Vol. 1 No. 1 (2013): Forseti Nº 1

The story goes that five friends, and later the entire Forseti team, set themselves an apparently simple goal: not to graduate from the University of the Pacific Law School without leaving a mark. We may well have passed through the University, passing all the courses, to then get a job in an important law firm or in a legal department of a company. However, we didn't think that would be fair. All the more so if we consider that our faculty is still very young.

The goal that these five friends and the Forseti team set for themselves today is achieved today. A civil association was formed to promote law through the publication of a high quality magazine and the organization of events on topics of legal relevance and topicality.

This magazine is divided into two parts. Our "Old Testament" consists of seven interesting articles. First of all, Dr. Alejandro Falla introduces us to the world of predatory pricing by state-owned enterprises. Next, Cecilia O'Neill conducts a rigorous analysis of the regulation of international leniency programs with special implications in Peru. Mario Drago and Fiorella Zumaeta, in turn, comment on Peru's system of eliminating bureaucratic barriers and how this model is very useful in developing countries.

Then, professors Carlos Zelada and Eduardo Bertoni carry out a profound jurisprudential analysis of the right to privacy through the different pronouncements of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Subsequently, Dr. Carlos Granda analyzes the stipulation known as Go-Shops applied in contracts for the purchase and sale of shares. Professor Oscar Sumar analyzes the implications of the enacted law on junk food, and finally Guillermo Hidalgo and Cynthia Aldazábal study the deduction of pre-operating expenses in the Income Tax Law.

The "New Testament" constitutes an analysis of the practical application of law. On this occasion we have two resolutions of INDECOPI and two judgments of our Constitutional Court.

 As a first point, the resolutions of INDECOPI. We make available to all our readers the resolution of the Free Competition Commission of INDECOPI against UNACEM and other distributors, which analyzes their responsibility for the commission of vertical collusive practices (Cementos Lima Case). In the second place, the decision of the Specialized Chamber for Consumer Protection of INDECOPI that declares unfounded the appeal filed by Santillana, sanctioned for having distorted the process of selection of school textbooks (Caso Editoriales).

Regarding the rulings of the Constitutional Court, the first one involves the questioning of whether the amount received for expropriations constitutes income affects the Income Tax Law, while the second one deals with the distortion of a pre-professional practice contract.

Finally, I am fortunate to be able to welcome you to Forseti, the first academic journal edited by students of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad del Pacífico that is published quarterly on Forseti's website. Being able to write these lines means that we have come a long and complex way, but I can say that it has been worth it.

Forseti shows that a simple idea could become a reality, and that with effort, we managed to overcome what many indicated as a distant longing.

Finally, I could not end these lines without thanking those who annoyed and trusted that making a magazine was possible: Andrés Hundskopf, Sebastián de la Puente, Ernesto Cabrera and Sebastián Castro. As well as all the authors who trusted Forseti even though it was only a project. And now the challenge for all Forseti members is to keep the flame burning.

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