Instituto de Derecho Comparado changed its name into Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas; as a consequence of this, the name of the Boletín was adjusted to have its current one. Since its creation, the Boletín has been published without interruptions every four months.

The Boletín looks for the active participation of national and foreign jurist from an multi-institutional and international perspective, to collaborate in the editorial tasks as reviewers and also with their own papers and articles to be published. Its purpose is evident with the fact that jurist from very diverse institutions and nationalities form part of both the Editorial Board and the Editorial Committee of the Boletín.

It is worth mentioning that the Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado is determined to maintain the quality of the materials published, just as it has been the case since its creation. To do so, every work is subjected to two evaluations double blind, conducted by ample list of referees.

In addition, it is important to emphasize that the Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado is registered within the following national and international index: Bibliography of Asian Studies (Online Edition); C S A Political Science & Government (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts); Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals; Periodicals Index Online; Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies; Human Rights Internet Reporter; Marine Affairs Bibliography; Lantindex: Sistema Regional de Información en Línea para Revistas científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal; Scielo: Scientific Electronic Library Online; Redalyc: Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal y el Índice de Revistas Mexicanas de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Conacyt).

Finally, we have to point out that the Boletín has four sections: Articles, Legislative Studies, Bibliography and Information. Through the works published in these sections, this journal seeks: to divulge legal research which is focused primarily to find solutions to Mexico´s problems; to produce scientific information concerning the different areas of the law; to give support to teaching and research done at the UNAM, and at other Mexican and foreign institutions.