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University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Variations On A Theme: Corporate Law In Latin America, Continental Europe, And The United States, Ángel R. Oquendo Dec 2019

Variations On A Theme: Corporate Law In Latin America, Continental Europe, And The United States, Ángel R. Oquendo

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

The regulation of incorporated companies in Latin America and Continental Europe appears to distance itself from that in the United States. It differs in how it structures itself and handles incorporation, incorporators, piercing, governance, discipline, and shareholders. In their regulatory exertions, both regimes rely, certainly, on legislation and adjudication yet do so differently, qualitatively in addition to quantitatively.

Apparently, civil and common law continue to specialize respectively though not exclusively in statutes and binding precedents. Still, they ever more frequently intrude into each other’s apparent specialty, while leaving their own imprint on it. The tendency to converge coexists with that …


Simple Legal Writing Can Improve Business Outcomes In Latin America, Leon C. Skornicki Apr 2019

Simple Legal Writing Can Improve Business Outcomes In Latin America, Leon C. Skornicki

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Banking On Blockchains: A Transformative Technology Reshaping Latin American And Caribbean Economies, Robert W. Rust Ii Apr 2019

Banking On Blockchains: A Transformative Technology Reshaping Latin American And Caribbean Economies, Robert W. Rust Ii

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Civil Law Pulsations Along The Latin American Periphery, Ángel R. Oquendo Feb 2017

Civil Law Pulsations Along The Latin American Periphery, Ángel R. Oquendo

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The civil law system shows its true face as it travels from the Continental European core to the Latin American periphery. Many of the principal institutions have found a home and thrived in the new and radically different environment. One can best study them there by contemplating how they have preserved some of their most basic features despite having transformed themselves into something else.

The notion of the civil law tradition and that of codification have themselves undergone this dialectic of transformation and preservation. So have the traditional approach to contractual interpretation and to third-party agreements and the common proscriptions …


Managing The Rule Of Law In The Americas: An Empirical Portrait Of The Effects Of 15 Years Of Wto, Mercosul, And Nafta Dispute Resolution On Civil Society In Latin America, Stephen Joseph Powell, Ludmilla Mendonça Lopes Ribeiro, Zachary D. Kaufman, Claudio Grossman, Patricia Camino Jan 2011

Managing The Rule Of Law In The Americas: An Empirical Portrait Of The Effects Of 15 Years Of Wto, Mercosul, And Nafta Dispute Resolution On Civil Society In Latin America, Stephen Joseph Powell, Ludmilla Mendonça Lopes Ribeiro, Zachary D. Kaufman, Claudio Grossman, Patricia Camino

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Nearshore Alternative: Latin America's Potential In The Offshore Legal Process Outsourcing Marketplace, Kara D. Romagnino Jan 2011

Nearshore Alternative: Latin America's Potential In The Offshore Legal Process Outsourcing Marketplace, Kara D. Romagnino

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Squatters, Pirates, And Entrepreneurs: Is Informality The Solution To The Urban Housing Crisis?, Carmen G. Gonzalez Jan 2009

Squatters, Pirates, And Entrepreneurs: Is Informality The Solution To The Urban Housing Crisis?, Carmen G. Gonzalez

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Legal Research In The Americas: Where To Begin, Robin Schard Jan 2008

Legal Research In The Americas: Where To Begin, Robin Schard

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Corporate Governance In Latin America: A Functional Análisis, Francisco Reyes Jan 2008

Corporate Governance In Latin America: A Functional Análisis, Francisco Reyes

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Forum Non Conveniens: "Availability" And "Adequacy" Of Latin American Fora From A Comparative Perspective, Alejandro M. Garro Jan 2004

Forum Non Conveniens: "Availability" And "Adequacy" Of Latin American Fora From A Comparative Perspective, Alejandro M. Garro

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Should Latinamerican Prosecutors Be Independent Of The Executive In Prosecuting Government Abuses?, Philip B. Heymann Jul 1995

Should Latinamerican Prosecutors Be Independent Of The Executive In Prosecuting Government Abuses?, Philip B. Heymann

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Divergent Models Of Public Law In Latin America: A Historical And Prescriptive Analysis, Nicholas D.S. Brumm Oct 1992

Divergent Models Of Public Law In Latin America: A Historical And Prescriptive Analysis, Nicholas D.S. Brumm

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Antitrust In Latin America: Regulating Government And Business, Malcolm B. Coate, René Bustamante, A. E. Rodriguez Oct 1992

Antitrust In Latin America: Regulating Government And Business, Malcolm B. Coate, René Bustamante, A. E. Rodriguez

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Eficacia Y Autoridad Del Precedente Constitucional En America Latina: Las Lecciones Del Derecho Com Parado, Alejandro M. Garro Apr 1989

Eficacia Y Autoridad Del Precedente Constitucional En America Latina: Las Lecciones Del Derecho Com Parado, Alejandro M. Garro

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Writ Of Amparo In Latin America, Hector Fix Zamudio Dec 1982

The Writ Of Amparo In Latin America, Hector Fix Zamudio

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No abstract provided.


Latin American Antitrust, Rafael German Apr 1982

Latin American Antitrust, Rafael German

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Negotiating With Latin American Governments: Technology Transfer & Service Agreements, Robert J. Radway Jun 1977

Negotiating With Latin American Governments: Technology Transfer & Service Agreements, Robert J. Radway

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Revisited, C. R. Norberg Jun 1975

Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Revisited, C. R. Norberg

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Inter-American Commercial Arbitration, C. R. Norberg Feb 1969

Inter-American Commercial Arbitration, C. R. Norberg

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.