Israel Cedillo Lazcano
Thesis title: Legislative Challenges Relating to the Evolution of Money
Contact details
- Email: I.C.Lazcano@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Background
Israel is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh Law School). He obtained his Bachelor´s degree in International Law in 2009, a Master´s degree in Anthropologic Studies of Mexico in 2012 and a Master´s degree in Governance and Globalization in 2014, all of them from Universidad de las Américas Puebla (Mexico). Professionally, he has worked as Intellectual Property and Personal Data Protection advisor for different institutions. His academic research is focused on financial innovation and the legal nature of money. He has obtained different national and international research prizes such as the First Prize of the Fifth Edition of the Competition of Legal Monographs for Lawyers under 35 years old in 2013, sponsored by the Latin American Banks Federation (FELABAN for its acronym in Spanish), and the Second Prize of the Manuel Espinosa Yglesias Prize 2015, sponsored by the Espinosa Yglesias Research Centre (CEEY for its acronym in Spanish).
Qualifications
2016-Present The University of Edinburgh
PhD in Law (Research)
Research project: Legislative Challenges Relating to the Evolution of Money
2013-2015 Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Master’s Degree in Governance and Globalization Specialization: International Management
Distinctions: Magna Cum Laude
2010-2012 Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Master’s Degree in Anthropologic Studies of Mexico
Dissertation: “Unidades de Cambio en Mesoamérica. El Caso del Imperio Azteca.” (Media of Exchange in Mesoamerica. The Case of the Aztec Empire)
2004-2009 Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Bachelor in Laws Major: International Law
Dissertation: “La Crisis Subprime, una Oportunidad para el desarrollo de la Banca Moderna.” (The Subprime Crisis. An Opportunity for the Development of Modern Banking).
Responsibilities & affiliations
Professional Experience
2016-Present SCRIPTed
Student Editor
SCRIPTed is a high-quality, online, international, interdisciplinary and multi-lingual journal of peer-reviewed articles, analysis pieces, case and legislation critiques, as well as commentaries, reports, and book reviews pertaining to law, society, and technologies in the broadest sense. I am part of the editorial team of the journal specialized in articles submitted relating to Information Technologies and Intellectual Property.
2014-2016 Talavera Santa Catarina
IP Advisor
2014-2016 Reyes y Asociados Abogados, S.C.
External Advisor on Personal Data Protection
2013-2016 Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Advisor on Personal Data Protection
2010- 2016 Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Legal Advisor
2012 Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Assistant Professor
2006-2008 Reyes y Asociados Abogados S.C. Puebla, Puebla.
Intern
Current research interests
International financial regulation, financial innovation, Distributed Ledger Technology, "cryptocurrencies" and Initial Coin Offerings, legal nature of money, "shadow banking"Conference details
Conference Presentations
December 2018 “Regulating ‘Cryptoassets’ Following the Scottish Tradition” Edinburgh, Scotland
Presentation for the Futures of Finance and Society Conference organized by the Finance and Society Network.
October 2018 “Regulating ‘Cryptoassets’ Following the Scottish Tradition” Glasgow, Scotland
Conference presentation for the Strathclyde Postgraduate Law Conference “Regulating a Society in Transition: Legal Responses to Technological Challenges”, organized by the University of Strathclyde.
October 2018 “Money. A History of Gods and Codes” Geneva, Switzerland
Presentation for the Monetary Innovation and Complementary Currencies Researcher Symposium organized by UNRISD, RAMICS, IFLAS, B4SD.net, SCC.
September 2018 “Building a New Sith Empire around a New System of Imperial Credits” Vienna, Austria
Presentation for the Gikii Conference organized by the Media Governance & Industries Research Lab at the University of Vienna
June 2018 “The Cryptoparadox and a New Generation of Shadow Banks” Durham, UK
Presentation for the Commercial and Corporate Law's Annual Postgraduate Research Conference: 'Commercial Law in Times of Change' organized by Durham Law School.
April 2018 “FinTech Law. Risks and Opportunities for the Mexican Financial System” Strasbourg, France
Presentation for the Seventh Symposium CONACYT-MUFRAMEX, organized by the Maison Universitaire Franco Mexicaine (MUFRAMEX) and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT).
November 2017 “Shadow Banking: The Bildungstrieb of our Financial System in the Fourth Industrial Revolution” Sheffield, England
Presentation for the IVR UK Branch Annual Conference 2017 “Law, Rationality and the Market” at the University of Sheffiled.
October 2017 “Shadow Banking: The Bildungstrieb of our Financial System in the Fourth Industrial Revolution” Glasgow, Scotland
Conference presentation for the Strathclyde Postgraduate Law Conference “The Revolutions of Law”, organized by the University of Strathclyde.
