The CORE Latam Project is a regional academic project whose objective is to identify and analyze the characteristics and trends of constitutional reasoning in Latin America. By studying the jurisprudence of the constitutional courts and the supreme courts of 16 jurisdictions in the region, we seek to define the fundamental characteristics of the constitutional reasoning practice of the higher courts in Latin America. Through the analysis of constitutional reasoning, the project aims to identify the relationships between the divergent peculiarities of different countries and determine the special features of Latin American constitutional reasoning, as well as to discern its links with global trends.
The project covers sixteen jurisdictions in the region, including the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and unites around thirty academics from Latin America and other continents.
More information:
http://corelatam.com
The CORE Latam Project The CORE Project aims to join the global academic discourse on constitutional reasoning, and make the Latin American experience visible on the global scene. The CORE Project is about providing scientifically sound explanations of the fundamental characteristics of the practice of constitutional reasoning in this region and linking it to global trends that have been identified by previous academic work. The project aims to show how Latin American constitutional courts and supreme courts participate in or refrain from global academic and judicial dialogue, and where their discourse leans or reinforces these global trends. Special emphasis will be placed on identifying and explaining the common points of the unique Latin American style of constitutional reasoning.
At the regional level, the Project is dedicated to providing differentiated attention to analyze and characterize the culture of constitutional reasoning of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and identify points of connection in its practice with global transnational judicial dialogue.
The CORE Project also considers local constitutional culture and would like to distinguish the most important key concepts, values, and principles from each court's constitutional reasoning practice. The Project could not only improve and support national discourse on constitutional matters, but, through its empirical results, could also offer relevant insights on how current international and regional dialogue has influenced the jurisprudence of local constitutional and superior courts.
The CORE team
Partners
The CORE team
Johanna Fröhlich, Principal Investigator, Professor, USFQ
Abraham Siles, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
Andrea Castagnola, Professor, Torcuato Di Tella University, Argentina
Anna Luisa Walter de Santana, Visiting Researcher, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
María Paula Garat, Professor, Catholic University of Uruguay, Uruguay
Ariana Macaya, Professor of Law, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Arturo Villagran, Ph.D. Candidate in Law, University of Melbourne, Australia
Carlos Meléndez, Research Professor, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Sebastián Umpiérrez, Ph.D. Candidate, Diego Portales University, Chile
Conrado Hübner Mendes, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Cristián Villalonga, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
Derek O’Brien, Professor, Truman Bodden School of Law, Cayman Islands
Francisco Javier Urbina, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
Irene Spigno, Director, Center for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Inter-American Academy of Human Rights, Mexico
Roberto Niembro, Professor, ITAM, Mexico
Jorge Ernesto Roa Roa, Professor, Externado University, Colombia
Magdalena Correa, Professor, Externado University, Colombia
Lidia Castillo, Intendant, investigations, and Compliance of the Superintendency of Competition, El Salvador
Pablo González Domínguez, Lawyer, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica
Pier Paolo Pigozzi, Professor, Universidad San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador
Raúl Sánchez Urribarri, Professor, La Trobe University, Australia
Sergio Verdugo, Professor, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Sergio Muro, co-director of the Project of the Supreme Court of the Torcuato Di Tella University, Argentina
María José García, Professor, Autonomous University of Asunción, Paraguay
Marie-Christine Fuchs, Director, Rule of Law Program for Latin America, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Juan C. Herrera, Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany
External CORE experts
András Jakab, University of Salzburg, Austria
Julio A. Rios Figueroa, CIDE (Center for Economic Research and Teaching), Mexico
Mátyás Bencze, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Gisela Ferrari, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina
Paolo G. Carozza, University of Notre Dame, United States.
CORE at the USFQ
Adriana Rodas Merino
Adriana Rodas Merino is a Jurisprudence student at USFQ and a research assistant to Dr. Johanna Fröhlich for the CORE project. He has represented the University in the National Arbitration Competition and in the National Model United Nations. Adriana has also been a professor at the United Nations at the Fundación Colegio Americano de Quito since 2016.
Sebastian Correa
Sebastián Correa is a Jurisprudence student at USFQ. He belongs to the research group of CORE (Constitutional Reasoning Culture in Latin America). Currently, he works as a legal assistant at the firm Solines & Asociados. His interests are Civil Law, New Technology Law, and international relations.
