Just last month we looked at a UWS Research that revealed the Importance of Accurate Court Interpreting in criminal trials. The research had found that without proper specialist training, court interpreters tend to make technical/linguistic mistakes that can lead to inadequate legal outcomes.

Last week the president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, accused Vice President Julio Cobos of plotting to destabilize the country and overthrow the government to satisfy his own ambition and win his place as president in 2010.

Although the Argentine Criminal Code does not provide a legal definition for abortion, the practice is still penalized. As is the case when legislators fail to provide definitions under Continental Law, this omission has led legal doctrine to provide definitions of its own when applying pertinent sections of the Criminal Code. Today, the most prominent [...]

For the past two semesters, I’ve constantly been referencing my Civil Law Manual by Guillermo Borda for several different classes. This book is essential for almost every law student in Argentina in particular and in Latin America in general. It is also a great book for anyone trying to understand the basics of Latin American [...]

As someone who studies Law in a country that has incorporated many of its guiding principles and theories from Germany, Spain, the United States, and France, I often find myself having to read translated texts. Some translations are better than others.