Latin American Legal Research Articles

La reforma francesa del derecho de las garantías mobiliarias: una perspectiva latinoamericana.

Abstract. This article analyzes the laws on secured transactions and trusts passed in France in the last year. The author believes that the French reform is paramount for comparative law since it clearly shows the final stage of a critical process – worldwide – in terms of proprietary security interest, in which true conceptions of proprietary interest oppose: on the one hand, the traditional conception of the Code Napoleon, characteristic of Spain, Italy and Latin America, whose code processes were inspired to a lesser or greater extent in the French civil code, currently in retreat; and on the other hand, a vision inspired on German law and common law, which seems to be gaining ground. Comprehensive knowledge of this process is vital to improve the understanding of innovations introduced in different Latin American legal systems with reference to the complex concepts of secured transactions, both traditional ones, such as suretyships, pledges, liens, mortgages and antichresis as well as the endless list of new forms imposed by financial and commercial modern practices such as leasing, factoring, securitization, mutual investment funds, trusts, etc.

Latin American Law: A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America

Latin American Law: A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America

Latin American Legal History: Some Essential Spanish Terms

Latin American Legal History: Some Essential Spanish Terms

Latin American Legal Abbreviations: A Comprehensive Spanish/Portuguese Dictionary with English Translations

Latin American Legal Abbreviations: A Comprehensive Spanish/Portuguese Dictionary with English Translations

Latin American Legal Abbreviations: A Comprehensive Spanish/Portuguese Dictionary with English Translations. Compiled by Arturo L. Torres and Francisco Avalos. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. US $75.00.

Latin American Legal Abbreviations: A Comprehensive Spanish/Portuguese Dictionary with English Translations. Compiled by Arturo L. Torres and Francisco Avalos. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. US $75.00. - Volume 18 Issue 1

Latin American Society and Legal Culture: A Bibliography

Latin American Society and Legal Culture: A Bibliography

Latin American Society and Legal Culture: A Bibliography.

This is the first comprehensive bibliography of the major readings in English, Spanish, and Portuguese relating to the legal systems of Latin America and to the political, economic, and social developments that helped to shape them. Snyder's bibliography is arranged according to a convenient and detailed outline of issues and subject areas. References appear under three principle categories: the influence of history and tradition; the interplay of politics, economics, ideology, and convention in the evolution of legal thought and legal systems; and the legal implications of Latin American responses to colonial dependency and to the challenges of development.

Legal Materials from Latin America and the Caribbean: Some Ideas for Acquisition

The proceedings of the fifteenth Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, held at the University of Toronto, June 23-26, 1970, include a number of papers addressing issues relevant to the acquisition of Latin American legal resources. Fourteen years later I would like to report that many of the difficulties described therein have changed sufficiently to allow for the development of orderly selection and acquisition processes. Unfortunately, this is not generally the case. In 1970, Fernando J. Figueredo quoted a Spanish proverb: “suerte te dé Dios, que el saber te vale poco”, or in English, “ask God for luck, since knowledge will be of little help to you”. I suggest that good fortune combined with language knowledge, a familiarity with the legal systems involved, a tenacity of spirit, and a sense of humour are all requisites to the successful pursuit of Latin American and Caribbean legal materials. Since SALALM XV's proceedings are published and available for consultation, I prefer not to review all of the problems outlined there. Instead, this paper will offer what will hopefully be some creative, unusual methods of identifying and locating copies of legal publications.

Three Latin American Legal Periodicals of International Interest

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Comparative Law: Western European and Latin American Legal Systems, Cases and Materials

Comparative Law: Western European and Latin American Legal Systems, Cases and Materials

Comparative Law: Western European and Latin American Legal Systems. Cases and Materials

Comparative Law: Western European and Latin American Legal Systems. Cases and Materials

Comparative Law: Western European and Latin American Legal Systems. Cases and Materials. By John Henry Merryman and David S. Clark. [Bobbs‐Merrill. 1978. xlvii + 1278 pp. incl. index). $23.00.

