Private Law Theory

INTRODUCTION
The traditional division of law into private and public has faded away in many jurisdictions across the globe, already for several decades. The Republic of Argentina is no exception to that phenomenon, since private and public law cannot be considered watertight compartments. This report addresses the interplay of private and public law in that South American country. It focusses on developments that deal with the adoption of a national civil and commercial code (Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación, ACCC) on August 1, 2015, while elaborating on two pillars of private law that serve as examples of the referred interplay, namely the law of family and the law of property. As this report aims to demonstrate, these developments are interconnected and reflect paradigmatic shifts in the understanding of the law by scholars, courts, and society at large … (more)

Julieta Marotta and Agustín Parise, ‘Public and Private Intermingled: Changes in the Family and Property Laws of Argentina’, 13 Journal of Civil Law Studies (2020).

First posted 2021-03-26 12:00:57