Argentina on the Eve of a New Civil and Commercial Code

Abstract

This paper originates in the report submitted to the Intermediate Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, which took place in Taiwan in May 2012 under the heading “Scope and Structure of the Civil Codes”. However, this is in fact a different paper because in between the preparation of such paper and today, Argentina has decisively advanced towards the enactment of a new Civil and Commercial Code. Hence, this paper will mainly refer to the presentation of the Civil and Commercial Code Draft which will probably have been passed by Congress by the time this book gets to the readers. The first few pages will be covering introductory matters to focus then our analysis on the Draft and we will respond the suggested topics from this perspective.