The Concept of Insolvency (Cessation of Payments, State of Default or Bankruptcy Status). A historic and comparative law analysis.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rqi.2023.75133

Palavras-chave:

Insolvency Law, Insolvency Status (State of Default), Legal Concept of Insolvency, Comparative Insolvency Law, History of Insolvency Law

Resumo

This paper analyzes the processes of dissemination of ideas, institutional transplantation, and monitoring of European legal models that influenced Ibero-American—particularly Argentine— Commercial Law and, specifically, Insolvency Law during the XIX and the XX centuries. The fundamental thesis of the author states the relevance and scientific legitimacy of the so-called broad thesis on the "State of Cessation of Payments" (or “State of Default” / “Bankruptcy Status”) and its legal consequences. Throughout this study, these consequences derived from this broad theory— which are part of the principles applicable to this doctrine of the “State of Default”—have been highlighted to correctly interpret the legal texts de lege lata and de lege ferenda for Argentina, other Latin-American and European jurisdictions. The working method consisted of a qualitative analysis of the legal sources of comparative doctrine, legislation, and jurisprudence - European and American - on the concept of insolvency and its founding theories. The results consist of the correct definition of the so-called "State of Cessation of Payments" or also "Insolvency", from the legal point of view and therefore the formulation of interpretations de lege lata in accordance with this concept, as well as future texts de lege ferenda.

Biografia do Autor

Héctor José Miguens, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires

El Dr. Héctor José Miguens es Abogado por la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (1982), Especialista en Sindicaturas Concursales por la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (1989) y Doctor en Derecho por la Universidad de Navarra. España (1996). Es Diplomado en Corporate Compliance por la Universidad Austral, Argentina y Diplomado en Teoría del Derecho y argumentación por la misma universidad. Se ha especializado en las ramas del Derecho Comercial.

Ha sido becario y miembro investigador del Max Planck Institut en Hamburgo, Alemania, en cinco oportunidades.

Ha sido Research Fellow (becario) de la Fundación Alexander von Humboldt, Alemania, en el Max Planck Institut de Hamburgo, Alemania, en el Instituto de Derecho Comercial y Derecho Económico de la Universidad de Bonn, y en el Instituto de Derecho Concursal Internacional y Europeo de la Universidad de Colonia, Alemania.

Ha sido Visiting Scholar de la George Washington University, en Washington DC.

Es asimismo Fellow (miembro investigador) del Institute of European and Comparative Law de la Universidad de Oxford, Reino Unido.

Ha sido becario de la Asociación de Amigos de la Universidad de Navarra, España para el Programa de Doctorado en Derecho. Ha sido Scholar de Insol International, con sede en Londres (2008-2009).

Ha sido Visiting Researcher del Institute of Advanced Legal Studies de la Universidad de Londres y de la London School of Economics and Political Science, Reino Unido en 1997.

Se ha desempeñado como Profesor en materias de Derecho Comercial (especialmente de Derecho Concursal) en diversas Universidades públicas y privadas de Argentina, Colombia y España.

Es autor de dos libros, de dos libros en coautoría y de 63 artículos publicados en revistas jurídicas americanas y europeas de Derecho Comercial.

Ha sido ponente, autoridad, panelista y asistente en más de 80 congresos sobre Derecho Comercial y Empresarial en Argentina, Europa y Estados Unidos. Ha realizado 84 cursos de postgrado en Argentina y Europa. Ha dictado 18 Seminarios de postgrado.

Ha sido Premio Accésit de la Academia Nacional de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de Buenos Aires, en 1999 por la tesis doctoral publicada en Buenos Aires

En la actualidad es Investigador Independiente del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), en la Universidad Austral, Argentina. 

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2023-12-12

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Miguens, H. J. (2023). The Concept of Insolvency (Cessation of Payments, State of Default or Bankruptcy Status). A historic and comparative law analysis. REVISTA QUAESTIO IURIS, 16(3), 1631–1673. https://doi.org/10.12957/rqi.2023.75133

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v. 16 n. 3 (2023): REVISTA QUAESTIO IURIS - VOL. 16, N°03

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