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Sir Basil MARKESINIS
QC, LL.D. (Cantab.), DCL (Oxon.), FBA, D. h.c. (mult.)
CURRICULUM VITAE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................. 2
2 PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................. 5
2.1 BOOKS ............................................................................................ 5
2.2 ARTICLES ...................................................................................... 9
2.3 OTHER ARTICLES AND CASE NOTES ................................... 18
2.4 BOOK REVIEWS ......................................................................... 20
2.5 FOREWORDS/INTRODUCTIONS TO OTHER
PUBLICATIONS .......................................................................... 21
2.6 PUBLICATIONS IN GREEK ....................................................... 21
2.7 OTHER PUBLICATIONS ............................................................ 21
2.8 ONGOING EDITING OF COMPARATIVE LAW SERIES FOR
UT IN COLLABORATION WITH PROFESSOR J FEDTKE OF
THE TULANE LAW SCHOOL ................................................... 22
3 TEACHING APPOINTMENTS ................................................... 23
4 LECTURES .................................................................................... 25
4.1 NAMED LECTURES ................................................................... 25
4.2 INDIVIDUAL GUEST LECTURES ............................................ 25
5 OTHER POSTS AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS .. 26
6 PRIZES AND AWARDS ............................................................... 28
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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PERSONAL
Date of birth: 10 July 1944
Nationality: Greek, British
Family status: Married, to Eugenie Trypanis; two children: a
daughter and a son.
DEGREES
LL.B.: Athens, “starred first” (1965)
Doctor Iuris: Athens - “Summa Cum Laude” (1968)
M.A. and Ph.D.: Cambridge (1970) (Yorke Prize)
LL.D.: Cambridge (1988)
D.C.L.: Oxford (1995)
Doctor Iuris, Honoris Causa, University of Gent (1992)
Doctor Iur., Honoris Causa, Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (1998)
Doctor Iur., Honoris Causa, University of Munich (1999)
Doctor Iur., Honoris Causa, University of Athens (2006)
MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED ACADEMIES (with year of election)
Member of the American Law Institute (1989)
Foreign Fellow of the Royal Belgian Academy (1990)
Corresponding Fellow of the Academy of Athens (1994)
Foreign Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy (1995)
Fellow of the British Academy (1997)
Fellow of the Greek Archaeological Society (2004)
Corresponding Fellow of the Institut de France (French Academy) (2004)
Foreign Fellow (Socio Straniero), Accademia dei Lincei (Rome) (2005)
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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Advocate to the Supreme Court, Athens (1976-1986)
Deputy Director of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Q.M.W.,
London (1986-1993)
Director for International Affairs for the Faculty of Laws, Q.M.W. (1989-
93)
Acting Director of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (1987/1988)
Founder-Director of the “Institute of Anglo-American Law”, Leiden, The
Netherlands (1987-1999) (Officially “opened” by H.R.H. the Prince of
Wales in 1987)
Bencher of Gray's Inn (1991- )
Founder-Director of the Oxford Centre for the Advanced Study of
European and Comparative Law (1997-2001) (Officially “opened” by
the German Foreign Minister in January 1996.) (upgraded to Institute
in 1999)
Founder-Director of the Institute of Transnational Law University of
Texas at Austin (1999- )
Clifford Chance Special Adviser for European Affairs (1998- ) (Special
duties: political networking)
Founder and first Chairman of the UCL Institute of Global Law (2001- )
Conseiller Scientifique du Premier Président de la Cour de Cassation
(2002- )
Non-Executive Director of the Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
CIVIL HONOURS
Bundesverdienstkreuz, Erste Klass (Officer, Order of Merit) (conferred
by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany for the “exceptional
merits” of my work on German law and my successful efforts to
strengthen Anglo-German relations) (1991)
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Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Officer) (Awarded
personally by the Prime Minister of France “pour services rendus depuis
de nombreuses années à la culture française”) (1992)
Chevalier dans l'Ordre Nationale de la Légion d'Honneur (awarded
by Président Mitterrand) (1995)
Cavaliere-Ufficiale del Ordine all Merito (Italy) (awarded personally
by President Scalfaro “for services to European Integration”) (1995)
Queens Counsel, honoris causa (1998)
Grosse Verdienstkreuz (Commander of the Order of Merit, Germany)
(conferred personally by the President of Germany for “outstanding
contribution to British-German relations and the promotion of German
law”) (1999)
Grande Ufficiale del Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana
(Knight Commander of the Order of Merit) (conferred personally by the
President Scalfaro of Italy) (1999)
Commander of the Order of Honour (Greece) (2000) (Awarded
personally by President Constantine Stephanopoulos for services to the
study of Foreign and Comparative law and European legal integration.)
