1. Particulars

Born in Costa Rica, in 1951.
 
2. Academic Qualifications

Doctor in Jurisprudence, University of Costa Rica.
PhD in Jurisprudence, Universidad Complutense of Madrid (Spain).
Post doctoral in the Université Degli Studi of Pisa (Italy).
Specialist in Comparative Agrarian Law by the I.D.A.I.C. of Florence (Italy).
 
3. Professional Positions

Magistrate of the Corte Suprema of Justicia of Costa Rica.
Professor and Coordinator of the Postgrade in Agrarian and Environmental Law of the University of Costa Rica.
Professor of the "Cátedra of Derecho Agrario y Derechos Reales" for the Law Degree, and of the "Cátedras de Teoría General del Derecho Agrario y Ejercicios sustantivos agrarios", in the Postgraduate in Agrarian Law, all of them in the University of Costa Rica.
Member of the Directorio de la Unión Mundial de Agraristas Universitarios.
President of the Organización Latinoamericana de Justicia Agraria para la Paz y el Desarrollo.
President of the Fundación Internacional de Derecho Agrario Comparado.
President of the Asociación de Derecho Agrario de Costa Rica.
 
4. Main Books and Articles

Código Ecológico, 1994.
Proceso agrario comparado en América Latina, 1982.
Código Agrario, 1982.
Código Civil y realidad, 1987.
 
5. Honors

Member of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Agrario y Reforma Agraria, Mérida, (Venezuela).
Honorary Fellow of the Asoziazione Italiana Cultori de Diritto Agrario.
Premio Nacional de Cultura "Aguileo J. Echeverría" for essays, 1987, for his work Código Civil y Realidad.
Honorary Professor in the Universities of Perú and Católica del Táchira.

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