Month: November 2021

Gustavo Balmaseda Hoyos, a well-known scholar, professor and lawyer from Chile, was accepted as a member of the Union by the decision of the board of the Union of Law Scientists.

Professor Gustavo Balmaseda Hoyos is a Doctor of Law (Spain), Professor of Criminal Law, Academic Director of the Center for the Study of Law in Chile, Lawyer with a specialization in Criminal Law, author of more than 40 academic publications and books.

Mr. Gustavo Hoyos has been working with the union for a year. He delivered a presentation on December 4, 2020 and November 18, 2021, at an international academic discussion organized by the Union and its publication, co-organized by the international scientific journal Herald of Law.

Congratulations to Mr. Gustavo Balmaseda Hoyos on joining the Union of Law Scientists and good luck to him!

We hope his cooperation with the union will be fruitful.

On November 18, 2021, an online international Scientific discussion on problematic issues of  Self Defense and State of Necessity in criminal law was organized by the Union of Law Scientists and the international scientific journal Herald of Law.

The discussion was held on a zoom platform.

Presenters were:

Professor Gustavo Balmaseda Hoyos (from Chile) and Kakha Tsikarishvili (from Georgia).

Professor Gustavo Balmaseda Hoyos is Doctor of Law (Spain), Professor of Criminal Law, Academic Director of the Center for Law Studies in Chile, Lawyer with a specialization in Criminal Law, author of over 40 scientific publications.

It should be noted that on December 4, 2020, Professor Gustavo Balmaseda Hoyos, gave a 1-hour lecture on “Key Aspects of Complicity Latin America and in Georgia” co-organized by the Union of Law Scientists and the Journal of the Herald of Law.

Kakha Tsikarishvili is a member of the Union of Law Scientists, professor at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

The discussion was held within the framework of the pilot project “Online Scientific Discussions”.

Representatives of academic circles, lawyers, judges and lawyers participated in the discussion.

The full video of the discussion will be available on youtube, as well as on the website of the Union of Law Scientists and the magazine “Herald of Law”.

A video recording of the discussion can also be found at this link

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tmK3GkWcb8