Colombian property law professor speaks with students
Professor Julian Andres Pimiento, a former adjunct magistrate at the Consejo de Estado, one of the three Colombian Supreme Courts, spoke to Stetson Law students on Eminent Domain: Perspectives from Europe and Latin America on Oct. 12 on the Gulfport campus. Professor Pimiento discussed the history and evolution of eminent domain in the civil code system and Stetson Professor of Law Paul Boudreaux presented on the common law perspective.
(L-R): Professor Boudreaux and Professor Pimiento. Photo by Karun Rivero.
“This is a rare opportunity to compare both legal systems, through the analysis of a legal figure that is common to them,” said Natalia C. Reyna-Pimiento, student president of Stetson’s International Law Society.
Pimiento is a full-time professor at the Universidad Externado in Bogota, Colombia, and a former attorney with Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer, a multinational law firm in París, France.
Pimiento holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas in administrative law and public property. He has written books in this area, and during his time on the court, he was in charge of writing different opinions that today form the new theory of public law in Colombia.
The International Law Society and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Association teamed up to bring this event to students. The event was part of the International Law Society’s comparative law series initiative to bring professors and practitioners from around the world to discuss topics that are common to all legal systems, but that may have different characteristics depending on each country.
Post date: Oct. 13, 2016
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