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El Uso Del Derecho Comparado Como Forma De Escape De La Subordinación Colonial, Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome May 2006

El Uso Del Derecho Comparado Como Forma De Escape De La Subordinación Colonial, Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome

Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome

The Colombian legal culture has not been able to make a fruitful use of the available methodologies in the area of comparative law. National doctrine has understood comparative law as a contrast between two legal provisions that belong to different legal systems without being aware that this kind of comparison is contributing to perpetuate old colonialist ideologies. This phenomenon is visible when Colombian doctrine compares our legal provisions with those issued in what might be called countries of the first world. Under this perspective, it appears that law travels from the civilized world to the uncivilized. Therefore, I think that …


La Propriété-Sûreté. Rapport Général, Mauro Bussani Jan 2006

La Propriété-Sûreté. Rapport Général, Mauro Bussani

Mauro Bussani

The aim of the paper is twofold. On the one hand, its goal is to offer a comparative overview of the rules and techniques on the use of ownership as security, with particular regard to retention of title and transfer of title for security purposes. On the other hand, the paper aims to illustrate the harmonization efforts which have been undertaken in this field, and to evaluate the promises and challenges arising from such integrative enterprises in light of the findings highlighted by comparative law studies.