Comparative Law: Western European and Latin American Legal Systems. Cases and Materials. By John Henry Merryman and David S. Clark. [Bobbs‐Merrill. 1978. xlvii + 1278 pp. incl. index). $23.00.

The Use of Legal Encyclopedias as an Alternate Approach in Building Up Collections of Spanish and Latin American Legal Materials

It is an indisputable fact that there are not many English or other translations of the primary legal sources of Spain and Latin America. The situation with secondary Hispanic language law sources is not much better. There are very few entries registered in the sections for Spain and Latin America in the AALS Law Books Recommended for Law Libraries that appear to be written in languages other than Spanish. The same situation is detected when browsing through the AALL Basic Latin American Legal Materials. Furthermore, of the hundreds of articles indexed in the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals that refer to the legal systems of Spain and Latin America only a few appear to be written in a foreign language.

Latin American Legal Literature: Problems in their Acquisition and Comparative Reflections

When I was first contacted by the program chairman to present a paper at the 1976 Conference of the International Association of Law Libraries he very suavely suggested that my paper should deal “with some important aspect of the legal literature in Latin America.” I then tried to compile bibliographies of articles dealing with law libraries in Latin America. Unfortunately, I was unable to find more than a handful of articles, some in Spanish and others in English and these were not of much help. Those in Spanish dealt generally with straight theory and some also dealt with the devising of a viable methold of classification. Having catalogued and classified three law libraries in the United States, I feel that a speech on this subject might be of interest to a gathering of Latin American Law Librarians although inappropriate at this Conference.

Teaching Latin American Law

Latin America, as the subject of legal area studies, presents a special problem in justification. The defense of Latin American studies cannot rest on the values, however they may be described, of comparison with the so-called non-Western areas-at least not when we are talking about legal studies. Law, as it is written and taught in Latin America, lies plainly within the traditions of Europe and North America. Indeed, so many of Latin America's institutions and so much of its legal doctrine are derived from foreign sources that it is arguable that there is little point in focusing on Latin America in a basic course in comparative law. The European countries have produced incomparably richer source materials, both primary and secondary. Some years back I tried to formulate what it is about law in Latin America that makes it a worthwhile focus for study by American lawyers. Since this is a gathering of academics, perhaps it will seem entirely normnal if I quote myself. . . .Latin America . . . has features that make the comparative study of legal institutions particularly rewarding: (a) a view of the role of law in the community that differs markedly from attitudes in the United States and Western Europe; (b) a degree of disparity between the written law and the law in action characteristic of the world's developing societies; (c) a varying social structure, ranging from the modern and highly Westernized to the semi-feudal; and (d) a rate of social change whose rapidity places serious strain on society's institutional framework. I am willing to stick with that statement. You will have noticed that there is nothing in the statement about training lawyers to handle the affairs of clients with interests in Latin America, or even training them to be able to talk to local counsel about a problem that might arise there. I do not reject those objectives as unworthy; I know of at least one course that is taught in an excellent law school by a talented professor, and which is aimed principally at those objectives. I say only that they are not my objectives. The statement quoted above emphasizes the study of Latin American legal institutions in their social contexts. Once again we should be hard put to demonstrate how such a course differs from any other law school course. Now that the realists have largely won the day,

Latin American Legal Institution: Problems for Comparative Study. By Kenneth L. Karst. [Los Angeles: Latin American Center; University of California. 1966. 738 pp.

Latin American Legal Institution: Problems for Comparative Study. By Kenneth L. Karst. [Los Angeles: Latin American Center; University of California. 1966. 738 pp.

Latin American Legal Institutions: Problems for Comparative Study

Latin American Legal Institutions: Problems for Comparative Study

Latin American Legal Institutions: Problems for Comparative Study.

Latin American Legal Institutions: Problems for Comparative Study.

Latin American Legal Philosophies.

Latin American Legal Philosophies.