The article proceeds in three parts. The first, the articles’ analytical heart, considers the political economy of legal knowledge. It describes briefly the free market of legal ideas and the colonial model for the production of legal knowledge. It illustrates how these two models work using examples from our “South-North Partnerships” (SNP), that is, our collaborative practices in the creation of legal thought as they play out in the legal academies of the global North and South. The second part is both descriptive and reflective, focusing on four different SNP examples that illustrate challenges in the creation of truly collaborative legal knowledge production processes. It identifies common challenges in these endeavors, from surmounting basic organizational issues such as language barriers to jostling with fundamentals like conflicting academic calendars. Most importantly, the second part indicates how the dynamics of the political economy of legal knowledge played out in the SNPs described. It also highlights possible ways to equalize these relationships and activities, with an end to creating SNPs focused on truly collaborative legal knowledge production. The third part offers conclusions and recommendations. El artículo prosigue en tres partes. La primera, el corazón analítico del artículo, considera la economía política del conocimiento jurídico. Describa brevemente el libre mercado de ideas legales y el modelo colonial para la producción del conocimiento jurídico. , Que ilustra cómo estos dos modelos funcionan usando ejemplos de nuestras "Alianzas Sur-Norte" (SNP), es decir, nuestras prácticas colaborativas en la creación del pensamiento jurídico como se desarrollan en las academias jurídicas del Norte y Sur global. La segunda parte es descriptiva y reflexiva al mismo tiempo, enfocando en cuatro ejemplos diferentes de SNP que ilustran algunos desafíos en la creación de procesos de producción de conocimiento legal verdaderamente colaborativos. Identifica desafíos comunes en estos esfuerzos, de superar cuestiones organizacionales básicas, tales como barreras lingüísticas, hasta cuestionar fundamentos como calendarios académicos incompatibles. Más importante aún, la segunda parte indica cómo la dinámica de la economía política del conocimiento jurídico evolucionó en las SNP descritas. También destaca formas posibles de equalizar esas relaciones y actividades, con el fin de la creación de SNPs enfocadas en la real producción colaborativa de conocimiento legal. La tercera parte presenta conclusiones y recomendaciones. The article proceeds in three parts. The first, the articles’ analytical heart, considers the political economy of legal knowledge. It describes briefly the free market of legal ideas and the colonial model for the production of legal knowledge. It illustrates how these two models work using examples from our “South-North Partnerships” (SNP), that is, our collaborative practices in the creation of legal thought as they play out in the legal academies of the global North and South. The second part is both descriptive and reflective, focusing on four different SNP examples that illustrate challenges in the creation of truly collaborative legal knowledge production processes. It identifies common challenges in these endeavors, from surmounting basic organizational issues such as language barriers to jostling with fundamentals like conflicting academic calendars. Most importantly, the second part indicates how the dynamics of the political economy of legal knowledge played out in the SNPs described. It also highlights possible ways to equalize these relationships and activities, with an end to creating SNPs focused on truly collaborative legal knowledge production. The third part offers conclusions and recommendations.