Carlos Fernando Rosenkrantz (born 27 October 1958) is an Argentine lawyer and a member of the

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since 2016, nominated by

Mauricio Macri Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previo ...

. He served as president of the court from 2018 to 2021, and currently serves as vice president of the court.

Biography

Rosenkrantz was born in

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. His father was a Jewish-Polish immigrant and his mother a teacher from

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. He studied law at the

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and later in the

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thanks a Fulbright Scholarship.CV Dr. Carlos Rosenkrantz
/ref> He was rector of the

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Education

He received a lawyer in 1983 from the

and in 1987 he made a

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. Two years later he received a

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from the same university.

Legal Study

Together with Gabriel Bouzat he headed an important Argentine legal firm, called Bouzat, Rosenkrantz & Asociados. It recognizes among its clients Cablevisión, Grupo Clarín,

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, La Rural S.A.,

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, the Yaciretá Binational Entity, the

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and the province of Corrientes.

San Andres University

In June 2008 he assumed as rector of the

until December 2015.

Books

"The issues of Federalism: Analysis of the constitutional reform from the perspective of comparative federalism," with Jorge E. Douglas Price. "Non-contractual liability: Where Philosophy, Law and Economics come together." "Trust and Law in Latin America", with Marcelo Bergman. "Tribute to Carlos S. Nino", with Marcelo Alegre and Roberto Gargarella. "Legal Reasoning, Law Science and Democracy in Carlos Nino", with Rodolfo Vigo.

Distinctions

He received the gold medal in 1975 at the National School Domingo F. Sarmiento in Buenos Aires. He was championed in 1983 of the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires with a Final Average of 9.42. In 2016 he received the Konex Prize for the Humanities for the period 2006–2015, in the discipline "Theory and Philosophy of Law".

References

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