The principle of open and voluntary membership. Legal and enforcing economic consequences practice, in the Costa Rican cooperative movement

• Main Author: Ligia Roxana Sánchez Boza
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Deusto 2017-12-01
• Series: Boletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo
• Subjects: cooperativas; principios generales cooperativos; el derecho de asociación cooperativa; principio de libre adhesión; efectos socioeconómicos
• Online Access: http://baidc.revistas.deusto.es/article/view/1344

<p>The basis of the cooperative principle of free adhesion or voluntary adherence is found in the constitutional rules, which define the Right of Association. The legal and regulatory development of these rules is done through cooperative laws, acts of constitution and other rules of affiliation and disaffiliation of cooperatives. The application of the principle in the study must be interdependent with the rest of the Cooperative Principles as well as the Values of the Cooperatives, in order to ensure adequate protection for both the associate and the associated cooperative. In this paper of the principle in the study is made through the election of a cooperative, in most cases, credit unions. These cooperatives, for reasons of their economic activity, have more legal and regulatory regulations compared to the other types of cooperatives, according the effects of affiliation and disaffiliation.</p><p><strong>Received</strong>: 01 June 2017<br /><strong>Accepted</strong>: 14 October 2017<br /><strong>Published online</strong>: 22 December 2017</p>