jueves, 25 de noviembre de 2010

Escuela Judicial de la AMFJN

“CONCEPTOS ECONÓMICOS Y FINANCIEROS EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN Y LA PRUEBA PERICIAL”

EXPOSITOR: Ctdor. David Silber


TEMARIO:
1. Lenguaje en general y lenguaje contable

2. El ente como propietario del sistema contable

3. El factor tiempo - Comparabilidad

4. Normas contables que regulan su lenguaje. Mención, alcance, alternativas de uso e incompatibilidades.

5. El patrimonio y su evolución. Concepto de ganancia.

6. El proceso contable. Secuencia, registro, y contenido.

7. Los estados contables y la información complementaria.

8. La valuación contable, criterios, moneda, valor de mercado.



COORDINADOR: Ctdor. Oscar Fernández, Perito Contador del Cuerpo de Peritos Contadores de la CSJN


DIA: 30 de noviembre de 2010


HORA: 15:00 a 17:00 hs.


LUGAR: Salón auditorio de la AMFJN, sito en Lavalle 1334 - Subsuelo


Actividad extracurricular por la cual se reconocerán 2 horas del programa de la Escuela Judicial del Instituto Superior de la Magistratura.
“La Escuela Judicial de la Asociación de Magistrados esta diseñada para la formación y actualización permanente de Magistrados y Funcionarios del Poder Judicial y de los Ministerios Públicos, a los que también tienen acceso los empleados abogados.”

INSCRIPCIÓN: Telefónicamente al 4372-2287 en el horario de 10 a 16 hs. o por E-mail: escjudicial@asocmagistra.org.ar

Buenos Aires, noviembre de 2010

lunes, 8 de noviembre de 2010

Diez consejos para noveles litigantes

Cuando se presenta un caso ante un abogado joven con poca experiencia la ansiedad, los nervios e inclusive el temor pueden acudir a la cita. ¿Cómo encarar la demanda? ¿De qué manera redactarla? ¿Cómo argumentar jurídicamente? son algunas de las preguntas que pueden desvelar a quiénes libran sus primeras batallas en esta profesión. Por ello, desde este modesto blog brindamos algunos tips para jóvenes profesionales.



1) Escuchar atentamente al cliente. Evitar interrumpirlo. Tomar nota de los hechos del caso y luego comenzar a cubrir las lagunas de la narración, preguntando sobre detalles.


2) Chequear la cuestión referente a la legitimación pasiva y activa. Piedra angular junto a la configuración de un caso. ¿A cuántos debo demandar? ¿Se encuentra facultado legalmente el cliente a poner en movimiento la maquinaria jurisdiccional?


3) Averiguar con que pruebas documentales cuenta el cliente y solicitar que informe nombre, DNI, domicilio y profesión de los testigos de los hechos del caso.


4) Teniendo en consideración los hechos del caso buscar jurisprudencia y doctrina que describan los hechos del caso. Los fallos y la opinión de autores permitirá conocer el derecho aplicable.


5) Revisar la legislación vinculada al caso y analizar que artículos de leyes, Códigos y Constitución Nacional entran en juego.


6) Comenzar la redacción. Ante cualquier duda en la descripción de los hechos contactar al cliente a fin de disiparla y de esta manera evitar cometer equivocaciones.


7) A fin de apuntalar la estrategia argumentativa hacer el ejercicio esquizofrénico de ponerse en la mente del futuro adversario en la contienda jurídica. De esta manera, al vislumbrar los posibles argumentos que empleará la contraparte en la contestación de demanda resulta posible no solo evaluar los puntos débiles de la propia argumentación sino también desarrollar ideas que permitan refutar de antemano un probable ataque a la estrategia de nuestra parte.


8) Quién alega un hecho debe probarlo. En atención a ello resulta fundamental analizar y revisar toda la prueba ofrecida. Reflexionar acerca de a quién se dirige un oficio, si conviene solicitar pericias, testigos, etc.


9) Jamás olvidar de reservar caso federal para el “hipotético e improbable” caso que el Juez no haga lugar a la demanda.


10) Disfrutar la incomparable adrenalina que genera litigar.

miércoles, 3 de noviembre de 2010

Force majeure under the authority of CISG

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (hereinafter CISG) entitles the non-defaulting party of an international commercial contract to claim for damages in case of failure of the other party. Despite the fact that a fundamental breach of the contract (art. 25 CISG) could not be proved, parties could submit a claim for damages. However, there is an exception to this general rule, which is contained under the authority of article 79 CISG:



“(1) A party is not liable for a failure to perform any of his obligations if he proves that the failure was due to an impediment beyond his control and that he could not reasonably be expected to have taken the impediment into account at the time of the conclusion of the contract or to have avoided or overcome it or its consequences.


(2) If the party's failure is due to the failure by a third person whom he has engaged to perform the whole or a part of the contract, that party is exempt from liability only if:


(a) he is exempt under the preceding paragraph; and


(b) the person whom he has so engaged would be so exempt if the provisions of that paragraph were applied to him.


(3) The exemption provided by this article has effect for the period during which the impediment exists.


(4) The party who fails to perform must give notice to the other party of the impediment and its effect on his ability to perform. If the notice is not received by the other party within a reasonable time after the party who fails to perform knew or ought to have known of the impediment, he is liable for damages resulting from such nonreceipt.


(5) Nothing in this article prevents either party from exercising any right other than to claim damages under this Convention.”



Comparing this article with Civil Code of Argentina it is reasonable to assume that it is similar to “force majeure” (art. 514 Civil Code). CISG did not use the words “force majeure” because the meaning of them vary depending on the country and as it is well know one of the most important aims of the Convention is to uniform international sales law. As a consequence it is used the phrase “impediment beyond his control”.


What is considered an impediment beyond the parties´control? An event that is unavoidable and the party could have not prevented. Hurricanes, earthquakes, social crisis and in some cases strikes. This last example depends on where have happened strikes according to case law.


Concerning temporary impediments, Honnold says: “…in the context of the Convention ´s limited rights of avoidance there is no justification for a rule that a party awaiting performance is both a) deprived of compensation for delay and b) require to accept the late performance”.


The cornerstone of this matter is the burden of proof.


“The burden of proof as regards liability exemption must be lifted by the party who seeks an exemption, and this means that the non-performing party remains liable unless he proves that a series of 'conditions' are fulfilled”.


“To overcome” means to take the necessary steps to preclude the consequences of the impediment. It is closely associated with the condition of the external character of the impeding event. The attention should be focused on the behaviour of the defaulting party.


A party who is under an obligation to act must do all in his power to carry out his obligation and may not await events which might later justify his non-performance.


The possibility to avoid or overcome an impediment has to be judged according to the contractual allocation of risks (cf. Schlechtriem-Stoll, Art. 79 CISG, para. 16 et seq.). Regarding the fact whether seller or buyer retains the risk it is necessary to take into consideration INCOTERMS (FOB, CIF, CFR, etc).


In order to avoid liability parties should not forget to notify the impediment within reasonable time.


To conclude it is important to highlight that art. 79 CISG only provides an exemption to reward damages when the party was prevented from performing the contract because of an impediment beyond its control. There is no restriction to claim for others right protected by the Convention.

http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/loo79.html


Tallon, Denis in Bianca-Bonell Commentary on the International Sales Law, Giuffrè: Milan (1987) 572-595 (1987) 572-595. Reproduced with permission of Dott. A Giuffrè Editore, S.p.A. http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/tallon-bb79.html

http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/secomm/secomm-79.html