Academic work
Eight monographs, three collective publications.
Research in commercial contracting, civil liability, corporate law, intellectual property, insolvency and civil procedure. Each record sets out the thesis of the work and a textual excerpt, so that the legal position can be checked against the source.
2015
4 studiesLa Demanda Improponible
Analysis of the summary rejection of a claim as improperly filed. It contrasts the interpretive route of article 97 of the Civil Procedure Code with the express regulation proposed by the reform bill, and examines abuse of process as an admissibility criterion.
Read the recordLa Doctrina de los Actos Propios
Study of the doctrine of own acts and its application in procedural case law. It proposes statutory treatment in order to reduce the legal uncertainty produced by divergent doctrinal views on its elements.
Read the recordLa Propiedad Intelectual en el Marco de las Relaciones Laborales
Examination of the ownership of intellectual property within the employment relationship: employee inventions, works for hire and statutory presumptions. It notes the fragmentation of the rules and proposes a harmonious reading of labour principles and intellectual property institutions.
Read the recordLos Acuerdos de Accionistas
Study of the shareholders agreement as an instrument of governance and of conflict prevention. It examines its content, its limits and its enforcement, and argues that it reduces business uncertainty and favours investment.
Read the record2014
4 studiesEl Contrato de Tarjeta de Crédito
Study of the credit card contract and of the contracts that make up its system. It discusses the case for comprehensive regulation in Costa Rica and warns of the risk of harming the economic incentives behind its operation.
Read the recordEl Contrato de Underwriting
Study of underwriting as a corporate financing instrument. It analyses its nature as an innominate contract, its modalities and its limited use in the Costa Rican securities market, and concludes that its development depends on sustained contractual practice.
Read the recordDaños Punitivos
Research on the admissibility of punitive damages in Costa Rica. It holds that the legal system contains no punitive rules, identifies provisions that depart from the compensatory function and concludes that a court could not award damages of that nature.
Read the recordIntroducción al Derecho Concursal
Introduction to insolvency proceedings and to their preventive function. It distinguishes procedures aimed at preserving the debtor's activity from those of a liquidation character, and describes their legal nature, classes and guiding principles.
Read the recordBooks and chapters
Iura Novit Curia y Proceso Civil: Los límites de la Sentencia
Investigaciones Jurídicas
2021
Presunciones e Indicios: su valoración en sentencia
El Juez y la Sentencia Oral, Instituto Panamericano de Derecho Procesal, Investigaciones Jurídicas
2017
La doble intestación y el ¿acceso? a la justicia
Derecho societario concursal y del consumo panamericano, Editorial Jurídica Continental
2017
Doctrinal work sustains the practice.
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