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CURRICULUM VITAE
ÁNGEL R. OQUENDO
George J. and Helen M. England Professor of Law
University of Connecticut School of Law
65 Elizabeth Street, Hartford CT 06105
Tel/Fax: 1(860) 570-5283/5070
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
MEMBER OF THE BAR
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
State of Connecticut
US District Court, CT
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Ph. D., M.A. in Philosophy (1995)
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Doctoral Research and Study Exchange (1989-1991)
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Juris Doctor (1986)
Yale Law Journal - Senior Editor (1985)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Arts Bachelor (1983)
Magna Cum Laude in Economics and Philosophy
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Fellowship
State University of Rio de Janeiro 2010-2011
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 2001-2002
DAAD Visiting Professor Fellowship
University of Hamburg - Law School 2009
Free University of Berlin - Law School 1998-1999
DAAD Re-Invitation Grant
Max-Planck Institute for Comp. &
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Private Int. Law (Hamburg) (2009)
CONICYT Visiting Professor Fellowship
University of Chile/University of Iquique 2000-2001
Endowed Chairs, University of Connecticut
George J. and Helen M. England Professor of Law, 2010
Olimpiad S. Ioffe Professor of International and Comparative Law,
2006-2010
Summer Research Grant/Law School Foundation
Max-Planck Institute for Comparative & Private International Law
(Hamburg) (2007-2009)
Free University of Berlin (1993-1999, 2001-2006)
Federal & State Universities of Rio de Janeiro (2000, 2002-2006,
2010)
Harvard University Prize Scholarship 1987-1995
Luftbrückendank Fellowship (Berlin) 1991-92
Center for European Studies Summer Grant 1990
Fulbright (DAAD) Fellowship for Dissertation Research
Free University of Berlin (1989 -1990)
Danforth Compton Fellowship 1989
Harvard Scholarship 1979-1983
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Yale Latin American Seminar on Political and Constitutional Theory
(SELA) (1996-present)
Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association (1996-present)
LatCrit, Inc. - Latino/a Critical Theory (1996-present)
Harvard Institute for Global Law and Policy (2010, 2011)
Northeast People of Color Group (2001-2010)
Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities (20032008)
Law and Society Association (1994-2007)
Institute for German & European Business, Competition, and
Regulatory Law (2001-2007)
Latin-American-Law Workshop at Washington University (2005-2007)
Harvard Forum on Law in Latin America (2005)
Center for Human Rights (2002-2004)
Harvard New-Approaches-to-International-Law Group (1995-2001)
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union - Legal Advisory Board (1995-1999)
American Philosophical Society (1992-1997)
Ethics Commission: City of Hartford (2000-2008)
Editorial Board: Electronic J. Pro. L. of the State U.R.J., L. Rev.
Getúlio Vargas Foundation (S.P.), Diversitates Int’l J., U. Brasília L.J.
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EMPLOYMENT
2012 - present
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
CAPES Visiting Professor from Abroad
2012 - present
University of Puerto Rico, Law School
Visiting Professor for the January Semester
2010 - present
University of Connecticut, School of Law
George J. and Helen M. England Professor of Law
2009 - present
Oquendo Schubert, Attorneys at Law
Partner: Human Rights, Latin American/European Law, Corporate Law
2009 - 2012
State University of Rio de Janeiro
Fulbright-Hays Visiting Professor
2006 - 2010
University of Connecticut, School of Law
Olimpiad S. Ioffe Professor of International and Comparative Law
1994 - 2009
Part-Time Solo Legal Practice
Human Rights, Latin American/European Law, Corporate Law
2009
University of Hamburg
DAAD Visiting Professor
2006-09
Estácio de Sá (Rio de Janeiro), Law School, Graduate Program
Visiting Professor (One Month Per Year)
2005 (Fall)
Georgetown University Law Center
Visiting Professor
2004-2005
