Introducing

Although most people may think that having studied law the main windows is becoming a lawyer, what I am interested in is University Research and becoming a professor.

I worked for three months while I was doing my degree in a big law firm in Barcelona, learning how to procedur in an insolvency ruling and taking part in some judgements in the Catalan court. Furthermore, after my degree, I have worked in another law firm, not such as big as the first one, but I did learn a lot because we were few lawyers in the firm and we had to deal with some different cases.

But what I really like is being involved in the University world. I did some interesting university projects, as you may see right now.

In 2011, participated in the International Conference "Circulation Internationale de l’information: vers une intégration du droit à la vie privée et des technologies de sécurité", in the University of Montréal (Canada). I did the international inform for the Centre de Recherche en Droit Public of the Law Faculty of the University of Montréal.

Furthermore, in november 2013, I took part in the First Iberian Robotics Conference, celebrated in Madrid. I prepared a poster titled "Robots: security, damages and liability".

Since I was in the latest courses of my degree, I began a member of the new technologies and law research group of the University of Barcelona. We are envolved in so many projectes, most of them in the fields of how the new technologies deals with legal aspects, and above everything, on how we protect the weakest part of the contractual relationship.

I have studied 7 years of Clarinet and Music, obtaining the Medium Grade Diploma in Musical studies. I have been member of the Musical Band of Falset (the little village where I was born) where I played the clarinet for many years. I do love music since I was a child. Even if I'm not into musics (I don't  consider myself modern in terms of music) some of my references are the folllowings:

Pau Casals: I love cello intrument and I really appreciate the figure of Pau Casals. He considered himself a man first, and artist second. He is also one of the most known cellist of the 20th century and his interpretation of the Song of the birds spanned well over his amazing career.

Joaquin Sabina: He is a Spanish singer, also well known in Southamerica, who loves him. His music is kind of poetry and I have seen him "in live" so many times. What I really like of his songs are the lyrics.

Damien Rice: He is an Irish singer. He has a mystic air that gives him a mysterious aura. One of his most well known songs is "The Blower's daughter" which is the soundtrack of the movie "Closer". I discovered him while I was studying in Dublin in 2009 (See Studying Abroad).

Bruce Springsteen: Even if I'm not such a "Boss groupie" I really appreciate some of the Boss' songs. I do like "Kingdom of days". Furthermore, I consider Bruce's work in USA so useful because he tries to change -in some ways- American society. He also participed in the documentary film "The People Speak", based on the Howard Zinn's book ("A People's History of the United States").

La Reina del Blackjack: A young Catalan band --the oldest member of he band is 22- that will released his firt CD this 2014. I've seen them many times in popular parties next to my hometown. They do some versions of another Spanish groups such as "Fito y Fitipaldis" or "M-Clan" but I rather prefer their own songs. Singer's name is Genís Pena: he has a weird malleable well-educated voice, which remainds me Sabina's youngest voice.

Music

I do believe that poetry is so esencial for life as music. In fact, they are born at the same time: poetry is the soul of music. Although my favourite poetry is in Spanish, I also like some poems in English, as one of Peter Handke, "Song of childhood" (although it is written originally in German) which appears at the Wim Wender's movie, "Wings of desire" (Der Himmel über Berlin). Furthermore, my favourite filmmakers (Ian Mackenzie and Velcrow Ripper: see Filmmakers) are great poets too. On their websites you could find some poems, deeply inspirated by nature facts.

Crec que la poesia és tan essencial per a la vida com la música; de fet ambdues van unides: la poesia és l'alè de la música, o a l'inversa.

M'agrada la poesia en tots els idiomes (que conec) però si he d'escollir em decanto per la que està escrita en castellà (crec que és una de les llengües més harmonioses). Dels poetes que m'inspiren (entre altres) són:

Luis García Montero (una de les meves cançons preferides de Sabina, "Nube negra", ve del puny d'aques poeta granadenc).

Julio Cortázar: m'encanta la seva vessant poètica. Em quedo amb "El futuro".