Commander of the Order of the Légion d’ Honneur (2000) (Awarded
by President Chirac “for exceptional services to France, Europe and the
science of Comparative Law”.)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Italy), awarded by
President Ciampi for “services to Comparative Law, Italian Law and
European Integration”. (2002)
Knight Commander of the Order of Merit (Germany), awarded by
President Johannes Rau for “exceptional services rendered to German-
British relations”. (2003).
Knight Bachelor (New Year’s Honours List, 2005).
Knight Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, (France) (2006).
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2 PUBLICATIONS
2.1 BOOKS
1. The Legacy of the Greek Tragedy on Modern European Culture
(English ed. To be agreed); Greek edition (Sideris (2013) (600
printed pages).
2. The Need for a New Foreign Policy and Military Dogma for
Greece (in Greek, Sideris) (2013), 170 printed pages.
3. Γράφοντας Για τον Εαυτό μου (Writing for Myself) – in Greek -
Livanis (2011-12), pp. 495.
4. Οι Επτά Ιδέες για Πιθανή Αναγέννηση της Ελλάδας, (Seven
Ideas for the Revival of Greece) in Greek, Livanis (2011), pp.
175.
5. Η Ελλάς των Κρίσεων (The Greece of Crises) in Greek, Livanis
(2011), pp. 430.
6. Σκιές απο την Αμερική. Άρθρα και Δοκίμια πάνω στον Σύγχρονο
Αμερικανικό Επεκλτατισμό. (Shadows from America) In Greek,
Εκδοσεις Λιβάνη (2009), pages 364.
7. Επικοινωνιακή Διπλωματία και Διπλωματία Βάθους.
(Communication and Substance in Diplomacy) in Greek,
Εκδόσεις Λιβάνη (2009), pages 317.
8. Το Καλό και το Κακό στην Τέχνη και το Δίκαιο. Ενα Εκτενές
Δοκίμιο. Εκδόσεις Λιβάνη (2010), pages 392. (A translated, up-
dated and extended version of no 12, below). Also in Chinese,
2013.
9. Engaging with Foreign Law (co-author), Hart Publishing (2009),
pages 452.
10. The Duality of Genius, Jan Sramek Verlag, illustrated, Vienna
(2008), pages 469.
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11. Σκοτεινό Μεγαλείο. Εικονογραφημένο (Flawed Grandeur)
Ελληνικά Γράμματα (2008) in Greek, pages 175.
12. Good and Evil in Art and Law. An Extended Essay (Springer
Verlag Wien New York, (2007) 264 pages. Chinese edition
(2013); Portuguese edition (agreed).
13. Judicial Recourse to Foreign Law: A New Source of Inspiration?
(co-author), (Rutledge/ Cavendish Press), (2006), pages 409.
14. Juge et Universitaires face au droit comparé. Histoire de trente-
cinq dernières année, Dalloz (2006) with a Foreword of Président
Guy Canivet of the French Supreme Court. (French translation
of book no 20, below, but up-dated and with an additional
chapter on French/USA constitutional law.)
15. The German Law of Contract: A Comparative Treatise, (co-
author) 2nd
ed. (Completely re-cast and re-written to take into
account the recent reform of German Contract Law (2006), 979
pages plus liv. 3rd edition to appear in 2014.
16. Patterns of Federalism and Regionalism (co-editor). Hart Press
(2006), pages280 pages.
17. Compensation for Personal Injury in England, Germany and
Italy (Cambridge University Press, 2005) (239 pages). 2nd ed.
2011.
18. Recthvergleichung in Teorie und Praxis. Ein Beitrag zur
rechtswissenschftlichen Methodenlehre (2004, pp. 275+xxv) with
a Foreword by the President of the Federal Supreme Court
Professor Dr. Günter Hirsch.
19. Comparative Law in the Courtroom nd the Classroom. The
Story of the Last Thirty Five Years, Hart Publishing (2003),
pages 272. (Italian edition under the title Il Metodo della
Comparazione, with a Foreword by the Vice President of the
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Italian Constitutional Court Dr. Fernanda Contri 2004).
20. The German Law of Tort: A Comparative Treatise, (co author)
4th
ed. Hart Publishing (2002) (1050 pages). 5th edition (2013).
