This collective work analyzes the evolution and challenges of the Dominican real estate registry system a century after the adoption of the Torrens-inspired model.
Ana Magnolia Méndez Cabrera co-authors the article “Prior in tempore, potior in iure: The Impact of the Principle of Registry Priority on Civil Contracting Rules.” The study critically examines the interaction between civil law rules of property transfer and the registry system, addressing tensions between automatic civil transmission of ownership and the constitutive and validating effects of registration under Law 108-05.
The article concludes that the Dominican registry model possesses distinctive characteristics that prevent the rigid and absolute application of the principle of registry priority, advocating for a functional and constitutionally grounded
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