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt School of Law
Visiting Professor
1998 - 2005
University of Connecticut, School of Law
Full Professor with Tenure
2010/06/02
Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Law School
Visiting Professor for the January Semester
2001 - 2002
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Law/Philosophy
Fulbright-Hays Visiting Professor
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1998 - 1999
Free University of Berlin
DAAD Visiting Professor
1998 (May)
Law /Political Science Department, University of Aix-en-Provence
Visiting Professor
1993 - 1997
University of Connecticut, School of Law
Associate Professor
1987 - 1993
Lowell House, Harvard University
Law/Philosophy Tutor
1992 - 1993
John Wiley and Sons, Publishers
Wiley English-Spanish and Spanish-English Legal Dictionary
Editorial Advisor
1991
Harvard University - Professor T.M. Scanlon
Moral Reasoning 22 - Reason and Evaluation,
Teaching Fellow
1986, 1987-89
Levine & Polan - New Haven Law Firm
Legal Consultant
1986 - 1987
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Judge Stephen Reinhardt
Judicial Clerk
1985
Yale Philosophy Department - Professor John Fischer
Philosophy of Law
Teaching Fellow
1985
Cravath, Swaine & Moore - New York Law Firm
Summer Associate
1984
Yale Law School - Professor Owen Fiss
Civil Procedure
Teaching Assistant
1984
O’Neill & Borges - San Juan Law Firm
Summer Associate
1981 - 1982
McBer & Company - Business Consulting Firm (Boston)
Translator, Editor
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PUBLICATIONS
Pondering Language Rights: A Novella, 13 REV. ESP. JUR. 117-140
(2012)
Möglichkeiten und Grenzen: In Richtung einer ganzheitlichen
Auffassung und Umsetzung von Rechten in Lateinamerika, LIBER
AMICORUM DETLEF LEENEN (de Gryuter ) (Martin Häublein, Stephen
Utz eds. 2012)
A Polis Desafiada: Direitos Humanos, Democracia, etc., A
PROBLEMÁTICA DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS FUNDAMENTAIS
NA AMÉRICA LATINA E NA EUROPA/DESAFIOS MATERIAIS E
EFICACIAIS (Editora Unoesc) (Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez,
Gerson Luiz Carlos Branco, Marcelo Porciuncula eds. 2012)
La Polis Desafiada: Derechos Humanos, Democracia, etc., LA
PROBLEMÁTICA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS FUNDAMENTALES
EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EN EUROPA/DESAFÍOS MATERIALES (2012)
Em direção a uma nova cultura de Direitos, A REALIZAÇÃO E A
PROTEÇÃO INTERNACIONAL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS
FUNDAMENTAIS - DESAFIOS DO SÉCULO XXI (Narciso Leandro
Xavier Baez, Douglass Cassel eds. 2011)
LATIN AMERICAN LAW (Foundation Press) (2nd Ed.) (2011)
Estómago, IV CERTAMEN INTERNACIONAL RELATO BREVE, SERVICIO
PUB. UNIV. CÓRDOBA (2011)
Constitucionalismo en los Estados Unidos y más allá, EL CONSTITUCIONALISMO MEXICANO: INFLUENCIAS CONTINENTALES Y TRASATLÁNTICAS 33-61 (Editorial Siglo XXI) (Patricia Galeana ed.
2010)
Liberación femenina, XIV CONCURSO TODOS SOMOS DIFERENTES
(Asamblea Juvenil de Derechos Civiles) (2009)
Infinito, XIV CONCURSO TODOS SOMOS DIFERENTES
(Asamblea Juvenil de Derechos Civiles) (2009)
Upping the Ante: Collective Litigation in Latin America, 47 COLUM. J.
TRANSNAT’L L. 248-291 (2009)
DEMOCRACIA E PLURALISMO (De Andrea Ferreira e Morgado
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Editores) (2009)
En sueño, II CERTAMEN INTERNACIONAL RELATO BREVE, SERVICIO
PUB. UNIV. CÓRDOBA (2008)
Straight From the Mouth of the Volcano: The Lowdown on Law,
Language, and Latin@s, 83 IND. L.J. 1481 (2008)
Irony/Ironía, 11 HARV. LATINO L. REV. 205/217 (2008)
The Solitude of Latin America: The Struggle for Rights South of the
Border, 43 TEX. INT’L L.J. 185 (2008)
DEMOCRACIA Y PLURALISMO (Fontamara/México) (2nd Ed.) (2007)
Refletindo sobre o processo civil desde uma perspectiva brasileira,
Reflecting on Civil Process from a Brazilian Perspective, Afterword to
HUMBERTO DALLA, TEORIA GERAL DO PROCESSO CIVIL
CONTEMPORÂNEO (Lumen Juris 2007)
LATIN AMERICAN LAW (Foundation Press) (2006)
Íntimo y personal: una perspectiva sobre la violencia, 9 JURIS POIESIS
39 (2006)
Book Review: PEDRO A. MALAVET, AMERICA’S COLONY (N.Y.U.
