Aída Kemelmajer
Kemelmajer in 2012
Justice of the Supreme Court of Mendoza
In office
1984 – 1 May 2010
Appointed bySantiago Llaver
Personal details
Born
Aída R. Kemelmajer

(1945-11-04) 4 November 1945
San Martín, Mendoza
Alma materUniversity of Mendoza
AwardsKonex Award (2016)
WorkplaceNational University of Cuyo

Aída R. Kemelmajer de Carlucci (born 4 November 1945) is an Argentine jurist, lawyer, and author. She was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mendoza from 1984 to 2010. Kemelmajer was a member of the drafting commission of the updated Commercial and Civil Codes of Argentina. Born in San Martín, Mendoza, Kemelmajer earned a PhD in Law and Social Sciences the University of Mendoza. She was a tenured professor of civil law at the School of Law of the National University of Cuyo.

Early life and education

Aída R. Kemelmajer was born on 4 November 1945 in San Martín, Mendoza[1] to Jaique and Miguel Kemelmajer.[2] As a teenager, she was a castmember of the theater of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the National University of Cuyo.[3]

She earned her PhD in Law and Social Sciences from the University of Mendoza.[1]

Governor of Mendoza Santiago Llaver appointed Kemelmajer to be the Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza in 1984. She was the first Jew to join the court.[2] Kemelmajer was a judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza Province from 1984 to 2010.[1]

Kemelmajer called for the decriminalization of abortion. In a 2006 case, she ruled that a public hospital, which refused to comply with provisions of article 86 of the Penal Code of Argentina, was required to terminate the pregnancy of a disabled and abused young woman.[4]

Kemelmajer was a tenured professor of civil law at the School of Law of the National University of Cuyo. She taught private law at the university's School of Economic Sciences.[3] She also taught postgraduate courses at universities in various European and Latin American countries.[1] She was a contracted professor at the University I, II, X and XII of Paris, Genoa and Bologna.[2] She was a professor of the Master in Bioethics and Law at the University of Barcelona, where she held membership in the university's Observatory of Bioethics and Law.[5]

Kemelmajer was a member of the drafting commission of the updated Commercial and Civil Codes of Argentina, which have been in force since 2015.[3] She was also part of a study commission for the unification of procedural norms for UNIDROIT and a UNESCO group on the precautionary principle. Kemelmajer is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Union of Judicial Officers and the National Committee for Ethics in Science and Technology.[1]

Kemelmajer has published dozens of books[3] and more than 400 monographic articles. She has also conducted training courses for judges in Argentina and other Latin American countries.[1]

Awards

Kemelmajer received a Diamond Konex Award in 2016. She has received degrees of Doctor Honoris Causa from universities in Argentina, Peru, and France.[1]

Selected publications

  • La separación de hecho entre cónyuges
  • La capacidad civil del menor que trabaja
  • Los privilegios en el proceso concursal
  • La responsabilidad civil en el derecho de familia
  • La cláusula penal”; “Derecho real de superficie
  • Temas modernos de responsabilidad civil
  • Daños causados por dependientes
  • Responsabilidad del Estado por los errores judiciales
  • Protección jurídica de la vivienda familiar
  • Calificación registral de los documentos que tienen origen en decisiones judiciales
  • Justicia Restaurativa
  • El nuevo Derecho de Familia
  • Alimentos[1]

Personal life

Kemelmajer married lawyer Nedo Carlucci in 1968. She has two children, Fabiana and Leandro.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Aída R. Kemelmajer de Carlucci" (in Spanish). Fundación Konex. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Runno, Mauricio (18 March 2014). "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci: 'El legado debe ser el de la honestidad intelectual'". Los Andes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Zommer, Laura (12 October 2014). "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci: "Me dolió que se excluyera del Código Civil la responsabilidad del Estado"". La Nacion (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ↑ D'Imperio, Julian (13 June 2018). "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci: "Penalizar el aborto es inconstitucional"". Perfil (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci". Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho (OBD) de la Universidad de Barcelona (in Spanish). 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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