Norberto de la Mata
Norberto Javier de la Mata Barranco (February 9, 1962) is a Spanish lawyer, legal scholar and university full professor.
Norberto de la Mata | |
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| Born | Norberto Javier de la Mata Barranco February 9, 1962 Bilbao, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Deusto (BA) University of the Basque Country (PhD) University of Murcia (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer, legal scholar, university full professor |
| Employer | University of the Basque Country |
| Organization(s) | Biscay Bar Association International Association of Penal Law |
He has been the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Previously, he held the position of Magistrate (substitute) in the Provincial Court of Biscay, as a criminal judge.
Early life and education
He got the licenciate degree in Law with Honors from the University of Deusto in 1986. He later completed postgraduate studies at the University of Freiburg in Germany. He received his PhD in Law cum laude from the University of the Basque Country in 1992. He later obtained a licenciate degree in criminology from the University of Murcia in 2008.
Career
He entered as an associate professor of criminal law at the University of the Basque Country in 1990. In 1993 he became a full professor of criminal law. In 2009 he became a university full high professor (catedrático) in the branch of criminal law.
He has worked as an advisor to the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and the United States Agency for Development. He has visited as a visiting researcher universities such as Munich, Frankfurt, Berkeley, New York, Buffalo, FIU, Paris I, Paris II, Firenze, Trento or Buenos Aires.[1]
Between 1995 and 2000 he held the position of Magistrate (substitute) in the Provincial Court of Biscay, as a criminal judge. As a lawyer, he joined the Biscay Bar Association in 1990. Between 2009 and 2014 he was lawyer (of counsel) responsible for criminal matters at the Spanish law firm Barrilero & Asociados.[2]
He is member of the International Association of Penal Law since 1990. He is also a member of the Spanish Association of Professors of Criminal Law and he was the chairperson of the association since its inception.[3][4] He was the director of the Department of Public Law at the University of the Basque Country. Currently he is the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
He is the author of ten books and more than fifty scientific articles specialized in criminal law. As a legal scholar he is specialized in criminal law and specifically in tax, patrimonial and socioeconomic crime, environmental and urban crime, crime against Public Administrations, computer crime, business crime and criminal principles and individualization of the penalty.
He also collaborates in Spanish leading newspapers such as El País.[5][6]
Works
Books[7]
- Límites de la sanción en el delito de receptación. Madrid, 1989.
- Tutela penal de la propiedad y delitos de apropiación. Barcelona, 1993.
- La realización arbitraria del propio derecho. Madrid, 1995.
- Malversación y lesión del patrimonio público. Barcelona, 1995.
- Protección penal del ambiente y accessoriedad administrativa. Barcelona, 1996.
- Delitos contra el urbanismo y la ordenación del territorio. Oñati, 1998.
- La respuesta a la corrupción pública. Granada, 2003.
- El principio de proporcionalidad penal. Valencia, 2007.
- La individualización de la pena en los Tribunales de Justicia. Navarra, 2008.
- Derecho Penal informático (Coordinador). Navarra, 2010.
References
- "Norberto Javier de la Mata Barranco - UPV/EHU". Doctorado (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- "Norberto Javier de la Mata Barranco - Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch". editorial.tirant.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- "Congress of the Spanish Association of Professors of Criminal Law". www.uv.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- University of Deusto, University of Deusto. "Congress of the Spanish Association of Professors of Criminal Law".
- PAÍS, Ediciones EL. "Artículos escritos por Norberto J. de la Mata Barranco". El País (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- Barranco, Norberto J. de la Mata (2017-02-21). "'Caso Nóos': una sentencia más". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- "Todos los libros del autor De La Mata Barranco Norberto J". www.todostuslibros.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-26.