Press 2004), 55 J. LEGAL EDUC. 416 (2005)
Conference Paper: Indigenous Self-Determination in Latin
America, 17 FLA. J. INT’L L. 625 (2005)
Conference Paper: National Culture in Post-National Societies, 50
VILL. L. REV. 963 (2005)
Más allá de la democracia deliberativa, 10 POLIS 1 (2005)
Liking to be in America: Puerto Rico’s Quest for Difference within
the United States, 14 DUKE J. COMP. & INT’L L. 249 (2004)
DEMOCRACIA Y PLURALISMO (Fontamara/México) (2004)
La diferencia puertorriqueña en el contorno estadounidense, 38
REV. JUR. U. I. P.R. 355 (2004)
Dilemas Políticos, 7 POLIS 1 (2004)
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Up Close and Personal: A Perspective on Violence; Íntimo y personal:
una perspectiva sobre la violencia, LA VIOLENCIA Y DERECHO
(Editores del Puerto) (Roberto Saba ed., 2004) (Papers Presented at
the Yale Law School’s 2003 Seminar in Latin America (SELA) on
Constitutional and Political Theory)
La autodeterminación en la comunidades indígenas de América,
Afterword to HANS GUNDERMANN, ROLF FOERSTER AND JORGE
IVÁN VERGARA, MAPUCHES Y AYMARÁS: EL DEBATE EN TORNO
AL RECONOCIMIENTO Y LOS DERECHOS CIUDADANOS (2003)
When Democracy and Human Rights Collide, 7 SYMPOSIUM 67-86
(2003)
Deliberative Democracy in Habermas and Nino, 22 OXFORD J.
LEGAL STUD. 189-226 (2002)
Un nationalisme progressiste pour l’État posnacional ?, 36 CAHIERS
DE RECHERCHES SOCIOLOGIQUES 105 (2001)
Breaking on Through to the Other Side: Understanding Continental
European Corporate Governance, 22 U. PA. J. INT’L ECON. L. 975
(2001)
Puerto Rican National Identity and United States Pluralism, FOREIGN
IN A DOMESTIC SENSE: 100 YEARS AFTER THE U.S. ACQUISITION
OF PUERTO RICO (Duke University Press) (Christina Duffy Burnett,
Burke Marshall eds. 2001)
The Quest for Latin America/A busca por uma América Latina, Preface
to SÉRGIO BORJA, TEORIA GERAL DOS TRATADOS MERCOSUL: A
LUTA PELA UNIÃO LATINO-AMERICANA (2001)
Cultura nacional no estado posnacional, REV. FIL. U.E.R.J. (2000)
Reflexiones sobre las premisas, el contenido y la variabilidad del
concepto de la democracia, 5 REV. JURÍDICA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD
DE PALERMO 71-105 (2000)
Der nationale Staat in pluralistischen Gesellschaften,
FACHBEREICHSTAG, SOMMERSEMESTER 1999, FACHBEREICH
RECHTSWISSENSCHAFT DER FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN 5 (1999)
Conference Paper: Corruption and Legitimation Crises in Latin
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America, 14 CONN. J. INT’L L. 475-494 (1999)
Hegel’s Account of Ancient Slavery, 16 HIST. PHIL. QUART. 437-464
(1999)
El dilema entre la autonomía pública y privada: reflexiones y
contrareflexiones, 4? REV. JURÍDICA U. PALERMO 223
(1999) (Issue on the Yale Law School’s 1998 Seminar in Latin
America (SELA) on Constitutional and Political Theory)
La cultura nacional puertorriqueña frente a los Estados Unidos, 67
REV. JUR. U.P.R. 1033 (1998)
La Philosophie du Droit aux États-Unis, 75 REV. RECHERCHE
JURIDIQUE/DROIT PROSPECTIF 1347 (1998)
Sklaverei und Freiheit bei Hegel, 29 RECHTSTHEORIE 47 (1998)
The Comparative and the Critical Perspective in International
Agreements, 15 U.C.L.A. PAC. BASIN L.J. 205 (1997)
Conference Paper: Latino/a Critical Race Theory and Practice:
Comments, 9 BERKELEY LA RAZA L.J. 43-47 (1996)
Conference Paper: NAFTA’s Procedural Narrow-Mindedness: The
Panel Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Determinations Under Chapter Nineteen, 11 CONN. J. INT’L L. 61 (1995)
Re-imagining the Latino/a Race, 12 HARVARD BLACK LETTER L.J.
