Curriculum Vitae: Eduardo Mayora-Alvarado 

Personal information: 

Name: Eduardo Mayora-Alvarado.

Date and birthplace: Guatemala April 20, 1957.

Civil status: married to Alicia Bascuñana Farina. 

Education: 

1997     Doctor of Laws, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala.

1992     Diplomado en análisis económico (Economic Analysis Diploma),  Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala May 1992.

1991     Diplomado en fundamentos económicos (Economic Foundations Diploma), Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala December 1991.

1982      Master of Laws (Common Law Studies), Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

1980      Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala.

1978      Certificate of achievement of the III degree of the "French Language and Civilization Studies", Alliance Française, Paris.

1974      Certificate of attendance to the "English Language, Advanced Level", Angloschool, London.

1974      High school diploma, Liceo Javier, Guatemala.

Works and publications: 

     2001     “Mergers and acquisitions in Guatemalan legislation” published by the Latin Lawyer, magazine V. Nov/Dec. 2001, Londres.

2001     “In honor and memory of Frederic Bastiat’s the Law” published by the                  Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, París.

1998     Doctoral Thesis: “IUSNATURALISMO Y ORDENES ESPONTANEOS”, published by the Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Editorial de Amigos del País, Guatemala.

1997     Book: “TEORIA CONSTITUCIONAL, Para la sociedad libre” published by the Fundación República, Buenos Aires, Argentina [ISBN 987-95328-2-1].

1997     “The Capital Markets”, lecture given for the Guatemalan Notarial Institute, and edited and published by them.

1996     “Droit privé, droit public, et liberté”, Revue de la recherche juridique droit prospectif (1996-1 N° XXI - 64) Faculté de droit et de science politique d’Aix-Marseille.

1996     “Derecho privado, derecho público y libertad”, published by the Revista del Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala, January-June 1996, N° 43.

1995     "La Bolsa de Valores, su regulación jurídica y otros aspectos", published by the Guatemalan Bar Association and the Francisco Marroquin University Law Journal.

1995     “Algunos comentarios sobre la Teoría Pura del Derecho de Hans Kelsen”, published by the Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Law Faculty Journal).

1995     “Derecho Privado, Derecho Público y Libertad”, published by the Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Law Faculty Journal). 

1994      “El Poder”, published by the Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Law Faculty Journal).

1993      "El drama de la arena movediza", published by the Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Law Faculty Journal).  This essay was awarded the first price of the "Charles Stillman" annual academic contest, sponsored by Universidad Francisco Marroquin.

1993      "La cultura de los privilegios",  published by the Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín (Law Faculty Journal).

1992      "El tamaño del Estado", published by the Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín.

1992      "Las instituciones del marco constitucional para una economía de mercado", published by the Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín. This article was awarded the first price of the "Charles Stillman" academic contest, sponsored by Universidad Francisco Marroquin.

1992      “Cómo pasar a una economía de mercado democráticamente", jointly with Manuel Ayau C.,  part of the collection  "El desafío neoliberal", edited by  Barry B. Levine, Grupo Editorial Norma.

1990      "The qualifying function of the Stock Market" published by the Guatemalan Notarial Institute.

1990      "The deposit in Bonded Warehouses", published by de Guatemalan Notarial Institute.

1990      "The Rule of Law and the concept of Law", published by the Guatemalan Bar Association Journal, the Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica of Costa Rica "Acta Académica" magazine, and the Francisco Marroquín University Law Journal.

1990      "Common Law, Civil Law and Freedom" (paper presented to the Mont Pelerin Society's regional meeting, Antigua 1990).

1986      "Comparative Analysis of Notarial Law", published by Rafael Landivar University.

1981      "The Sources of Law in the Common and Civil Law Systems" (term paper).

1980      "The License Agreement" (graduation thesis published by Rafael Landivar University). 

Work experience: 

1998 – 01/2000 Member of the Board of the Superintendence of the Tax Administration of Guatemala.

1996/1998                  Member of the Editorial Board and columnist of the daily

and 02/2000…. newspaper “Siglo Veintiuno”

1989 – 02/200 Dean of the School of Law, Francisco Marroquin University.

