UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA

UNDERGRADUATE LAW COURSES FALL 2008

(Credit amounts given are Georgetown Law credit amounts)

 

FOURTH AND FIFTH YEAR COURSES

 

BANKRUPTCY LAW (4 Credits)

This course focuses on (i) the different explanations of bankruptcy law and its economic justifications in Argentine and comparative law, and (ii) the different practical problems that arise under the Ley de Concursos Nº24.522 and other private law norms, focusing particularly on issues like fraud and scope of the bankruptcy. The course pays special attention to the jurisprudence adopted after the adoption of the new Ley de Concursos.

 

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (4 Credits)

The purpose of this course is to give a practical perspective of those aspects of private international Law that are relevant for the counsel of companies involved in international business, negotiation, writing of international contracts, and dispute resolution. The most important topics include: statement and implementation of foreign law; the impact of international treaties on reciprocal protection of investments (BITs); sale agreements; international payment systems (letter of credit, bill of lading, and bill of exchange); systems of distribution; international concession and franchising; international project financing; international jurisdiction; claim notification and obtaining of foreign evidence; execution of foreign sentences; international commercial arbitrage.

 

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (3 Credits)

This course will be divided in two parts. The first part introduces students to the record/ registry processes and measuring of financial and economic information linked to companies performance. It will pay special attention to the main criteria used in the accounting field. The course will put special emphasis on analyzing accounting techniques in those contexts where a lawyer is likely to confront financial and economic matters. The second part will focus on financial and economic decision-making processes. It will develop the principles and foundational tools that rule the subjects linked with financial projections, investment analysis, time value of money and decisions on the use of one’s own or other people’s capital.

 

HISTORY OF ROMAN LAW (formerly HISTORY OF LAW) (3 Credits)

Click here for the 2007 syllabus.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURAL PRACTICE (3 Credits)

This course studies the norms that govern administrative activity and the different procedures available for judicial review of such activity. It is with this goal that the course approaches the analysis of administrative procedure statutes and regulations that govern the agencies' activities; standing issues; and administrative and judicial review. These topics are analyzed mostly within the federal system, but without ignoring the peculiarities of the provincial public law. The course continues with the judicial review of the above-mentioned activities through the administrative process and some fundamental issues: standing to claim or sue, injunctions, scope of judicial review and enforcement of judgments. Finally, the course will focus on the procedural aspects of habeas corpus writs and problems regarding the protection of collective rights (consumer rights, environmental claims etc.); habeas data; freedom of information and access to public and private records; declaratory relief and remedies; reinforcement judicial intervention; and procedural and substantive requirements of certiorari writs.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (1 credit)

This course introduces the students to the ethical problems related with the practice of law. It uses three types of material: the code of ethics of several bar associations (primarily that of the Public College of Lawyers of Capital Federal and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct of the American Bar Association), a group of real and hypothetical cases, and some theoretical texts. The problems that are approached with these materials include confidentiality, conflict of interest, acceptance or rejection of clients on moral grounds, justice in access to legal representation. 

LAW JOURNAL: REVISTA ARGENTINA DE TEORÍA JURÍDICA (2 credit maximum; credit amount depends on level of participation)

This publication makes a fundamental contribution to interdisciplinary legal research. Students of the Law School are in charge of the publication and have the possibility of contribute notes and other written work. An editorial board made up of law students and an academic committee of law school professors control the direction of the journal.

TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY (2 credits)

Esta materia se dictará con estilo de seminario, es decir, se esperará que los alumnos tengan una considerable participación en las clases, con exposiciones sobre diversos temas asignados. Se estudiará el libro “The Problems of Philosophy”, de Bertrand Russell. Éste es un texto clásico de la historia reciente de la Filosofía (el libro fue publicado originalmente en 1912), donde Russell presenta sus ideas acerca del conocimiento y hace aportes fundamentales a la epistemología fundacionalista en un permanente diálogo con la tradición de la filosofía moderna. Hay copia del libro de Russell en la fotocopiadora de la universidad. Se recomendará bibliografía adicional durante el curso. Para aprobar la materia será necesario presentar dos breves trabajos sobre temas previamente asignados a los alumnos. Para la calificación final también se tendrá en cuenta la participación en clase.

 

 

February 11 , 2008 (CM)