93 (1995) (reprinted in THE LATINO CONDITION: A CRITICAL
READER (N.Y.U. Press) (Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic eds.
1998))
Doctoral Dissertation: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN ETHICS
(Harvard University 1995)
CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS
June 2013
Yale Latin American Seminar on Political and Constitutional Theory
Bogota, Colombia
Paper: “The Politicization of Human Rights”
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March 2013
Wake Forest Law Review’s Business Law Symposium
Wake Forest University School of Law
Article: “Derivative Suits and Shareholder Class-Actions”
October 2012
Conference of the Rio de Janeiro Bio-Ethics Society
State University of Rio de Janeiro
Presentation: “Ação Afirmativa no Brasil e nos Estados Unidos”
May 2012
Workshop on Constitutional Environmental Rights
Widener University School of Law
Paper: “Environmental Rights North and South of the Border”
October 2011
Symposium on “Human Rights and New Technologies”
University of Tiradentes (Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil)
Lecture: “O acesso às novas tecnologias como direito fundamental”
October 2011
Conference on “Globalization, Human Rights, and Internationalization
of Law”
University of Foz do Iguaçu, Law School
Lecture: “Direitos humanos coletivos”
September 2011
Conference on “The Content and the Effectiveness of Fundamental
Rights”
Western University of Santa Catarina
Lecture: “Direitos fundamentais na América Latina”
May 2010
Colloquium on “Affirmative Action and Justice”
Philosophy Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Presentation: “Ações afirmativas nos EUA e no Brasil”
September 2009
Faculty Workshop (Ideas & Innovations in Legal Scholarship)
University of Wisconsin Law School
Paper: “Later Generation Rights North and South of the Border”
June 2009
Annual Seminar on the Legal Status of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Presentation: “Consensus in and on Puerto Rico”
March 2009
Book Presentation: DEMOCRACIA E PLURALISMO (2009)
Publisher: De Andrea Ferreira e Morgado Editores
Law School Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro (Center)
Remarks by the Author: “Meditações democráticas e pluralistas.”
March 2009
Colloquium at the Center for Ethics and Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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Paper: “Implementação de Direitos na América Latina”
February 2009
Conference: “Mexican Constitutionalism”
The Mexican Senate, Mexico City
Paper: “El constitucionalismo en México y en los Estados Unidos”
January 2009
Comparative Law Lecture Series
German-American Lawyers’ Association
Law School, University of Hannover, Germany
Lecture: “Grundrechte in den Vereinigten Staaten”
October 2008
Colloquium on Law and the Justice System
Superior Institute of the Public Ministry, Rio de Janeiro
Lecture: “Direitos Subjetivos e Jurisprudência”
October 2008
Annual Conference (2008)
Association of Brazilian Judges in Rio de Janeiro
Keynote Address: “Direitos Fundamentais”
August 2008
Conference: E-Discovery in the United States and Europe
International Quality and Productivity Center, Mövenpick Hotel Berlin
Keynote Address; Workshop: “Elektronische Offenlegungspflichten
nach dem US-amerikanischen Zivilprozeß- und Gesellschaftsrecht”
June 2008
Comparative Law Lecture Series
German-American Lawyers’ Association
Law School, University of Hamburg
Lecture: “Sammelklagen in den Vereinigten Staaten und Europa”
March 2008
Lecture Series: “Ethics, Law, and Society”
Philosophy Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Presentation: “Liberalism in Mexico”
February 2008
Colloquium on South American Law
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Lecture: “Adjudication in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina”
October 2007
Faculty Colloquium
University of Minnesota School of Law, Minneapolis, MN
Paper: “Enforcing Rights South of the Border”
September 2007
Conference: “Public Law Litigation and Enforcement: Comparative
Perspectives”
Georgia State University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
Paper: “Ethical Issues in Public Law Litigation”
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July 2007
Gästekonzil
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law,
Hamburg
Paper: “Corporate Constituencies in den Vereinigten Staaten”
July 2007
Conference: “Current Developments in Brazilian Law”
Law School, Humboldt University, Berlin
Paper: “Sammelklagen in Brasilien und in den Vereinigten Staaten”
June 2007
Comparative Studies Forum
German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
Paper: “Internationale Grundrechte in Latein Amerika”
May 2007
International Human Rights Symposium
University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI
Paper: “The Inter-American Human Rights System”
Faculty Talk: “Vindicating Rights in Latin America”
April 2007
Latin American Law Conference