Sol González
Sol González is a Jurisprudence student at USFQ. She is part of the CORE research group and is a member of the research and development team of the USFQ Arbitration Database and the Ecuadorian Arbitration Institute. She was a finalist in the VII National Arbitration Competition and a semifinalist in the XI International Arbitration Competition. She has an interest in Constitutional Law, Civil Law, and Arbitration.
The CORE team
María Paula Marroquín is a Jurisprudence student at USFQ. She belongs to the research group CORE (Constitutional Reasoning Culture in Latin America) and obtained the Justinianus scholarship. She is completing minors in Sociology and Education. She is interested in Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Criminal Law.
Amalia Fernández-Salvador
Amalia Fernández-Salvador is in her last semester of law school at USFQ. She has been a teaching assistant to Professor Pier Paolo Pigozzi, as well as a research assistant to Professor Johanna Fröhlich. She has had a great interest in the areas of constitutional law and international law and is currently writing her thesis on these issues. She is a member of the University Student Jurisprudence Society and is working at the Ferrere Law Firm.
Johanna Guerra
4th-year student of Jurisprudence at USFQ. She is interested in the branches of constitutional law, public international law, and business law. She is passionate about reading and research, so being part of the CORE project has become a very important challenge to grow not only in the professional field but also in the personal one.
Luis Miguel Chiriboga Heredia
Third-year student of Jurisprudence of USFQ. He is part of the Criminal Justice and Criminology Club. He has been a collaborator in research papers, and is a member of the CORE research group. His areas of interest are Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Environmental Law.
Melissa Coba
Law student who is in her second year at USFQ. She has been involved in various international law projects, such as United Nations programs. She has developed various professional skills and a strong interest in business law. She is also involved in urban projects. Due to this research, she has recognized the importance of history and believes that this project can have a great impact on Latin American research.
María Emilia Vintimilla Pérez
Second year law student at the College of Jurisprudence at USFQ. She has been a teaching assistant to several professors, including Dr. Johanna Fröhlich, principal investigator of the CORE project. She has participated in debate, oratory, rhetoric contests and in Models of the United Nations. She is fluent in English, German, French, and Italian. She has taken summer courses in Law at Yale University and language courses (French) at l 'École Polytechnique and Sciences Po (Paris).
Sebastián Abad Jara
Lawyer and graduate in International Relations, graduated with honors from USFQ. Specialized in public international law, constitutional law and human rights. He has experience in international litigation, the Inter-American Human Rights System and the Universal Human Rights System, having worked in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the State Attorney General's Office, and in different civil society organizations.
Diana Guevara
Lawyer with a specialization in International Relations from USFQ, and an MSc in International Public Policy from University College London. She has worked in different areas, in particular, international law, foreign policy, human rights, mediation, family law, teaching, research, and educational policy. She has interests in development issues, international law, public and foreign policy and cooperation. She is a curator and member of the Global Shapers Quito Hub, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.
Sebastián Arrieta
Sebastián Arrieta is a student of both the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of International Relations of USFQ. He has participated in different types of volunteer and internship programs, especially those related to finance, business and humanitarian law. His fields of interest are law and international relations in the broadest sense, but he also likes to work on all kinds of projects outside these disciplines. He is a member of the USFQ Student Council and has completed an internship at the international law firm Oppenheim in Budapest, Hungary, among others.
Emily Samanta Moya Guerra
Third year student of Jurisprudence at USFQ. She is a member of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Club, a French tutor (Learning Center USFQ), and a member of the CORE Research Group. Her areas of interest are civil, constitutional, and arbitration law.
Valeria Elizabeth Rosales Andrade
Valeria Elizabeth Rosales Andrade is 20 years old and a law student at USFQ. She is currently in the sixth semester of the degree and has been a member of the "Research Group for Freedom of Expression" of USFQ and of the CORE research team led by Professor Johanna Fröhlich. She has published an article for the university law magazine "Law Review" and is currently completing a minor in Criminal Law.
Martín Cordovez
Martín Cordovez is a law student at USFQ. His field of interest covers civil law and constitutional law. Martin is part of the SEJUR student organization. In his spare time, he likes to read, write, learn history, philosophy, and he likes to play soccer and collect books. .
