BIO and CV

Rodrigo Cespedes

PhD researcher, Lancaster University. Former lecturer of Administrative Law and Introduction to the Law, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile. Attorney at law. Researcher in public law, human rights and legal theory. Current research: the right to education and discrimination.


CURRICULUM VITAE

1. PERSONAL DATA

a) Name: Rodrigo Céspedes Proto
b) Citizenship: Italian/Chilean
c) Address: Office C42, Law School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YN, UK
d) Telephone: 07949114007
e) Email: r.cespedesproto@lancaster.ac.uk


2. QUALIFICATIONS

2.1. Degrees

a) Doctoral candidate, Law School, Lancaster University. Thesis: “The right to education and religious discrimination in the case law of the ECtHR, Spain and Italy”
b) Barrister bar exam, Supreme Court, Chile, 1999.
c) Law degree, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile, 1996.

2.2. Languages
a) Mother language: Spanish
b) Languages:
English. Advanced level. TOELF-ibt 100 pts
Italian. Advanced level
French. Intermediate level, B1. TCF (381 pts.)

3. ACADEMIC WORK: TEACHING

a) 2000-2005: lecturer in Introduction to the Law, administrative law and environmental law, full time scholar. Law school, Universidad Catolica of the Norte (UCN), Antofagasta.
b) 2000-2001: Lecturer and organizer of the seminar “Philosophy, jurisprudence of law and legal positivism”. Faculty of Law, UCN, Antofagasta.
f) 2003-2004: Lecturer in “Human rights and cinema”, DELTA-UCN, program for gifted teenagers.
g) 2002-2004: Police Academy, lecturer in criminal law. Grupo de formación policial “Antofagasta”, Carabineros de Chile.
h) 2010-2011: “Bioethical and legal aspects of maternity and child care”, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad del Mar, Santiago.
i) 2002-2003: Lecturer in contract law, UCN, Antofagasta.

4. PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES AS A SPEAKER

a) 2012 “A legal perspective on earning and teaching religion: lessons for the ECtHR”, BSA Socrel / HEA Teaching and Studying Religion 2nd Annual Symposium: Religion and Citizenship: Rethinking the Boundaries of Religion and the Secular, London.
a) 2012 “Massive violations of human rights, the Chilean response” and “Chilean indigenous law and the ILO Convention 169/1989” (2 papers given), Conference Dundee University, April 2012.
b) 2012 “The influence of international law on the Chilean legal system: more than just Pinochet. Conference Queen’s College London.
c) 2012 “Environmental justice for indigenous people in the Post-Pinochet era”, 11th Global Conference - Environmental justice and Global Citizenship, Oxford University.
d) 2011 “International law: Trickle Down Effect symposium”. Edinburgh University. Paper: “The influence of international law on the Chilean legal system”.

6. PUBLICATIONS

6.1. Essays published in legal journals and books

a) “Draw-back y tributos to the comercio exterior chileno” (Drawback and Chilean foreign trade taxes). Revista chilena de derecho vol. 26 Nr. 3/2000, Facultad de derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), pp 49-81.
b) “Régimen general de draw-back de gravámenes aduaneros: Ley 18,708” (Customs taxes drawback: Act 18,708). Revista chilena de derecho vol. 28 Nr. 1/2001, PUC, Chile, pp 525-552.
c) “La fuerza vinculante de la jurisprudencia administrativa” (The binding effect of the tribunal’s decisions). Revista chilena de derecho vol. 28 Nr. 1/2001, Facultad de derecho, PUC, Chile, pp 149-210.
d) “La enseñanza del derecho con casos y la utilización de bases de datos: una experiencia práctica” (Teaching law using case law and the use of data bases: a practical experience). Revista de Educación Nr. 10/2004, pp 15-26. Facultad de Humanidades, UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
e) “El enriquecimiento sin causa en la jurisprudencia chilena” (Unjust enrichment in the Chilean case law). Revista chilena de derecho privado Nro. 2/2006, pp 76-101, Facultad de derecho, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile.
f) “Las relaciones entre derecho y moral: las disputas entre antiguo y nuevo” (The relationship between moral and law: the disputes between the ancient doctrine and the new ones). Revista derecho mayor Nr. 2, Noviembre 2003, pp 245-266. Universidad Mayor, Concepción, Chile (with prof. Julio Alvear).
g) “Normas, usos sociales y sus relaciones con el derecho chileno” (Rules, social norms and the Chilean Legal system). Revista cuadernos jurídicos Nr. 4/2005, pp 121-136, Escuela de Derecho, UCN, Chile.
h) “Principio de legalidad tributaria y gravámenes al comercio exterior chileno” (fiscal legality principle and custom taxes). Revista actualidad jurídica Nr. 10, enero 2005, pp 173-194, Facultad de derecho, Universidad of Desarrollo, Chile.
i) “Veinte años de jurisprudencia sobre el principio de legalidad tributaria durante la vigencia de la Constitución de 1980” (Twenty years of case law about tax legality principle). Revista de derecho Universidad Católica de Valparaíso XXIII Vol. II (2003), pp 271-295.
j) “La propiedad industrial frente al régimen de libre competencia en jurisprudencia chilena” (Copyright and monopoly in the Chilean case law). Revista del Jurista Nr. 24/2003, Derecho de los Mercados, pp 155-161. Medellín, Colombia (with prof. Rodrigo León).
k) “Recurso de protección y tratado de libre comercio” (writ of protection and free trade agreements). “Tributos ilegales: Ditec v. Administración de Aduana de Osorno”. Comentario sentencia de la Corte Suprema (case report, with prof. Eduardo Soto Kloss)). Revista Ius Publicum Nr. 11/2003, pp 215-ss. Universidad Santo Tomás.
l) “El reintegro simplificado de gravámenes aduaneros: Ley 18.840” (Simplifed drawback system of Custom taxes: Act Nr. 18,840), Revista Chilena de Derecho Vol. 28 Nr. 1/2001, Facultad de derecho, UC, pp 59-88.
m) “Principios Generales del derecho, un enfoque desde la perspectiva del derecho público” (Legal principles and public law), Revista Chilena de Derecho Administrativo PUC Nº 5/2011, pp 25-66, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
n) “Laurie Sáez v San José School”, Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts, ILDC 1728 (CL 2011), 18 February 2011.
o) Legislación Ambiental, 2001 (Book). Centro de instrucción a distancia, UCN, Antofagasta. I.S.B.N.: 956-287-101-0.
p) “La división del derecho en público y privado en la jurisprudencia judicial y administrativa chilena” (The public/private law división in the Chilean case law), Revista Chilena de Derecho Administrativo PUC Nº 6/2012, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
q) “Discriminación y género en la jurisprudencia de EE.UU.” (Gender discrimination in US case law), Revista de derecho, Universidad del Desarrollo Nr. 12/2012, Chile.
r) “Agua Mineral Chusmiza SAIC v Comunidad Indígena Aymará de Chusmiza y Usmagana” (2009) (case report), Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts, ILDC 1881 (CL 2011).
s) “Environmental Justice for Indigenous People in the Post-Pinochet Chile”, ISBN eBook published by The Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2013.
t)“The influence of international law on the Chilean legal system: more than just Pinochet”, Queen Mary Law Journal (Conference Special Edition 2013).