Washington University Law School, Saint Louis, MO
Presentation: “Transnational Rights in the Americas”
April 2007
“Latino/as and the Law” Conference
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, IN
Paper: “Language Rights and Latin@s”
November 2006
Symposium: Institute for German and European Business,
Competition, and Regulatory Law
Free University, Berlin
Paper: “Umweltrechte in den Vereinigten Staaten und Lateinamerika
nach Kyoto”
September 2006
Aníbal Bascuñán Biennial Conference on “Pluralism, Legal Equality,
and Public Philosophy”
Law School, University of Chile, Santiago
Keynote Address: “El contextualismo ético de Hegel”
June/August 2006
Comparative Law Seminar
Law School, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo
Lectures: “Constitucionalismo”/“Pedagogia jurídica e a
jurisprudência estrangeira”
May 2006
Civil Procedure Colloquium of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (RJ)
Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange
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Lecture: “A influência dos Estados Unidos no processo civil
brasileiro”
April 2006
Paul Robeson Conference
Columbia Law School, New York
Paper: “Crossing Borders/Critical Race Theory”
February 2006
Book Presentation: Democracia y pluralismo
Publisher: Ediciones Fontamara (Mexico)
Law School, Inter-American University, Puerto Rico
Remarks: “Algunas aclaraciones en torno al pluralismo democrático”
November 2005
Guipozkua Provincial Council Forum: “Globalization and the Return
of Cultures”
San Sebastian Kursaal Palace, San Sebastian, Spain
Keynote Address: “Culturas nacionales en sociedades
multiculturales”
July 2005
Graduate Colloquium in Law of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (RJ)
Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange
Lecture: “Perspectivas sobre o ‘Common Law’”
June 2005
Legal Pedagogy Seminar
Law School, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo
Workshop: “Ensino Jurídico: Estados Unidos e América Latina”
June 2005
International Lecture Series
Brazilian Public Law Society, Sao Paulo
Lecture: “Controle Constitucional na América Latina”
May 2005
LatCrit South North Exchange
Law School, Inter-American University, Puerto Rico
Paper: “Indigenous Self-Determination”
April 2005
Latin Am. Law & Ec. Association Annual Meeting
Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, CA
“Corporate Constituencies in Latin America”
April 2005
Latin American Law Conference
Washington University Law School, Saint Louis, MO
Lecture: “Conceptions of Rights in Latin America”
March 2005
Symposium: “Thinking of Law in/and Latin America”
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Presentation: “Critique of/through Rights”
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December 2004
LatCrit South North Exchange
Law School, Inter-American University, Puerto Rico
Paper: “Constitution as Catharsis”
June 2004
Comparative Law Symposium
Law School, Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro
Lectures: “Processo Civil Comparado”/“Filosofia do Direito”
June 2004
Civil Procedure Seminar
Law School, State University of Rio de Janeiro
Class: “Ações Coletivas nos Estados Unidos”
May 2004
Faculty Workshop
Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro
Seminar: “O ‘Case Method’ nos Estados Unidos”
May 2004
LatCrit Annual Meeting
Villanova University School of Law, PA
Paper: “Culture and Multiculturalism”
March 2004
Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Meeting
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT
Panel Participation: “Perspectives on Communities”
February 2004
“Latino/as Inside” Conference
Columbia University, New York
Paper: “Puerto Ricans Inside/Outside”
December 2003
LatCrit South/North Exchange
Law School, Inter-American University, Puerto Rico
Paper: “Democracy and Pluralism”
October 2003
Conference on “Law and Trust”
Economic Research and Instruction Center (CIDE), Mexico
Presentation: “Trust and Legitimacy”
July 2003
Public International Law Colloquium
Law School, University of Mannheim, Germany
Lecture: “Demokratie und Menschenrechte”
June 2003
Yale Latin American Seminar on Political and Constitutional Theory
Urubamba, Cuzco, Peru
Paper: “Close Up and Personal: A Perspective on Violence”
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June 2003
Graduate Seminar on Class Actions and Alternative Dispute
Resolution
Law School, State University of Rio de Janeiro
Presentation: “O Acordo na Ação Coletiva”
May 2003
Colloquium on “Ethics and Philosophy of Mind”
Philosophy Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Paper: “Íntimo e Pessoal: Uma Perspectiva sobre a Violência”
May 2003
LatCrit Annual Meeting
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, OH
Paper: “Latin Jazz: A LatCrit Conception of Community”
April 2003
Center for Human Rights Workshop
American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
Presentation: “Human Rights: Theory and Practice”
April 2003
