PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE AND REACH: THE CHALLENGE AHEAD

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Mining and Oil and Gas Law, Development, and Investment - Book 1
(Apr 2007)
CHAPTER 8B
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE AND REACH: THE CHALLENGE AHEAD
Patricio Leyton Florez
Attorney
Urrutia & Cia Abogados
Santiago, Chile

PATRICIO LEYTON FLOREZ

Patricio Leyton F. is a Partner in the Santiago, Chile firm of Urrutia & Cia Abogados.

Patricio graduated the Universidad de Chile School of Law, with maximum distinction, in 1995. He earned his LL.M., with distinction, from Georgetown University School of Law in 1999. He was admitted in Chile in 1997.

Patricio has been a Professor of Environmental Law at the Universidad de Chile since 2002, and a Lecturer since 1996. He was also Professor of Environment and Conflict Resolution clinic Training from 2002 to 2004.

Select publications: "Environmental Aspects of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade and Environmental Cooperation Agreement: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, but a Big One Back," Environmental Law Review (Universidad de Chile Law School 2005); "International Arbitration Courts, Environmental and Title Law," Seminars on Environmental Law (Universidad de Chile School of Law 2004); "Compensation in the Use of Natural Resources under the Environmental Impact Assessment System," written with J. Vergara, Environmental Law Review (Universidad de Chile Law School 2003).

Patricio was Coordinator for Latin America and Researcher of Mining...