TY - BOOK AU - Oquendo,Ángel R. TI - Latin American law T2 - University case book series SN - 9781599418650 (hbk. : alk. paper) PY - 2011/// CY - New York, NY PB - Foundation Press/Thomson/West KW - Law KW - Latin America KW - LEMB KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Local KW - Civil Law N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Civil law tradition as context -- Latin American law at its origins -- Constitution as catharsis -- Basic constitutional principles -- Vindicating constitutional rights -- Second- and third-generation rights -- Civil codification: then and now -- Interpreting the code: lessons from Puerto Rico -- Updating the civil code: confronting codified sexism -- Civil law remedies: moral damages -- Histories and visions of procedure -- Procedural systems and underlying principles -- Collective suits in Brazil and beyond -- Corporations and corporate groups -- Original-language source materials: appendices to chapters ER -