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Controversia Constitucional No. 106/2009 - Suprema Corte De Justicia De La Nación, Juan Javier Del Granado
Controversia Constitucional No. 106/2009 - Suprema Corte De Justicia De La Nación, Juan Javier Del Granado
Juan Javier del Granado
The brief argues that the U.S. government's bailout of Citigroup fails to violate Mexican law since the U.S. government's stake was the result of a rescue operation and, accordingly, amounts to a temporary holding. Under a 20-year-old Mexican law, foreign governments cannot own banks in the country. During the midst of the financial crisis, the U.S. government bought a 34% stake in Citigroup. The court's decision may impact other financial institutions doing business in Mexico, such as HSBC, which received help from the U.K. government.
Between Ancient Roman Law And Modern Law And Economics, Introducing The Legal System For 21st-Century Latin America And The Caribbean, Juan Javier Del Granado
Between Ancient Roman Law And Modern Law And Economics, Introducing The Legal System For 21st-Century Latin America And The Caribbean, Juan Javier Del Granado
Juan Javier del Granado
Within the civil-law world, law and economics is more likely to become dominant in Latin America than in Europe because the change-resisting hand of the old guard is less heavy and legal education has become increasingly competitive. The systematic and endemic weaknesses of large public universities in Latin America have opened the doors of academe to fast-growing competition from new private universities. Old-guard universities that are unable to mobilize resistance to new entrants, may be forced to retrench and retool in an effort to just survive. As a direct result of the region’s present state of underdevelopment, law schools in …