Ernesto Jinesta Lobo
Ernesto Jinesta is a lawyer specialized in Administrative and Constitutional Law, with an extensive experience of more than 30 years of professional practice and deep knowledge.
He worked for 30 years in the Judicial Branch, as a former Contentious Administrative Judge, former High Contentious Administrative Judge, former Magistrate and former President of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.
He was co-drafter of the current Code of Contentious-Administrative Procedure, as well as several legislative reforms to Constitutional Jurisdiction Act.
Biography
He holds a PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in Administrative Law (1995) and a specialisation in Constitutional Law from the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies in Madrid (1993).
His extensive knowledge has been recognised with two national awards, the “Alberto Brenes Córdoba” awarded by the Costa Rican Bar Association (1995) and the “Ulises Odio Santos” awarded by the Supreme Court of Justice (1999).
He is currently the president of the Costa Rican Association of Administrative Law and the Costa Rican Academy of Law.
Education and experience
His knowledge and experience has been internationally recognised, and has granted him the status of member of several organisations, such as the Ibero-American Forum of Administrative Law (FIDA), the International Institute of Administrative Law (IIDA), the Ibero-American Network of Public Procurement (REDICOP), the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Law, the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Procedural Law, the Ibero-American Institute of Procedural Law.
He is Honorary Member of the Administrative Law Associations of Mexico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, among others.
He is also a university professor, not only in Costa Rica but also in European and Ibero-American Universities.
Additionally, he has published 24 books and more than 120 specialized articles in legal journals of Costa Rica, Latin America and Spain.
Organisations to which he belongs
- President and founding member of the Costa Rican Association of Administrative Law (ASCODA).
- President and Member of the Costa Rican Law Academy.
- Member of IPI Ius Publicum Innovatio Strategic Public Law www.ipi.com.es (Spin-off University of Coruña, Spain)
- Member of the International Institute of Administrative Law (IIDA).
- Member of the Ibero-American Association of Administrative Law.
- Member of the Ibero-American Forum of Administrative Law (FIDA).
- Member of the Academic Steering Committee of the Ibero-American Public Procurement Network (REDICOP).
- Member of the Euro-Latin American Educational Network of Administrative Law (REDOEDA).
- Member of the International Network of Public Goods (RIBP).
- Member of the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Law (IIDC).
- Member of the World Association of Constitutional Justice (AMJC).
- Member of the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Procedural Law (IIDPC).
- Member of the Ibero-American Institute of Procedural Law (IIDP).
- Honorary Member of the Mexican Association of Administrative Law.
- Honorary Member of the Dominican Association of Administrative Law.
- Honorary Member of the Center for Research in Administrative Law of the Faculty of Law of the Nationalniversity of Rosario (Argentina).
- Honorary member of the Nicaraguan Association of Administrative Law.
- Corresponding member of the Galician Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence.
- Corresponding member of the Paraguayan Academy of Law and Social Sciences.
- Member of the Colombian Association of Constitutional Procedural Law.
- Member of the Costa Rican Institute of Scientific Procedural Law (Costa Rica chapter of the Ibero-American Institute of Procedural Law).
- Member of the Ibero-American Association of Regulation Studies.
