One of Stephen T. Zamora’s former students entered law school with little idea about his future direction. He was fortunate to have a class on contracts with Zamora, Sten Gustafson writes, because “after that first year with him, my path became clear.” The professor made a topic intriguing that could easily be esoteric and tedious, and “opened my eyes to a career path that I could not have imagined otherwise.”
This collection of 19 academic essays honors the memory of Dr. Stephen T. Zamora, the Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, who died unexpectedly in 2016. An international authority in the field, Zamora’s areas of expertise were international trade and investments, international banking, conflicts of laws, international economic relations, Mexican law and US-Mexico relations. In addition, he was the driving force behind the establishment of the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law, the only one of its kind at a US law school.
Written by colleagues and friends, the scholarly articles included in this volume reflect Zamora’s commitment to Mexican law, education and the promotion of US-Mexico cooperation. Topics such as regulating lawyers and legal education, environmental issues and dispute settlement are covered, and articles include “Economic Sovereignty and Oil and Gas Law,” “What Should Immigration Law Become?” and “Freer Trade between the United States and the European Union?” Through this collection, Zamora’s contemporaries aim to expand his legacy and continue his life-long work as an educator, attorney and uniter of peoples.
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction: Professor Stephen T. Zamora: A Visionary and Generous Soul
- Chapter 1: Discernment in Public Law: A Comparative Law Perspective between Spain and the United States of America. From George Floyd’s Death to the Rigidity of Certain Rules: When Common Sense is Lacking
- Chapter 2: Regulating Lawyers: North American Perspectives and Problematics
- Chapter 3: Lawyer Regulation in Canada: Towards Greater Uniformity
- Chapter 4: The Regulation of Legal Education and the Legal Profession in Mexico: An Ongoing Battle
- Chapter 5: The Regulation of the Transnational Legal Profession in the United States
- Chapter 6: Freer Trade Between the United States and the European Union?
- Chapter 7: State-to-state Dispute Settlement under the USMCA: Better than NAFTA?
- Chapter 8: Professor Stephen Zamora’s Interest in Mexico’s Efforts to Reform its Energy Industry
- Chapter 9: Expanding Marine Science Cooperation Between Mexico, Cuba, and the United States in the Gulf of Mexico Through Energy Production Activities and Environmental Mandates
- Chapter 10: Professor Stephen Zamora’s Contributions to Legal Education and Transnational Law
- Chapter 11: Clandestine Tapping and Environmental Liability in Mexico
- Chapter 12: Steve Zamora and Legal Education in Mexico
- Chapter 12: Steve Zamora y la educación jurídica en México
- Chapter 13: Sources of Judicial Independence: An Integrated Approach for the Comparative Study of State Administrative Courts in Mexico
- Chapter 14: What Should Immigration Law Become?
- Chapter 15: A Comparative Analysis of the Dispute Settlement Mechanisms of NAFTA and the New USMCA
- Chapter 16: Harmonization of Corporate Law in Latin America
- Chapter 17: Economic Sovereignty and Oil and Gas Law: Essay on the Normative Interactions between International Law and Constitutional Law
- Chapter 18: Bilateral Cooperation between Mexico and the United States on Information Exchange and Asset Recovery
- Chapter 19: Stephen T. Zamora—A True Legal Eagle: Creativity, Advocacy and Diplomacy—The Zamora Imprimatur
- Addendum to Chapter 19: Professor Stephen T. Zamora: A Talented Professional Relationships Promoter