Armonización del derecho cooperativo en América Latina: desafíos y oportunidades
Abstract
This article reproduces the presentation delivered by the author at the Open Seminar organized by SGECOL (Study Group on European Cooperative Law) held in Manchester on the 31st October 2012 within the activities organized by the International Cooperative Alliance on the closing of the International Year of the Cooperatives. The article deals about the Project of the Framework Law for Cooperatives in Latin America prepared by a group of experts convoked by the Organization of the Cooperatives of America (OCA) in 1988 which had a remarkable influence in the reform of the cooperative laws of different countries of the region. Afterwards, the updating process of the document undertook by the International Cooperative Alliance for the Americas (ICA Americas) twenty year later is addressed. Finally, the underlying principles, the main aspects of the document and its perspectives for the development of the Cooperative Law in Latin America are considered.
Received: 20 February 2013
Accepted: 03 May 2013
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