21. The British Contribution to the Europe of the Twenty-First
Century, British Academy Centenary Lectures (ed. by Basil
Markesinis) (chapter five entitled “Tutorial and Repetitorium:
Parallel and different techniques of teaching law in England and
Germany”) Hart Publishing (2002), pages 266.
22. Always on the Same Path: Essays on Foreign Law and
Comparative Methodology, vol. 2, Hart Publishing (2001) pages
431 pages.
23. The Coming Together of the Common Law and the Civil Law.
The Millennium Lectures organised under the high patronage of
the Lord Chancellor. (Editor and contributor), Hart Publishing
(2000) pages 255 pages.
24. Tortious Liability of Statutory Bodies: A Comparative and
Economic Analysis of Five English Cases, (co-author) Hart
Publishing, (1999), pages , xix + 171.
25. Protecting Privacy. The Clifford Chance Lectures, vol. IV, (1998)
(Editor and Contributor). (248 pp.).
26. The Impact of the Human Rights Bill on English Law. The
Clifford Chance Lectures, vol. III, (1998) (Editor and
Contributor), pages vi + 191.
27. Law Making, Law Finding and Law Shaping: The Diverse
Influences. The Clifford Chance Lectures, vol. II, (1997) (Editor
and contributor.), pages viii + 226 pp..
28. Foreign Law and Comparative Methodology: A Subject and a
Thesis. A collection of twenty articles, eighteen of which had
already appeared in various journals. Hart Publishing (1997),
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pages, xxxii + 487 pp..
29. The German Law of Contract and Restitution. (co-authored)
Clarendon Press, (1997). (This book, along with The German Law
of Torts became part of a two volume series entitled The German
Law of Obligations).
30. The German Law of Torts: A Comparative Introduction. Oxford
University Press (Clarendon) 1986. Second edition 1990 (xli +
750pp). (Third edition 1994), (approx. 1016 pp.). Third, revised
and corrected reprint (1997). Fourth edition (2002); fifth edition
2013.
31. Bridging the Channel. The Clifford Chance Lectures, vol. I (editor
and contributor of one chapter) (1996), (275 pages).
32. The Gradual Convergence: Foreign ideas, Foreign Influences and
English Law on the Eve of the 21st Century. (Editor of and
contributor to a collection of papers based on a series of lectures
delivered at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies) (320 pp.).
Clarendon Press 1994; (reprinted 1995).
33. La Réparation du Préjudice Corporel. (Co-author).
ECONOMICA (1985). (The Cambridge University Press has
agreed to publish an updated and enlarged edition in English),
pages viii + 179pp.
34. Tort Law, (Co-author). Oxford University Press (Clarendon)
(1984). 2nd ed. (1989) (xlviii + 599). 3rd ed. (1994) (lvix + 758).
4th ed. (1999) (816 pp.) 5th
ed. (2003) (900+ lxx – approx.); 6th
edition (2008); 7th
2013 , pages 910 pages 907.
35. Tort Law Statutes (Co-author) Oxford University Press
(Clarendon) (1989) , pages 112pp.
36. Tortious Liability for Unintentional Harm in the Common Law
and the Civil Law. (co-author) Volume 1: Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press (1982). (Japanese edition 1997),
pages xxi + 239pp.
37. Tortious Liability for Unintentional Harm in the Common Law
and the Civil Law. Volume 2: translated and annotated texts.
Cambridge University Press (1982), pages xxi + 343pp.
38. An Outline of the Law of Agency. (Co-author). Butterworths
(1979); 2nd edition (1986); 3rd edition (1992), pages xxiv + 338pp.
4th edition (1999).
39. Richterliche Rechtspolitik im Haftungsrecht (co-authored with
Professor Christian von Bar) C.B. Mohr, Tübingen (1981), pages
63pp.
40. The English Law of Torts: A Comparative Introduction. (Et. E
Bruylant, Brussels) (1976), pages 287pp.
41. The Theory and Practice of Dissolution of Parliament.
(Cambridge University Press) (1972) pages xii + 283pp, (Yorke
Prize for 1972 – best law thesis of the year).
42. The Mother's right to Guardianship according to the Greek Civil
Code (1968) (in Greek) Papyros/Larousse, pages 275pp.
2.2 ARTICLES
43. “Weltliteratur and Global Law Lessons from Goethe”, Liber
Amicorum for Lord Bingham, Senior Law Lord, Oxford
University Press (2009).
44. « La politisation de la pensée juridique américain », Mélanges
Geneviève Viney, Dalloz (2008).