1982...                         Mayora & Mayora (Attorneys at Law), Senior Partner.

1980 - 1981                 Mayora & Mayora (Attorneys at Law), Junior Partner.

1976 - 1979                 Mayora & Mayora (Attorneys at Law), paralegal. 

Teaching experience: 

1998-               Director of the Seminar on Law and Economics for the program of Doctor of Jurisprudence, Francisco Marroquín University. 

1994-1998 Proffessor of Jurisprudence, Francisco Marroquin University, School of Law.

1993-1994 Professor of Securities Law, Francisco Marroquin University, School of Law.

1988-1994 Professor of Constitutional Law, Francisco Marroquin University, School of Law.

1985                Professor of Notarial Law (summer course) Rafael Landivar University.

1984-1987 Professor of Legal Foundations, Francisco Marroquin University, School of Economics.

1984-1986 Professor of Business Law, Francisco Marroquin University, School of Economics.

1984                Assistant Professor, Notarial Law, Rafael Landivar University, School of Law. 

Affiliations and organizations: 

1997… Member of the “Mont Pelerin Society”.

1996 President of the “Privatization Committee” of the Guatemalan Bar Association.

1996... Guatemalan representative of the "Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Francaise".

1995-1996 Member of the Board of Directors of “Banco Americano” (commercial bank).

1994…                        Member of “The Philadelphia Society”.

1992…           Member of the "Asociación de Amigos del País" and its “Fundación para la Cultura.

1989 ...            Member of the Guatemala Country Club.

1988-1996       Member of the Board of Directors of "Financiera de Inversión, S.A." (Investment bank).

1988 ...            Member of the Board of Trustees, Francisco Marroquin University.

1987 ...            Legal adviser to the Board of Directors of "Bolsa de Valores Nacional, S.A." (Securities exchange).

1980 ...            Member of the Guatemalan Bar Association.

1979 ...            Barrister Member of the legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi, Landivar Inn.

1985-1986 Vice President of the Ethics Board of the Guatemalan Bar Association.

1978-1979            Member of the Rotaract Club (Past-president).

1977-1978            Secretary of the Law Students Association

1988-1994       Member of the Board of Directors of "Seguros Alianza, S.A. (insurance company).

1983-1990       Member of the Rotary Club (Past-president). 

Seminars and other activities: 

Ø                 “A New Century: Challenges for an Open Society” (guest and speaker), Santiago de Chile, Noviembre 2000.

Ø                 “Freedom, Development, and Legal Institutions in Latin America”, Punta del Este Uruguay, October 2000.

Ø                 “Liberty, Morality, Reason and Social Change”, Angra dos Reis, Brasil, August 2000.

Ø                 “Polycentric Law, Liberty and Justice”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Tallahassee, Fl. March 16-19, 2000.

Ø                 “Neoliberal Policies for Development: Analisis and Criticism”, seminar sponsored by Yale Law School and Universidade de Sao Paulo Brasil, March 13-14, 2000.

Ø                 “The Scotish Civilian Tradition and Liberty”, Guatemala City, February 3-5, 2000.

Ø                 “A Etica de Uma Sociedade Livre”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Novembre 1999.

Ø                 “Liberty and Technology”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Guatemala City, November 1998.

Ø                 “Liberty and Law”, Gramado, Brazil, September 1998.

Ø                 “Liberty, Law, and Justice”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Antigua, Guatemala, January 1998.

Ø                 “Liberty and Communitarianism”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Cuernavaca, México, October 1997.

Ø                 “Liberty in American State Constitutions”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., San Antonio, Texas 1996.

Ø                 “Ideas and Change in the Modern World”, The Mont Pelerin Society General Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 1996.

Ø                 “EC Competition Law”, Horsley, England, organized by “The Study Group”, July 14-19, 1996.

Ø                 “The civilization of Liberty in the thought of F.A. Hayek”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Toronto, 1996.

Ø                 “Liberty and Responsibility in the recent Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church”, seminar sponsored Liberty Fund Inc., Antigua Guatemala, 1996.

