María Cecilia Fresnedo Herrera

Function(s)

• Professor of Private International Law
• Director of the School of Postgraduates Courses at the University of the Republic
• Legal consultant and arbitrator

Area(s) of Expertise

• International contracts
• International commercial law
• International arbitration
• International Family Law
• General Theory of Private International Law

Biography

María Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre, born in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1 November 1951. Studied Law at the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay (1970-1977) (Attorney, 1974 and Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 1977); Professor of Private International Law at the University of the Republic, School of Law. Teaching and research activities (1984 to date); Member of the Uruguayan Institute of Private International Law (1984 to date); Professor of Private International Law at the Catholic University of Uruguay, School of Law. Teaching and research activities (1994-2017); Director of the Uruguayan Institute of Private International Law, University of the Republic (2017-2021); Director of the International Law Department at the Catholic University of Uruguay (2014-2017); Director of the School of Postgraduates Courses at the University of the Republic (March 2023 to date); visiting professor in several universities in various countries; lecturer in several conferences and seminars in various countries; research Fulbright scholarship, University of California at Davis (1988); research scholarship at UNIDROIT (1998).

Member of the Uruguayan delegation to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (Montevideo-1989; Mexico-1994; Washington-2002); Member of the Uruguayan delegation to the Technical Commission of the Mercosur Justice Ministries (1997-2002); Delegate of Uruguay and of the Inter-American Children’s Institute at several Special Commissions of the Hague Conference of Private International law (2002-2006); Member of the Working Group in charge of the drafting of the Uruguayan General Act on Private International Law (Act Nº 19.920, November 17, 2020); Legal consultant; Member of several Academic Institutions -national and international- and of the Editorial Boards of several Law Reviews. Member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee of the Organization of American States (2021 to date).

Author and co-author of more than 25 books and 150 articles and entries.

Selected publications

1. Derecho International Privado (3 Tomes / Volumes), Montevideo, FCU, 2022
2. Legal Aspects of Cruises, Editor and author of the General Report, Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law, Volume 56, Switzerland, Springer, 2022
3. La Autonomía de la Voluntad en la Contratación Internacional, (Thèse/Thesis), Montevideo, FCU, 1991
4. “La autonomía de la voluntad en la contratación internacional y los principios fundamentales en juego: las novedades de la Ley 19.920”, en Comentarios a la nueva Ley General de Derecho Internacional Privado (Nº 19.920 del 17 de noviembre de 2020), Eduardo Vescovi (Coordinador), Montevideo, Ed. Idea, 2022, pp. 219-266
5. “Ley aplicable y jurisdicción competente en el transporte marítimo de mercaderías: problemas y soluciones”, Estudios de Derecho Marítimo, UCAB 2020-2022, Gustavo Adolfo Omaña Parés (Coordinador), Caracas, 2022, pp. 167-180
6. “Límites de responsabilidad y las Convenciones internacionales”, Academia Nacional de Derecho del Uruguay. Homenaje al Académico de Honor Profesor Emérito Jorge Gamarra, Montevideo, FCU, 2021, pp. 355-384
7. “Las nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a la cooperación jurídica internacional”, Revista Uruguaya de Derecho Internacional Privado Nº 11 (2020), pp. 65-75
8. “Principios y fuentes del Derecho Internacional Privado. El jus cogens y los principios fundamentales”, Revista Uruguaya de Derecho Internacional Privado Nº 11 (2020), pp. 277-295
9. “The Application of the Vienna Convention in Uruguay”, La Convention de Vienne en Amérique – The Vienna Convention in America, 40e Anniversaire de la Convention des Nations Unies sur les contrats de vente internationale de marchandises, sous la direction de Iacyr de Aguilar Vieira et Gustavo Cerqueira, Société de Législation Comparée, 2020, pp. 271-286
10. “Private International Law in Uruguay: Present and Future”, National, International, Transnational: Harmonischer Dreiklang im Recht. Festschrift Fur Herbert Kronke Zum 70 Geburtstag, Herausgegeben von Christoph Benicke, Stefan Huber, Verlag Ernst und Werner Gieseking Bielefeld, 2020, pp. 87-107

Website

https://www.fresnedocapalbo.com.uy/