Latin American Law & Institutions Prof. Horacio Spector Reading Materials University of Toronto Faculty of Law 2005 Storage KG 95 -S64 2005 c. 1 BORA LAM LAr LfBRARY SEP - 1 2005 FACULTY OF LAW IWVffflTY Of TORONTO Latin American Law & Institutions Prof. Horacio Spector Reading Materials University of Toronto Faculty of Law 2005 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/latinamericanlawOOspec Latin American Law & Institutions Prof. Horacio Spector 2005 Table of contents Page Number Property Rights and Land Reform Stephen R. Munzer, “The Commons and the Anticommons in the Law and Theory of Property”, en Martin P. Golding y William A. Edmundson, Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Oxford, Blackwell, 2005. 1 Hernando de Soto, The Mystery of Capital, New York, Basic Books, 2000, Ch. 6, Part I, pp. 162-188 5 John Henry Merryman and David S. Clark, Comparative Law: Western European and Latin American System, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1978, pp. 988-1012. 12 Peter Domer, Latin American Land Reforms, University of Wisconsin Press, 1992, Ch. 3. 19 Steven E. Hendrix, Property Law Innovation in Latin America with Recommendations, LTC Paper 149, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 1993, § IV. 26 The Rule of Law, Democracy and Dictatorship Guido Pincione, “Constitutional Government and Liberal Freedoms: Lessons from Argentina”, Revista Argentina de Teoria Juridica, Vol. 3, Nr. 2, July 2002. 31 www.utdt.edu/departamentQa/derecho/publicaciones/rti 1/primeraspaginas/index.htm Jonathan M. Miller, “Evaluating the Argentine Supreme Court Under Presidents Alfonsin and Menem (1983-1999)”, Southwestern University School of Law, Vol. VII, 2000, Nr. 2, pp. 394-425. 38 Litigation and Economic Crises Gabriel L. Negretto & Jose Antonio Aguilar Rivera, “Liberalism and Emergency Powers in Latin America: Reflections on Carl Schmitt and The Theory of Constitutional Dictatorship”, Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 21, May 2000, Nr. 5-6, pp. 1797-1823. Argentina's Economic Crisis: Causes And Cures, Jim Saxton (R- NJ), Vice Chairman Joint Economic Committee United States Congress, June 2003, section II, pp. 8-17, at http://www.house.gov/iec/imf/06-13-031ong.pdf Smith, Carlos Antonio v. National Executive Power or Federal State, English version at http://www.utdt.edu/departamentos/derecho/materiales.htm Intellectual Property Rights Carlos M. Correa, “Harmonization of Intellectual Property Rights in Latin America: Is there still Room for Differentiations?”, New York University, Vol. 29, Nr. 1-2, Fall 1996-Winter 1997, section 2, pp. 112-126. Hernan L. Bentolila, Lessons From The United States Trade Policies To Convert A "PirateThe Case Of Pharmaceutical Patents In Argentina, 5 Yale J. L. & Tech. 1 (2002-2003), Ch. II, III, IV, and V, pp. 62-72. Human Rights Violations Carlos H. Acuna and Catalina Smulovitz, “Guarding the Guadians in Argentina: Some Lessons about the Risks and Benefits of Empowering the Courts”, in A. James McAdams, Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law in New Democracies, University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. Javier A. Couso, “The Judicialization of Chilean Politics: The Rights Revolution that Never Was”, in The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America , London, Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming. 96 Carlos S. Nino, Radical Evil on Trial, Yale University Press, 1996, Ch. 5, pp. 149-185 115 Relevant Legal Materials on the Web: Luis A. Peralta y otro c. Estado nacional, English version available at http://www.utdt.edu/departamentos/derecho/materiales.htm The Charter of Punta del Este, Establishing an Alliance for Progress Within the Framework of Operation Pan America; August 17, 1961, Title I, section 6, at: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/interam/intam 16.htm 1917 Constitution of Mexico (English version), Article 27, at: www. ilstu.edu/class/hist263/docs/1917const .html 2004 Reforms of the Mexican Constitution (Article 27) at: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Constitutions/Mexico/mexico2004.html American Convention On Human Rights "Pact Of San Jose, Costa Rica", Article 21, at http://www.oas.org/iuridico/english/Treaties/b-32.htm Argentine Constitution (reformed in 1994), Articles 17 and 43, at http: //www, geor getown. edu/pdba/Constitutions/Argentina/argen94. html Bilateral Investment Treaty between Argentina and the United States, at: http://www.sice.oas.org/cp bits/english99/argusa.asp Gold Clause Cases (1935): Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 294 U.S. 240; Nortz v. United States, 294 U.S. 317; and Perry v. United States, 294 U.S. 330. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, at http: //w w w, wto. or g/engl ish/tratop_e/tr ips_e/t_agmO_e. htm Summary of Argentine Patent Law, http://www,etcheverrv.com/patent.html