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...

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...

This chapter in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law charts new frontiers of scholarly inquiry in fiduciary law. The chapter first orients the reader by taking stock of the current state of play in fiduciary law scholarship. The chapter then identifies a range of important questions...

This updated chapter of the Lexis Treatise, Waters & Water Rights provides an overview of the statutes and cases governing water law in New York State. The state's water law is primarily codified in Article 15 of New York Environmental Conservation Law, with residual issues defined by common...

In their book, The Law Market, Erin O'Hara and Larry Ribstein show that states increasingly act as hawkers of legal rules in a market for law where people and firms often can shop for those regimes that they find most desirable. This market helps deal with a world in which increasing mobility...

There is a widespread belief throughout Latin America that the judicial sector is not in a position to foster private sector development within a market system. The courts are overburdened and unable to dispose of cases in a timely fashion. As a result, frustrated litigants lose faith in the...

Fiduciary law is rife with references to fiduciary relationships. Most notably, the attribution of fiduciary duties turns on the existence of a "fiduciary relationship." But does private law admit of such a construct, and if it does, is the fiduciary relationship distinctive relative to other...