The Conceptions of Rights in Latin America

Angel Oquendo is Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut, and Visiting Professor at U.C. Berkeley (Boalt Hall). At Boalt Hall, Oquendo is teaching Civil Procedure, International Human Rights and Latin American Law. After graduating from Yale Law School, Oquendo clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He has been a visiting professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2001-02), the Free University of Berlin (1998-99) and the University of Aix-en-Provence (1998).

Oquendo's publications and research focus on self-determination, comparative corporate law, Latin American law, jurisprudence, moral and political philosophy, international dispute resolution, and critical race theory. He published the book "Democracia y Pluralismo" (2004) and has written numerous articles, including "Liking to be in America: Puerto Rico's Quest for Difference within the United States" in the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law (2003) and "Deliberative Democracy in Habermas and Nino" in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (2002). Oquendo is a member of the bar in Connecticut and Puerto Rico.

This event is sponsored by the CLAS Working Group on Law & Policy in Latin America. Lunch will be served.