45. “Die Kunst und die Wissenschaft deutsche Kultur im Ausland zu
fördern”, Festschrift für Claus-Wilhelm Canaris zum 70.
Geburstag, C.H. Beck Verlag (2008).
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46. “Human and Divine Justice”, 6th Denning Lecture delivered at
Lincoln’s Inn and appeared in the Liber Amicorum Guido Alpa,
Giuffrè Milano, (2007).
47. “Political thinking, Human Rights law, and Legal Transplants”,
Inaugural address at the University of Athens on the occasion of
the award of a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the faculty of Law.
(University of Athens, 2007; in Greek).
48. “Understanding American Law by Looking at it through
Foreign Eyes: Towards a Wider Theory for the Study and Use
of Foreign Law”, The Irvine Lecture, Cornell, 22nd August 2006
in 81 No 1 Tulane Law Review (2006) (pp. 123-185).
49. “Judicial Mentality: Mental Disposition or Outlook as a Factor
Impeding Recourse to Foreign Law”, Centenary Lecture of the
Society of Comparative Legislation, 80 Tulane Law Review Issue
4 (April 2006) (pp1325-1375).
50. “Political Thought in Legal Judgments” contribution in the
Festschrift for Carl Baudenbacher Entitled Economic Law and
Justice in Times of Globalisation, Staempfi Verlag. AG Bern
(2005) pp. 191-206.
51. “Le droit étranger devant le juge américain et le juge français”.
Lecture at the Institut de France delivered on 13 March 2006.
Institute webpage of that date and (to be reproduced in the
Academia Analecta for 2007).
52. “National Self-Sufficiency or Intellectual Arrogance? The
Current Attitude of American Courts Towards Foreign Law”,
The Ninth Peter Taylor Memorial Lecture, Lincoln’s Inn, 2006,
65 No 2, Cambridge Law Journal (2006) pp. 301-329.
53. “The Judge as Comparativist”, The 2005 Eason-Weinemann
Lecture, 80 No 1 Tulane Law Review., pp.11-167 (2006).
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54. “Constructions de systèmes et résolution de problèmes concrets:
Occasions manquées et naissantes pour une convergence
méthodologique entre le droit français et le droit anglais”, Revue
Trimestrielle de Droit Civil, no 1 2005, pp. 47-72.
55. “The Enduring (Double) Legacy of the Code Napoleon.” (2005)
LQR, January issue.
56. “Deux cents ans dans la vie d’un Code célèbre. Réflexions
historiques et comparatives à propos des projets européens.”
Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Civil, no. 1 (2004) pp. 45-60.
57. “Two hundred years of a famous code: What should we be
celebrating?” June 2004 issue of THE TEXAS JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
58. “Concerns and Ideas about our Developing Law of Privacy (and
how Knowledge of Foreign Law Might be of Help)” (co-author);
vol. LII The American Journal of Comparative Law pp. 133- 208
(2004). (Reproduced in website of Institute of Global Law of
UCL: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/global_law/).
59. “Case law and Comparative Law: Any Wider Lessons to be
Learnt?” European Review of Private Law (2003).
60. “Scholarship, Reputation of Scholarship, and Legacy: Some
Provocative Reflections from a Comparatist’s Point of View.”
The John Maurice Kelly Memorial Lecture, The Irish Jurist
2003.
61. “Caroline of Monaco, Zeta Jones, Naomi Campbell: The private
lives of public figures and the Press” Lecture delivered at the
Academy of Athens. (Academia Analecta, 2003).
62. “Liability of Experts in German and American Law: An
Exercise in Comparative Methodology” (co-authored) THE
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Autumn issue, 2003.
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63. “Foreign Law Inspiring National Law: Lessons from Greatorex
v. Greatorex. 61 CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL, 2002, pp. 386-404.
64. “Unité ou divergence: à la recherche des ressemblances dans le
droit européen contemporain”, Rev. intern. dr comp. January
2002.
65. “Zur Lehre des Rechts anhand von Fällen: Einige bescheidene
Vorschläge zur Verbesserung der deutschen
Juristenausbildung », Festschiurft for Peter Schlectriem, Mohr,
(2002).
66. “Plaintiff’s tort law or defendant’s tort law? Is the House of
Lords moving towards a synthesis?” Tort Law Journal, June
2001.
67. “Tortious Liability for Negligent Misdiagnosis of Learning
Disabilities: A Comparative Study of English and American
Law”, TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL April issue 2001.
