Dr. Héctor Simón has published the scientific article “Temporal Ownership as an Autonomous Form of Property: The Catalan Model in European Perspective” in the European Property Law Journal in open access.
The article can be downloaded at: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/eplj-2026-0014/html
Dr. Gemma Caballé has published the article “Dual Mandate in Catalan Civil Law: Analysis and Application in the Real Estate Sector” in the Revista Catalana de Dret Privat (Catalan Journal of Private Law), Vol. 31, 2025. The study analyzes the mandate contract under Catalan civil law and, specifically, the concept of the dual mandate, as regulated by Article 622-25.3 of the Civil Code of Catalonia.
It can be downloaded at: https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/RCDP/article/view/156971
Dr. Héctor Simón and Dr. Blanca Deusdad have contributed to the second issue of *Mirades de Ciència*, the first annual science communication magazine in Catalan from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, published by the Science Communication and Outreach Unit (ComCiència).
More information at: https://revistes.urv.cat/index.php/mirades
Dr. Héctor Simón has collaborated again in the review and updating of the work “Principios de Derecho Civil” (Volume II: Law of Obligations) by Prof. Carlos Lasarte, 29th Ed., 2026.
More information at: https://www.marcialpons.es/libros/principios-de-derecho-civil/9791387913991/
The no. 24 of the biannual journal “Housing” (July 2025-June 2026) of the UNESCO Housing Chair is already available.
All the numbers are in: https://housing.urv.cat/en/cover/research/newsletter/
Dr. Pablo Ruiz has co-authored the article “Toward a legal personality of intelligent automatons? Personal and patrimonial aspects of artificial intelligence before the challenge of space exploration” in the Aranzadi Magazine of Derecho and Nuevas Technologies, Nº. 24 (Monographic Special. Regulatory challenges in the space sector), 2026.
Link: https://www.aranzadilaley.es/tienda/revista-aranzadi-de-derecho-y-nuevas-tecnologias
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Héctor Simón have published the article “The constitutionality of the restrictions on the acquisition of housing due to its destiny An analysis from the Catalan housing policy” in the Journal “Indret”, Number 3, 2026, pp. 148-149.
The article can be consulted at: https://indret.com/la-constitucionalidad-de-las-restrictiones-a-la-adquisicion-de-vivienda-por-razon-de-su-destino/?edicion=3.26
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar has published the chapter “Housing Law” in the prestigious International Encyclopaedia of Housing and Home, 2nd edition, Elsevier.
Dr. Héctor Simón has published the book chapter “The new and first central-state Spanish housing law in democracy. A missed opportunity after years of erratic multilevel housing policies” in the book “The Impact of the Right to Housing in Times of Crises Elgar Land and Housing Law” and Policy series, coordinated by Michel Vols, Emma N. Nic Shuibhne, and Andrei Quintiá Pastrana, Elgar Land and Housing Law and Policy series.
More information at: https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781035356867/9781035356867.xml?rskey=X7OTfR&result=1
Dr. Héctor Simón has published the article “The legal status of the large property owner in state and regional legislation” in the “La Notaría” Journal, Number. 1, 2026, pp. 29-50.
The article can be consulted at: https://housing.urv.cat/portada/recerca/working-papers/