October 2017 “What is Money?” London, England
Presentation for the Money, Security and Social Policy Network at London School of Economics.
March 2017 “Legislative Challenges Relating to the Evolution of Money in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution” Strasbourg, France
Presentation for the Sixth Symposium CONACYT-MUFRAMEX, organized by the Maison Universitaire Franco Mexicaine (MUFRAMEX) and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT).
April 2015 “Analysis of the Use of Cacao Seeds as Regional Medium of Exchange through the Representations of Ek Chuah and Yacatecuhtli” Mexico City, Mexico
Presentation for the “Second Festival of Artisanal Chocolate and Cacao, organized by CONACULTA and INAH.
December 2013 “Unidades de Cambio en Mesoamérica. El Caso del Imperio Azteca.” (Media of Exchange in Mesoamerica. The Case of the Aztec Empire) Mexico City, Mexico
Presentation requested for the Assembly of the Numismatic Society of Mexico.
October 2013 “Best Practices on Personal Data Protection” Puebla, Mexico
Presentation for the Sixth Scholar Administration Congress organized by the Association of Managers of Scholar Services (ARSEE for its acronym in Spanish).
September 2013 “Anthropological and Legal Monograph of Money as an Element of Social Integration” Buenos Aires, Argentina
Presentation for the XXXII Latin-American Congress of Financial Law organized by the Latin American Banks Federation (FELABAN for its acronym in Spanish) and the Latin American Committee of Financial Law (COLADE for its acronym in Spanish).
February 2013 “The Historical Role of the European Shadow Banking System in the Development and Evolution of Our Monetary Institutions” London, United Kingdom
Presentation for the Conference: “Shadow Banking: An European Perspective” organized by the City University London.
August 2011 “Una nueva era, una nueva definición” (A New Era, A New Definition) Mexico City, Mexico
Presentation for the First Conference on Financial Research organized by the Mexican Institute of Financial Executives (IMEF).
2016 “Evidencias del uso del cacao como unidad de cambio regional a través de las representaciones de las deidades mesoamericanas del comercio y del cacao: Ek Chuah y Yacatecuhtli.” (Evidence of the use of cacao as regional medium of Exchange through the analysis of the representations of the Mesoamerican gods relating to the trade and cacao: Ek Chuah and Yacatecuhtli). El Boletín Numismático 250.
2016 “Money and Its Regulation. A Challenge for the 21st Century". Ianus. Enterprise and Law Department of the University of Siena.
2014 “Unidades de Cambio en Mesoamérica. El Caso del Imperio Azteca.” (Media of Exchange in Mesoamerica. The Case of the Aztec Empire). El Boletín Numismático 242: 25-29.
2014 "Regulating Digital Payment Systems through a Financial Governance Paradigm". Ianus. Enterprise and Law Department of the University of Siena.
2013 “Media of Exchange in the Aztec Empire”. CECA Magazine. Mint of Mexico.
2013 “The Historical Role of the European Shadow Banking System in the Development and Evolution of our Monetary Institutions”. CYPERC (City Political Economy Research Centre) Working Paper Series no. 2013/05. City University London.
2011 “Comments on articles 51-56 of the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data held by Private Parties” in Comentarios a la Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de Particulares, edited by Ernesto Villanueva and Hilda Nucci, Novum, CONACYT.
2017 Awarded with the Edward Elgar Publishing Prize as one of the three best early careers papers presented at the IVR UK Branch Annual Conference 2017 “Law, Rationality and the Market” at the University of Sheffiled, with the work “Shadow Banking: The Bildungstrieb of our Financial System in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
2016 Awarded with a medal by the Numismatic Society of Mexico for my contribution to the 250 issue of its institutional publication “El Boletín Numismático” through my document “Evidencias del uso del cacao como unidad de cambio regional a través de las representaciones de las deidades mesoamericanas del comercio y del cacao: Ek Chuah y Yacatecuhtli.” (Evidence of the use of cacao as regional medium of Exchange through the analysis of the representations of the Mesoamerican gods relating to the trade and cacao: Ek Chuah and Yacatecuhtli).
2015 Awarded with the Second Prize of the Manuel Espinosa Yglesias Prize with the document called: “The Nationalization of the Mexican Banking Sector. A Story of Jaguars and Axolotls”. It is a prize sponsored by the Espinosa Yglesias Research Centre (CEEY for its acronym in Spanish).
2013 Winner of the Fifth Edition of the Competition of Legal Monographs for Lawyers under 35 years old, with the document called: “Anthropological and Legal Monograph of Money as an Element of Social Integration”. It is an international prize sponsored by the Latin American Banks Federation (FELABAN for its acronym in Spanish).