Northeastern People of Color Annual Meeting
Saint John’s University Law School, Queens, New York
Presentation: “Race and Corporate Governance”
March 2003
Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Meeting
Cardozo and New York University Law Schools
Paper: “Political Dilemmas”
December 2002
Center for Human Rights Inauguration
Law School, Inter-American University, Puerto Rico
Presentation: “Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights”
October 2002
Annual Meeting: Institute for German and European Business,
Competition, and Regulatory Law
E.O Energy Headquarters, Munich
Paper: “Gesellschaftsführung in der europäishen Union”
June 2002
Civil Procedure Symposium
State University of Rio de Janeiro
Presentation: “O Processo Complexo nos Estados Unidos e no
Brasil”
May 2002
Annual Meeting: Canadian Philosophical Association
University of Toronto
Paper: “Habermas et les dilemmes politiques”
December 2001
Annual Meeting: Piaui Juridical Society
Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
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Paper: “Direitos Humanos e Pluralismo”
November 2001
Symposium: Institute for German and European Business,
Competition, and Regulatory Law
Wachau, Austria
Paper: “US-amerikanische Perspektive über deutsches
Gesellschaftsrecht”
November 2001
Human Rights Symposium
Chilean Embassy, Berlin
Paper: “Democracia y derechos humanos”
August 2001
Studienstiftung Summer Academy
Rot an der Rot, Germany
Seminar: “Methodenlehre in den Vereinigten Staaten und
Deutschland”
May 2001
CONICYT Visiting Professorship
University of Chile/University of Iquique
Research & Lecture Area: “Nationalism and Self-Determination”
April 2001
Conference: “Latino/as, Language & Globalization”
Institute for Latino Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Presentation: “The LatCrit Thing”
March 2001
Faculty Lecture Series
Mexican Autonomous Technological Institute (ITAM)
Seminar: “El desafío del multiculturalismo”
November 2000
Colloquium at the Center for Ethics and Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Seminar: “Os dilemas políticos”
August 2000
CONICYT Visiting Professorship
University of Chile/University of Iquique
Research & Lecture Area: “Nationalism and Self-Determination”
August 2000
Faculty Colloquium
Law School, University of Chile, Santiago
Lecture: “Sociedades anónimas en Estados Unidos y Europa”
August 2000
Public Interest Law Forum
Viva Rio/Balcão de Direitos, Rio de Janeiro
Lecture: “A Defesa de Direitos Humanos nos Estados Unidos”
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June 2000
Annual Legal Conference of the Catholic University (Porto Alegre)
Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Paper: “Autodeterminação nacional e direitos humanos”
May 2000
Colloquium at the Center for Ethics and Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Lecture: “Liberalismo e culturas nacionais”
May 2000
Conference on “Contemporary Practical Philosophy”
Philosophy Department, State University of Rio de Janeiro
Paper: “A Cultural nacional no Estado pós-nacional”
April 2000
Center for Juridical Studies Colloquium
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lecture: “Procedural Law in the Mercosul”
April 2000
Annual Meeting of Rio Grande do Sul State Attorneys
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Lecture: “O Governo como parte no direito processual civil dos
Estados Unidos”
April 2000
Conference: “Law in the Mercosur”
University of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Paper: “Administração da Sociedade Anônima: Modelos dos Estados
Unidos e Alemanha”
February 2000
Faculty Colloquium
Law School, University of Puerto Rico
Paper: “Las instituciones financieras y la empresa en los Estados
Unidos y Europa”
November 1999
Institutional Conference on Insurance Law
University of Paris I (Sorbonne/Pantheon)
Paper: “La critique aux États-Unis du rôle des institutions financière
dans les sociétés anonymes européennes”
October 1999
Conference: “Insurance Regulation in Latin American”
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT
Paper: “Comparative Regulatory Systems”
June 1999
Annual Oppenhoff & Rädler Corporate Law Conference
Zeuthen, Germany
Keynote Address: “Nationalrecht in postnationaler Gesellschaften”
April 1999
Comparative Law Colloquium
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Münster University, Germany
Seminar: “Vindicating Constitutional Rights in the United States”
March 1999
Annual Meeting: German-American Lawyer’s Association
American Embassy Club, Bonn , Germany
Keynote Speech: “Pluralismus in den Vereinigten Staaten und
Deutschland”
January 1999
Lecture Cycle on Public International Law
Mannheim University, Germany
Seminar: “Nationale Selbsbestimmung in Puerto Rico”
December 1998
Colloquium on Latin American Politics and Economics
Latin America Institute, Free University of Berlin
Seminar: “USA-Puerto Rico: ‘Commonwealth’ als Modell für die
US-Lateinamerikanischen Beziehungen?”
