* This Dictionary is the first serious effort to enunciate, in an
authoritative manner, the law of Mexico in the areas of business,
investment and trade.
* Foreword
by Dr. Genaro David Góngora Pimentel, Chief Justice of Mexico's
Supreme Court (1999-2002).
* Preface
by Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean and Professor of Law, University of
San Diego School of Law.
* The
areas of this Dictionary are:
Access
to public governmental information, Administrative law, Agrarian
law, Airports, Amparo, Anti-trust, Commercial arbitration,
Banking law, Bankruptcy law, Boundaries, Brokers, Children's and
teenagers rights, Civil law, Civil Aviation, Commercial law, Commercial
paper, Comparative law, Condominiums, Conflict of laws, Constitutional
law, Consumer protection, Contracts, Corporations, Criminal law,
Customs law, Diplomatic and Consular law, Ejidos,
Economic competition, Energy and electricity, Enforcement of judgments,
Environmental law, Expropriations, Extradition law, Family law,
Federal public administration, Fideicomisos, Financial
groups, Firearms and weapons, Fishing law, Foreign affairs, Foreign
investment, Foreign trade law, Franchises, Games and gambling, Gas
regulation, Government procurement, Hazardous materials, Highways
and other means of communication, Human rights, Hunting, Individual
guarantees (Garantías individuales), Indigenous
peoples, Insolvency, Liquified and natural gas, Immigration law,
Industrial property law, International law, Judicial courts, Labor
law, Law of the sea, Maquiladoras, Mining law, Ports, Money
laundering, Nationality law, Notarial law, Nuclear liability, Organized
crime, Powers of Attorney, Professional legal practice, Property
law, Radio and TV, Real estate, Religious associations and cult,
Responsibilities of public officials, Restricted zone, Securities,
Stock market, Telecommunications law, Tax law, Tort law, Torture,
Toxic wastes, Trade, Treaties and international agreements, and
Water law.
* This
Dictionary contains over 3,000 bilingual legal terms (English/Spanish)
of Mexican law. Each term was taken directly from Mexican
legislative sources, including: 92 Mexican federal statutes; 25
federal regulations; and Mexico's Federal Civil Code, the Code of
Commerce, and the Federal Code of Civil Procedure.
* This
Dictionary also includes these five special features:
a) Recent legislative enactments promulgated by the administration
of President Vicente Fox Quesada; b) Short legal essays on numerous
Mexican law topics; c) Latin expressions used by Mexican courts
and legal practitioners; d) Specialized commentaries on Mexico's
constitutional rights; and e) Synopses of U.S.-Mexico bilateral
treaties, statutes and codes.
* This
Dictionary includes twelve important Appendices
consisting of:
1)
List of Mexican legal sources;
2) Legal
and Official Acronyms;
3) Synopses
of U.S.-Mexico Treaties;
4) Samples
of nineteen Mexican legal documents, such as General and Special
Powers of Attorney, Articles of Incorporation of a Mexican company,
Fideicomiso permit by SRE, Franchise Agreement, Applicability
of Foreign Law Provisions, Articles of Marriage for Community Property,
etc.
5) Glossary
of Latin Legal Terms;
6) Background
Note on Mexico;
7) List
of Mexican Consulates in the U.S. and Canada;
8) List
of U.S. Cases involving Mexican Law (1995-2002);
9) Mexican
Law Bibliography from U.S. Sources;
10)
Mexican Law Bibliography from Mexican Sources (in Spanish);
11)
List of Mexican Statutes on Environmental Protection, Safety and
Labor Conditions; and
12)
An Electronic Guide to the Best Mexican Law Sites.
* Jorge
A. Vargas is Professor of Law at the University of San
Diego School of Law where he has been teaching, inter alia,
Mexican Law, Comparative Law, Mexican Legal System and NAFTA Law
since 1983. Prof. Vargas holds degrees from UNAM and Yale Law School.
He was a member of the Mexico City Bar Association, served as Legal
Advisor to the government of Mexico and taught as a Professor of
Law at UNAM, Iberoamericana and Anahuac Universities in Mexico City.
Prof. Vargas has authored numerous books and law review articles
in Mexico and the United States, including Mexican Law:
A Treatise for Legal Practitioners and International Investors
(West Group, four volumes, 1998-2001). Prof. Vargas has served as
Consultant and Expert Witness on Mexican Law in important cases
in the areas of civil aviation, contracts, environmental law, foreign
investment, insurance, personal injury, real estate, and telecommunications.
* The
Mexican Law Dictionary is being published by West Group
and is expected to appear in September or October 2003.
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