Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
Luis practiced law in Mexico, where he achieved several years of experience in litigation, consultancy and legal and policy research. He was a high level policy advisor to Mexican President Vicente Fox’s transitional government.
Luis pursued his Ph. D. in Human Rights in Spain, at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He has taught in the areas of jurisprudence, constitutional law, international law, legal research and human rights in several universities in Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Canada and Australia. His main research interests are Human Rights; Political Theory; Cultural Legal Studies; Third World Approaches to International Law; Utopianism; Law and Literature; Law and Popular Culture; Critical Legal Theory; Feminist Jurisprudence; Latin American History and Politics and European History and Politics.
Mexico's military is a lethal killing force – should it really be deployed as police?
Apr 24, 2017 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
There is nothing noble about war. In the words of the Spanish-American philosopher and poet George Santayana, it wastes a nations wealth, chokes its industries, kills its flower, and condemns it to be governed by...
Twitter diplomacy: how Trump is using social media to spur a crisis with Mexico
Jan 28, 2017 03:56 am UTC| Technology
Six days after taking office, President Donald Trump is facing the first international crisis of his administration. And its unfolding on Twitter. Following through on campaign promises to crack down on immigration,...
What does Donald Trump think about drugs?
Jan 18, 2017 09:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In recent years, many countries with the conspicuous exception of Indonesia and the Philippines have been rethinking the international war on drugs. The world, it seems, has grown tired of mass incarceration, militarised...
In Mexico, gas is fueling the flames of revolt
Jan 17, 2017 13:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
It is already clear that 2017 will be a difficult year for Mexico and not just because it will (or wont) have to pay for a big, beautiful wall. On New Years Day, gas prices in the country jumped 14% to 20% after the...
Is the US really ready to end its drug war?
Jan 06, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In recent years an international movement to reform global narcotics policies has been growing, with activists and presidents alike declaring that the United States war on drugs has failed. Now it seems the US has finally...
Just who are the millions of 'bad hombres' slated for US deportation?
Nov 16, 2016 12:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In an interview with CBSs 60 Minutes, United States president-elect Donald Trump highlighted some campaign promises that he actually plans to keep. Among others, he confirmed that he will build his promised wall on the...
The wall and the beast: Trump’s triumph from the Mexican side of the border
Nov 10, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Insights & Views
Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States, even though political pundits predicted that he would not even win the Republican presidential nomination. In the end, more 59 million Americans voted for...
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