November 1998
Conference: “Political Corruption in Market Democracies”
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT
Paper: “Legitimacy Crises and Latin American Corruption”
October 1998
International Economic Law Seminar
Ghent University, Belgium
Lecture: “Economic Integration in the Americas”
August 1998
Yale Latin American Seminar on Political and Constitutional Theory
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Paper: “The Private and Public Autonomy Dilemma”
May 1998
Legal Theory Workshop
Law School, Aix-en-Provence University, France
Paper: “La philosophie du droit aux États-Unis”
May 1998
Seminar at the Research Center on Latin America and the Caribbean
Political Studies Institute, Aix-en-Provence University, France
Presentation: “Relation politique entre Porto Rico et les États-Unis”
March 1998
Conference: “Foreign in a Domestic Sense”
Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
Paper: “The Defense of National Culture in Puerto Rico”
March 1998
Lecture Series on Legal Theory
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Lecture: “O nacionalismo no estado posnacional”
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November 1997
Conference: “Critical Race Theory”
Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
Paper: “Critical Race Theory and Multiculturalism”
October 1997
Conference on Mercosur Procedural Law
National Litoral University, Santa Fe, Argentina
Papers: “La solución de controversias en el TLC & Mercosur” &
“La democracia y los derechos humanos en el Mercosur”
August 1997
Carlos Nino Lecture
National Litoral University, Santa Fe, Argentina
“Democracia Deliberativa en Nino y Habermas”
August 1997
Philosophy Colloquium
Philosophy Department, Catholic University of Lima
Papers: “El concepto de la autodeterminación nacional”; “Esclavitud
y libertad en Hegel”
March 1997
International Law Workshop
Law School, University of Rio de Janeiro
Papers: “Perspectivas comparadas e críticas no direito internacional”
& “Cidadania e identidade nacional em Habermas”
October 1996
Legal Theory Seminar
Law School, Inter-American University, Puerto Rico
Paper: “Ciudadanía e identidad nacional”
May/August 1996
Philosophy of Law Workshop
Law School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
3 Lectures on German and Anglo-American Legal Philosophy
October 1995
Hispanic National Bar Association Annual Meeting
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Papers: “The Comparative Perspective in International Law” &
“Latino Critical Race Theory and Practice”
June 1995
International Guest Lectures Series
Ibero-American Institute of Berlin
Paper: “NAFTA und die lateinamerikanische juristische Identität”
April 1995
Conference: “Culture, the Sovereign, and the Market”
University of Connecticut School of Law`, Hartford, CT
Paper: “Culture and International Law”
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March 1995
Conference: “NAFTA at Age One: Blueprint for Hemispheric
Integration?”
Law School, University of Puerto Rico
Paper: “Solución de Controversias en el Tratado de Libre Comercio”
June 1994
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona
Paper “Latino/as, Race, and Language”
June 1993
World Conference of Human Rights
United Nations Center, Vienna
Statement before NGO Plenum: “Latino/as in the United States”
COURSES
Corporations/Business Organizations
Civil Procedure
Comparative/International Law
Legal and Political Philosophy
International Human Rights
Corporate Social Responsibility
LANGUAGES
Spanish
French
German
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