Debate parlamentario sobre la Ley Avellaneda

The timely publication by the University of Buenos Aires of the parliamentary debates of 1883-1885 which formulated Argentina’s first university legislation coincided with the reconsideration of university problems by the national congress. Here are collected the important discussions from both houses relating to the composition of the faculties, the selection and dismissal of professors, the autonomy of universities, the privileges of conferring degrees, and the control of university finances. Rodríguez Bustamante has provided a meaningful analysis of the debates; unfortunately, his résumé of the history of the universities of Córdoba and Buenos Aires to 1885 is too abridged to be of much value.