Joaquin Sabina: per a mi és poeta abans que cantant. Té peces que són pura poesia... per exemple, "Con la frente marchita".

Màrius Torres: el vaig conèixer a través del CD "Poetes" de Lluís Llach. M'agrada "Cançó a Mahalta".

Martí Pol: un dels referents en llengua catalana. De les més conegudes "Lletra a Dolors" o "Ara Mateix".

I do love reading and being awake about what is happening around the world. I read diary Spanish newspapers -such as "Público" and "Eldiaro.es", both of them on-line- and sometimes I try to read English newspapers- Huffington Post-.

David Torres is a journalist and a writer. He has a diary column in "Público" which name is "Punto de Fisión". He has a critic vision of what he writes and truly believes that through collective actions we can make world a little better place to live.

Juan José Millás is also a writer and a journalist. I do love his writings in "El País". Some of his novels are truly influenced by Julio Cortázar. He interviewed magnificiently the singer Joaquín Sabina in the following video-documentary: http://vimeo.com/27319877

David Torres és periodista i escriptor. M'encanta la seva columna del diari "Público" que porta com a nom "Punto de fisión". Sempre aporta un punt crític a tot allò que escriu, d'una forma precisa i curosa, tot i picant l'ullet a diari als seus seguidors. Em va enamorar amb el següent article: http://blogs.publico.es/davidtorres/2013/11/14/jugando-a-la-rayuela/

Serge Latouche is a French professor in economy at the University of Paris-Sud. He is one of the thinkers of the "degrowth theory", based on  ecological economics, anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist ideas.

You can find online some of his views on the following links (which I highly recommend; all of them are in English, although he has done so many in French too):

Degrowth economics: Why less should be so much more (2004) http://mondediplo.com/2004/11/14latouche

Would the West actually be happier with less: The world downscaled (2003) http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/27/081.html

Velcrow Ripper is also a Canadian filmmaker. He has produced dozen of films, including "Scared Sacred", which I loved it, where he visited the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, asking himself if it's possible to find some hope in the darkest moments of the history. He has also other films under his belt, like "Fierce light: when spirit meets action", fueled by the belief that another world is possible; and the most recent documentary film, "Occupy Love", where he tries to give an answer to the following question: how could the crisis we are facing become a love story?

He is also a public speaker, a cinematic activist, a writer (has so beautiful poems) and an evolutionary agent, and that's what it makes him so special.

In 2014 we will rise up like never before. We will rise up with compassion, action, and consciousness. We will rise up rooted, like trees. We will rise up connected, like mycorrhizzal fungi, a rhizome spreading, cracking, shattering the cold concrete of a consumer culture bent on self destruction. We will turn the tides, correct the course, re-align, re-design, re-vamp, re-jig it all before the jig is up. Then we’ll dance a jig! We will rise up symbiotic, interdependent and independent, free thinking and open hearted, throwing our mind body heart and spirit into service to the greatest good in this time of greatest crisis.

In 2012 I graduated in Law in the University of Barcelona. After that, I did a Masters degree in private and business law, ending it with a thesis based on the new contractual remedies such as gross disparity or unfair exploitation that may avoid a contract when one of the parties obtains an excessive advantage due to the other party's situation (please see the section Working: University Research).

I am interested in the areas of private law, trying to improve the protection of the weaker party of the contract. Some fields that I had studied are consumers law, family law, inheritance and contractual law; in a national perspective but also in a widespread view: I like to study the new european private law and the steps that has taken in the last few decades.

Futhermore, I have always been intersted in studying abroad. In 2009 I spent two months in Dublin, in the Trinity College, studying two main law courses: Comparative Civil Rights and Internationl Criminal Law, which I successfully passed with a B grade.

In 2010, I could take part in a law-summer course in "La Sorbonne" where I was learning the main clues of European Union Law.

I do love lanuages so since I am little I've been travelling abroad (prefrebly UK) taking some English courses. I got the Proficiency Level in the North American Institute in Barcelona.

