Mexican Law || Lifelong Learning Program
Event Category: Presentations/Discussions
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Mexican Law
Gabriel García McFarland.
4 classes: Monday 4, Wednesday 6, Friday 8, and Monday 11.
Class 1:00 – 3:00, social hour 3:00 – 4:00.625 pesos
This course is a general introduction to Mexican law. It will begin with the origins of Mexican law in the Napoleonic Code, a different system from the origin of American and Canadian law in English common law. It will include attention to the historical influence of Roman law on both the written and precedent law systems in Mexico, compare criminal law systems of Anglo and Latin origin, discuss a general theory of law in Mexico in terms of structure and division, and end with an analysis of the current Mexican law system from the federal to the local levels, including attention to the theory vs. the reality of law in Mexico.
Gabriel García McFarland is an attorney in private practice and a professor of law at the Universidad Patria, both in San Miguel. His law firm specializes in civil, mercantile, penal, labor, and administrative law. He earned his law degree and a Masters degree in state and local public administration from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. He has served as a court translator in civil and criminal court, English/Spanish.
Announcing the 2019-2020 Lifelong Learning Program Courses
The Lifelong Learning Program at the Centro Cultural / Instituto Allende provides San Miguel de Allende residents and visitors with the opportunity of taking courses designed for self-enrichment, intellectual stimulation, and fun. Courses are designed for adult learners by skilled instructors. All program staff and instructors are volunteers in order to keep tuition as low as possible. All courses take place in the Lifelong Learning Program classroom on the upper level of the Instituto, Ancha de San Antonio 22.
We offer approximately two dozen courses from October through March. There are two to seven two-hour classes per course. For schedules and fees, which include social hour snacks after each class, or lunch in one-day courses, please see course descriptions below. The program is an excellent way to meet interesting new people and to indulge your intellectual curiosity. Now you can finally take those intriguing courses you never had time to take in school, but with no homework, exams, or grades!
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