Ø                 "This Hemisphere of Liberty", The Mont Pelerin Society regional meeting, Cancun, Mexico 1996 (guest and commentator).

Ø                 “Liberty and Responsibility in the Thought of Oliver Wendell Holmes”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Savannah, Georgia, 1995.

Ø                 “The Legacy of Hayek”, Mont Pelerin Society meeting, Cannes, France 1994 (guest and commentator).

Ø                 “Constitutional Interpretation, Liberty, and the Rule of Law”, seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Panajachel, Guatemala 1994.

Ø                 "Constitutionalism in the Americas", seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., San Antonio, Texas 1993.

Ø                 The Mont Pélerin Society 1993 Regional Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (guest and alternate commentator).

Ø                 "Liberty, Justice and the Limits of Knowledge", seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Teresópolis, Brazil 1993.

Ø                 "Constitutionalism in the Americas", seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., San Antonio, Texas 1992.

Ø                 "Liberty and Constitutionalism", seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund, Teresópolis, Brazil 1992.

Ø                 "Raíces del liberalismo en pensadores latinoamericanos", seminar sponsored by Liberty Fund Inc., Antigua Guatemala 1992.

Ø                 "The Western Legal Tradition", seminar sponsored by "Liberty Fund Inc." Panama City Fla. 1991.

Ø                 The Mont Pélerin Society 1990 regional meeting, Antigua Guatemala (guest and speaker).

Ø                 "European Corporate Legal Advisers Seminar", organized by "Euroconference", Brussels, October 1990.

Ø                 "Freedom and Constitutionalism", seminar sponsored by "Liberty Fund Inc." Crystal City Va., 1989.

Ø                 "Liberty and the Rule of Law", seminar sponsored by "Liberty Fund Inc.", Antigua Guatemala, 1989.

Ø                 "The English Legal System", seminar organized by "Euroconference", Robinson College, Cambridge, England 1988.

Ø                 "The Ratifying Conventions", seminar sponsored by "Liberty Fund Inc.", Savannah, Georgia 1988.

Ø                 "John Locke, Two Treatises of Civil Government", seminar sponsored by "Liberty Fund Inc.", Indianapolis, 1988 

Conferences: Various short conferences on topics related with Constitutional Law, Law and Economics, Jurisprudence and Securities Law in Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, France, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador.  

Teaching experience abroad: 

Ø                 Certified Lecturer (Certificado de Ministrante) of the extension course “Law and Economics for Judges” by Instituto Liberal *RS, Porto Alegre Brasil, Mayo, 2000.

Ø                 Certified Lecturer (Certificado de Ministrante) of the extension course “Law and Economics for Judges”, by the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, San Leopoldo, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil, 8 – 11 July, 1999.

Ø                 Lecturer at the “Université d’Été de la Nouvelle Economie”, program in Aix en Provence, France September 1999.

Ø                 Lecturer at the seminars on Liberalism organized by the Institute of Economic Studies Europe at Lauhemburg, Germany, and Oxford, England; July 1998.

Ø                 Certified Lecturer (Certificado de Ministrante) of the extension course “Law and Economics for Judges”, by the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, San Leopoldo, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil, June1998.

Ø                 Certified Lecturer (Certificado de Ministrante) of the extension course “Law and Economics for Judges”, by the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, San Leopoldo, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil, June 1997.

Ø                 Lecturer at the conference “The Reception of Centesimus Annus”, sponsored by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, New York City, February 1997.

Ø                 Certified Lecturer (Certificado de Ministrante) of the extension course “Law and Economics for Judges”, by the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, San Leopoldo, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil, September 1996.

Ø                 Visiting Professor at the Université de Montpellier School of Law, Montpellier, France 1995, lecturing on Law and Economics.

Ø                 Certified Lecturer (Certificado de Ministrante) of the extension course “Law and Economics for Judges” by the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil 1995.

Ø                 Visiting Professor at the Pontificia Universidade Católica de Porto Alegre, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1994, teaching the course of Law and Economics at the graduate level. 

Languages:

Spanish (native), English (proficient), French (fluent), Portuguese (understand and read).