Prólogo
| Author | Hans Van Loon |
| Pages | 13-16 |
Prólogo
Es para mí un inmenso honor, personal e institucional –como
Presidente de A– que se me haya conado la tarea de pre-
sentar la publicación de la Lección Inaugural de Hans L
sobre «El horizonte global del Derecho internacional privado».
He tenido la oportunidad de leer –y releer– este magníco
trabajo, obra ecuménica que considero de mayúscula signica-
ción por lo que representa para la historia, la actualidad y el fu-
turo del Derecho internacional privado, y también para todos
nosotros los privatistas. Se concentran en ella una extraordinaria
síntesis histórica, jalonada por una profunda riqueza conceptual,
una muy certera descripción del estado actual de nuestra ma-
teria, y un preciso abordaje de los principales desafíos a los que se
enfrenta la disciplina en el primer cuarto del siglo .
El relato histórico va decantando magistralmente la relación
entre las diferentes etapas de la humanidad a través de los siglos
y su reejo en el Derecho internacional privado y en sus tenden-
cias, que, como no podía ser de otro modo, acompasan las di-
rectivas de cada época, todo a través de una explicación sencilla,
de fácil y amena lectura, pero no exenta de aportes sustanciales.
La Lección capta al lector desde sus comienzos, pues se reejan
de inmediato en ella los conocimientos de su autor, el análisis
agudo, la profusión de ideas, al mismo tiempo que la seguridad
de que quien escribe ha transitado las sendas del Derecho inter-
nacional privado durante décadas, y ha conocido la evolución y
el desarrollo de la materia desde los más diversos ángulos: crea-
ción y evolución legislativa –que analiza con una visión crítica
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