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Emergencia, Derecho , Justicia Y Seguridad Jurídica, Horacio M. Lynch May 2002

Emergencia, Derecho , Justicia Y Seguridad Jurídica, Horacio M. Lynch

Horacio M. LYNCH

Análisis de la respuesta judicial a la crisis económica de 2002 involucrando, entre otras, las siguientes cuestiones: los amparos, su tramitación, y sus secuelas; la declaración de la inconstitucionalidad de oficio, "órdenes imposibles de cumplir", la colisión de derechos; y cuestiones político institucionales, como la gobernabilidad y el gobierno de los jueces.


The Purge Of Mortgage In Japanese Civil Law, Wei Zhang Jan 2002

The Purge Of Mortgage In Japanese Civil Law, Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

The purge of mortgage is believed to be one of the few French remnants in the otherwise largely German style Japanese Civil Code. Since the breakdown of Japanese asset price bubble in early 1990s, it has been blamed as one major obstacle to clearing up nonperforming loans held by Japanese banks, and a central target subject to abolishment. In this paper, I analyzed the structural problems existing in the Japanese purge system and also probed the history and social background behind the debates about its abolishment. I proposed that, instead of total abolition, a restructured purge system, in particular getting …


Theorizing The Connections Among Systems Of Subordination, Nancy Levit Jan 2002

Theorizing The Connections Among Systems Of Subordination, Nancy Levit

Nancy Levit

Theorizing the Connections Among Systems of Subordination introduces a symposium that addresses issues on the leading edge of identity theory, race theory, and critical social theory. It explains the concepts of anti-essentialism, intersectionality, multiple consciousness, multi-dimensionality, and post-intersectionality. It investigates the ways specific types of oppression - such as racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia - support and feed off of one another. It explores the dynamics of subordination that make different forms of subordination connected to each other - the mechanisms by which subordinating systems buttress each other. Where one sees sexism, one frequently can find racism; where classism exists, …


False Dichotomies And Asking The Right Questions, John Wade Jan 2002

False Dichotomies And Asking The Right Questions, John Wade

John Wade

This is a comment on a recent article entitled Enacting and Reproducing Social and Individual Identity Through Mediation by Ho-Beng Chia, Chee-Leong Chong, Joo-Eng Lee-Partridge, Chantel Chu Shi Hwee, and Sharon Francesca Koh Wei-Fei, in Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 2000, 19(1).


Teoría General De La Prueba Judicial, Edward Ivan Cueva Jan 2002

Teoría General De La Prueba Judicial, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

No abstract provided.