Aída R. Kemelmajer de Carlucci (born 4 November 1945) is an Argentine jurist, lawyer, and author. She was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mendoza from 1984 to 2010. Kemelmajer was a member of the drafting commission of the updated Commercial and Civil Codes of Argentina. Born in San Martín, Mendoza, Kemelmajer earned a PhD in Law and Social Sciences the University of Mendoza. She was a tenured professor of civil law at the School of Law of the National University of Cuyo.
Aída Kemelmajer | |
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.jpg) Kemelmajer in 2012 | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Mendoza | |
| In office 1984 – 1 May 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Santiago Llaver |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aída R. Kemelmajer 4 November 1945 San Martín, Mendoza |
| Alma mater | University of Mendoza |
| Awards | Konex Award (2016) |
| Workplace | National University of Cuyo |
Early life and education edit
Aída R. Kemelmajer was born on 4 November 1945 in San Martín, Mendoza[1] to Jaique and Miguel Kemelmajer.[2] As a teenager, she was a castmember of the theater of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the National University of Cuyo.[3]
She earned her PhD in Law and Social Sciences from the University of Mendoza.[1]
Legal career edit
Governor of Mendoza Santiago Llaver appointed Kemelmajer to be the Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza in 1984. She was the first Jew to join the court.[2] Kemelmajer was a judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza Province from 1984 to 2010.[1]
Kemelmajer called for the decriminalization of abortion. In a 2006 case, she ruled that a public hospital, which refused to comply with provisions of article 86 of the Penal Code of Argentina, was required to terminate the pregnancy of a disabled and abused young woman.[4]
Kemelmajer was a tenured professor of civil law at the School of Law of the National University of Cuyo. She taught private law at the university's School of Economic Sciences.[3] She also taught postgraduate courses at universities in various European and Latin American countries.[1] She was a contracted professor at the University I, II, X and XII of Paris, Genoa and Bologna.[2] She was a professor of the Master in Bioethics and Law at the University of Barcelona, where she held membership in the university's Observatory of Bioethics and Law.[5]
Kemelmajer was a member of the drafting commission of the updated Commercial and Civil Codes of Argentina, which have been in force since 2015.[3] She was also part of a study commission for the unification of procedural norms for UNIDROIT and a UNESCO group on the precautionary principle. Kemelmajer is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Union of Judicial Officers and the National Committee for Ethics in Science and Technology.[1]
Kemelmajer has published dozens of books[3] and more than 400 monographic articles. She has also conducted training courses for judges in Argentina and other Latin American countries.[1]
Awards edit
Kemelmajer received a Diamond Konex Award in 2016. She has received degrees of Doctor Honoris Causa from universities in Argentina, Peru, and France.[1]
Selected publications edit
- La separación de hecho entre cónyuges
- La capacidad civil del menor que trabaja
- Los privilegios en el proceso concursal
- La responsabilidad civil en el derecho de familia
- La cláusula penal”; “Derecho real de superficie
- Temas modernos de responsabilidad civil
- Daños causados por dependientes
- Responsabilidad del Estado por los errores judiciales
- Protección jurídica de la vivienda familiar
- Calificación registral de los documentos que tienen origen en decisiones judiciales
- Justicia Restaurativa
- El nuevo Derecho de Familia
- Alimentos[1]
Personal life edit
Kemelmajer married lawyer Nedo Carlucci in 1968. She has two children, Fabiana and Leandro.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Aída R. Kemelmajer de Carlucci" (in Spanish). Fundación Konex. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Runno, Mauricio (18 March 2014). "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci: 'El legado debe ser el de la honestidad intelectual'". Los Andes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Zommer, Laura (12 October 2014). "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci: "Me dolió que se excluyera del Código Civil la responsabilidad del Estado"". La Nacion (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ D'Imperio, Julian (13 June 2018). "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci: "Penalizar el aborto es inconstitucional"". Perfil (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci". Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho (OBD) de la Universidad de Barcelona (in Spanish). 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.