Futhermore, my passion is French so I did three years of French language in the Français Institute of Barcelona. Last year I got the intermediate level L3 (A2+).

He is a Canadien filmaker, speaker and crowfunder. He has a nice and attractive websites (See Websites).

His focus covers a range of diverse topics & subjects, though all fall under his mission of uncovering and amplifying stories of the emerging paradigm.

He has done such a revolutionary work. He makes you think, and he does it in a way that is impassioned, kind and lusciously filmed. One of his latest works has been the prodduction of Velcrow Ripper’s feature film Occupy Love, and more recently released the short film Reactor. Sacred Economics (2012) is one of his most populars web films, in collaboration with author Charles Eisenstein (See Activists #1). One of his previous shorts, "The Revolution is Love (2011)" was named one of the top 10 Occupy films to watch 2011.

His first documentary was released in 2010, "One week Job".

He is an occasionary writter and you could find some essays -and also few poems!- on his website, which I highly recommend!

"The river of Time & Memory carries the deep knowing that I want to forget: that one day the cold with claim me, and it will hurt, for a time. But this world was not meant for me or you. We were meant for Her".

Charles Eistenstein

He is definetly one of my favourite activists. He is the author of several books including The Ascent of Humanity, Sacred Economics and The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible.

He is also one of the visionaries of "Occupy Love" (see Filmakers-Documentaries) and he defines himself as a "degrowth activist" (See also new paradigms: Serge Latouche and the "degrowth theory").

"When any of us meet someone who rejects dominant norms and values, we feel a little less crazy for doing the same. Any act of rebellion or non-participation, even on a very small scale, is therefore a political act".

I have been attracted by literature since I was really little. I do remember myself spending all nights reading and my mum asking to turn off the light. I love reading all kind of books (although I'm not really interested in fantastic literature). I rather prefer original version than the translation, so I try to read in the writer's original language. 

Some of my favourite writers are the following (and their novels):

Roberto Bolaño: He died at the age of 50, but he could become one of the greatest contemporary writers. Some of his novels are "2666", "Los detectives salves" or "El gaucho insufrible".

Julio Cortázar: his greatest novel is "Rayuela", which is difficult to classify, even for the academics. He has also greatest writings, such as the shortest tales as "Queremos tanto a Glenda".

Jaume Cabré: he is a Catalan university professor which his latest novel, "Jo confesso", constitutes an evil apology. I would think that he will become one of the greatest writers in Catalan language.

Antonio Muñoz Molina: he is my favourite Spanish writer. One of his latest novels "La noche de los tiempos" has been translated in to many languages. He was the director of the Instituto Cervantes of New York and he is one of the most influence intellectuals in Spain. He is really active in his website (See Websites) and he collaborate with the newspaper "El País", in the Culture section.

Des de ben petita em sento atreta pel món dels llibres. Em fascina llegir novel·la -en general de qualsevol àmbit, tot i que no m’entusiasma la fantàstica-. Prefereixo llegir en l’idioma original de l’autor i per això em decanto sempre (si l’idioma m’ho permet) per la versió original. Alguns dels autors (i les seves obres) que més m’agraden són:

- Roberto Bolaño: té obres cèlebres com “2666” o “Los detectives salvajes”, i altres relats de contes més curts com “El Gaucho insufrible”. A Barcelona existeix, de fet, la “Ruta Bolaño”. - Julio Cortázar: “Rayuela” o l’anti-novel·la, com l’anomenen alguns crítics. També té varis llibres de contes, entre ells “Queremos tanto a Glenda”. De Cortázar sempre m’ha agradat molt la seva vessant poètica (Veure Poesia). - Jaume Cabré: “Jo confesso”: és una apologia del mal. Crec que, d’aquí uns anys, serà considerada una obra cabdal de la literatura catalana. - Antonio Muñoz Molina: “La noche de los tiempos”, “Ventanas sobre Manhattan” o “Beatus ille”. És un dels intel·lectuals espanyols que més m’agraden. Escriu també a “El País” i té un blog força despert (Veure Websites).