Spanish Abstract: Detrás de la crisis sistémica norteamericana de 2007, existen fundamentos legales relacionados con la falta o ineficiencia de los elementos característicos de un moderno sistema territorial: unos eficaces registro de la propiedad, sistema bancario y valores hipotecarios. La...

Spanish Abstract: Doctrina y sectores sociales apuestan por la promoción del alquiler como forma de tenencia, en detrimento de la propiedad. A pesar de ello, la propiedad contiene una serie de valores, entre ellos la estabilidad, que la hacen atractiva. Y, a menudo, los arrendamientos urbanos...

Spanish Abstract: 1.- Introducción. 2.- La asociación a compras y mejoras . 2.1.Concepto y naturaleza jurídica. 2.2. Objeto del régimen. 2.3. Administración de la asociación (patrimonio asociado). 2.4. Modificación, extinción y liquidación. 3.- El "hermanamiento" o "pacto de medio por...

Bankuptcy-remote transactions are sophisticated, but no longer a rarity, and should stop being considered as an oddity, or ‘marginal' case. Rather, they challenge some of bankruptcy law's most basic assumptions, on a practical, rather than theoretical, level.This article explores how...

Conventional wisdom about bankruptcy-remote transactions tends to be grounded on two assumptions. First, bankruptcy-remote transactions are a highly specific, and borderline case, of anecdotal relevance for bankruptcy policy. Second, bankruptcy-remote transactions are either a welcome or...

Economists who study the theory of the firm strive to draw a line between firms and markets. This line corresponds to the line lawyers draw between fiduciary and nonfiduciary relationships. The Critical Resource Theory (“CRT”) of fiduciary relationships is motivated by the property-rights...

In this article the author outlines some difficulties facing the cyber-shopper. These include the practical difficulties of enforcement and redress which arise when a cyber-shopper purchases a defective product from an overseas supplier, or when misleading information is placed on the internet...

Does and should a wrongdoer's liability insurance cover an aggrieved party's claim for restitution (e.g., a claim for the disgorgement of ill-gotten gains)? This article answers those questions. It does so by first answering the question of whether claims for restitution are covered under the...

This Article aims to explore the securitization of intellectual property [hereinafter “IP”], introducing the promise of said financing method in the growing field of IP. In recent years, IP has become a major component of developed economics. Raising funds for research, development, and the...

The Trust Indenture Act prohibits a binding vote of bondholders to change any core term-principal amount, interest rate, or maturity date-of a bond issue. In this Article, I show how the prohibition on a collective action clause inhibits a troubled company's ability to reorganize outside of...