Katherine Velasteguí Arias
Katherine Velasteguí Arias is a lawyer (2016) with a Master's in Arbitration and Litigation from USFQ (2019). She has worked in the private sector as Advisor on Human Rights and Human Mobility for the Ecuadorian Red Cross, as well as in USFQ's Free Legal Clinic, litigating issues of constitutional law, family law, and labor law. Currently, her practice is developed in the area of international arbitration and public international law, as part of the Directorate of International Affairs of the State Attorney General.
Bernarda Haro
Bernarda is a third-year student of the USFQ Law program, studying a minor in Business Law. Associate Editor of the USFQ Law Review. Chair assistant to Professor Luis Parraguéz Ruiz in the classes on "Objects of Law" and "Business Law". Member of the CORE Project. Member of the Editing Commission of the Ecuadorian Review of Arbitration. Participant in Model United Nations at the national and international levels. Interested in civil, corporate, and constitutional law, as well as academic research.
Methodology
The project combines doctrinal research with empirical analysis to obtain a more authentic and complete picture of constitutional reasoning in Latin America. The use of quantitative methods in legal analysis guarantees a truly unique view of the subject, through the added value of careful and rigorous data analysis. Furthermore, the construction of a homogeneous empirical research design ensures the comparability of different experiences, which is one of the key objectives of the research. The foundations of this mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative) were taken from the research design of the volume on Comparative Constitutional Reasoning, edited by Jakab-Dyevre-Itzkovich (CUP 2017). The redesign of this empirical research methodology is assisted by Carlos Meléndez and Sebastián Umpiérrez, from the University of Diego Portales, in Santiago, Chile.
The qualitative pillar consists of the doctrinal analysis that the authors of the report of each country will provide. Each country's report will have a unified structure and will follow the same questionnaire to analyze the relevant context of their respective national systems. The questionnaire contains questions about the political, social, and legal culture of the countries, about their constitutional review system and about the design and composition of their superior courts.
El pilar cuantitativo consiste en la selección y análisis de las 40 decisiones más relevantes de cada corte constitucional o tribunal supremo. El análisis de las decisiones seleccionadas se basa en una matriz de alrededor de 50 indicadores sobre los diferentes métodos de argumentación e interpretación, así como en los conceptos clave relevantes y los principios constitucionales.
Events
1. How to measure the quality of legal reasoning? FLACSO, Quito, June 27, 2019
Participants: Mátyás Bencze, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Santiago Basabe, FLACSO, Ecuador
Johanna Fröhlich, USFQ, Ecuador
Moderator: Patricia Sotomayor, Constitutional Court, Ecuador
2. CORE Latam launch meeting, Santiago de Chile, Chile, July 4, 2019
The Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America (CORE) Project, founded by our USFQ professor, had its launch meeting on July 4, 2019, at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. The event was organized by Johanna Fröhlich, principal investigator and Adriana Rodas, a research assistant in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Program for Latin America, represented by its director Marie-Christine Fuchs and Lorena Avila. The launch was supported by the USFQ College of Jurisprudence. At the meeting, the qualitative and quantitative methodology of the Project was discussed, and recognized academics from 20 different nationalities participated.
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Partners
Rule of Law Program for Latin America, Konrad Adenauer Foundation “The purpose of the Rule of Law Program of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) is to provide sustained support for the development and deepening of a fair and efficient legal order, based on the principle of the State of Straight. The work of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is based on the conviction that democracy, the rule of law, and a policy that ensures the effective guarantee of human rights are essential conditions for sustainable development in any country in the world. Our thematic axes are (i) the strengthening of key structures and institutions for the Rule of Law, (ii) the division of powers, especially a solid, respected and independent justice as well as a public administration subject to the law, (iii) the protection of human rights, (iv) the promotion of regional integration processes insofar as they contribute to the strengthening of the rule of law and democracy, and (v) the fight against corruption.
The Program, which covers all of Latin America, was developed in the early 1990s to support the new democracies in their efforts towards the rule of law and to maintain an exchange with Germany on political-legal issues. Through its continued and long-term participation in the above areas, and relying on collaboration with local partners, the Rule of Law Program has established a large and high-caliber network of judicial decision-makers, legal experts and organizations. The creation of directed networks and the maintenance of existing networks within the different countries of the continent and with Germany is the true strength of the Program. ”
The Program is currently chaired by Dr. Marie-Christine Fuchs (see CV in CORE Team)