68. “Réflexions d’un comparatiste britannique sur à partir de l'arrêt
Perruche”, Revue trimestrielle de droit civil, (1 RTD civ 2001,
pp. 75-103).
69. “Der wachsende Einfluß der Menschenrechte auf das englische
Deliktsrecht”, Festschrift für Hans Stoll zum 75 Geburstag,
Mohr, Tübingen, (2000).
70. “Judicial Style and Judicial Reasoning in England and
Germany” CLJ (2000).
71. “Studying Judicial Decisions in the Common Law and the Civil
Law. A Good Way of Discovering Some of the Most Interesting
Similarities and Differences that Exist Between the two Legal
Families” in European Private Law in Context (ed. Mark van
Hoecke) Hart Publishing 2000.
72. “Homage an das deutsche Recht”, European Journal of Private
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Law, Winter issue, 1999.
73. “Privacy, Freedom of Speech and the Horizontality of the
Human Rights Bill” 1998 Wilberforce Lecture, 115 (1999) LQR
(pp.47-88.).
74. “The Familiarity of the Unknown”, The Search for Principle.
Essays in Honour of Lord Goff of Chieveley (ed. William
Swadling and G. Jones), OUP (1999) (pp. 59-77).
75. “Crépuscule et Aurore: Quelques réflexions comparatives à
l’aube du 21ème siècle.” (Discours prononcé à la Sorbonne à l’
occasion de la remise des insignes de doctorat honoris causa par
l’Université de Paris I.)
76. “European Influences on English Judicial Thinking”, Mélanges
a l’honneur de Dennis Talon. Paris (1999).
77. “Foreign Law and Foreign Ideas in the English Courts: The
Contemporary English Contribution to the Use of Foreign Law
and Comparative Methodology”. Academia Analecta (1998),
Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences. (19 pp.).
78. “Reading Through a Foreign Judgment”, The Law of
Obligations, Essays in Celebration of John Flemming (eds. P.
Cane and Jane Stapleton) (1998). (pp 261 –283).
79. “Some Comparative Reflections on the Right of Privacy of
Public Figures in Public Places” in Privacy and Loyalty (ed.
P.B.H. Birks) (1997) (pp. 113-131).
80. “The Legacy of History on German Contract Law”, Essays in
Honour of Professor Roy Goode (ed. Ross Cranston) (1997)
(pp.1-29).
81. “The Comparatist (or a Plea for a Broader Legal Education)” -
an inaugural lecture in the University of Oxford, 1996.
Yearbook of European Law (pp. 261- 282); re-published in
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Pressing Problems in the Law, vol. II. What are Law Schools
For? (Ed. P.B.H. Birks) 1996, (pp. 108 –118).
82. “Civil Responsibility for Harmful Conduct: the Anglo-American
Perspective” in “Tema della responsibilità civile da atto illecito
nella prospettiva storico - comparatista”, Giuffrè (1996).
83. “The Professional and Lay Elements in the Shaping and
Development of English Law”. Inaugural Address delivered in
the Academy of Athens (in Greek), Academiae Analecta (1995).
84. “Five Days in the House of Lords: Some Comparative
Reflections on White v. Jones”. 3 Torts Law Journal, (pp. 169-
201) (1995). Also published in Saggi, Conferenze e Seminari of
the Centro di Studie Ricerche di Diritto Comparativo e
Straniero in 1995.
85. “A Matter of Style”. Inaugural Lecture, University College,
London 110 (1994) L.Q.R., pp. 607-628. Italian translation
reproduced in Politica del Diritto, XXVI, 1995, pp. 209-238
under the title “Una Questione di Stile.”
86. “General Theory of Unlawful Acts in Europe”, in Towards a
European Civil Code (edited by Professor A.S. Hartkamp,
Advocate General of the Hoge Raad and Professor E. Hondius)
Ars Acqui Libri (Nijmegen) (1994), (pp. 285-299).
87. “The Destructive and Constructive Role of the Comparative
Lawyer”, Inaugural Address delivered at the Royal Belgian
Academy on 21 March 1992 Rabels Zeitschrift 1993, pp. 428-448
(reprinted in the Academiae Analecta, 1993).
88. “Caparo and Murphy: How two recent decisions of the House of
Lords look from the other side of the Channel”, (1993) European
Journal of Private Law, (pp. 155-168).
89. “Judge, Jurist and the Study and Use of Foreign Law”, 109
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(1993) L.Q.R., (pp. 622-635).
90. “Bridging Legal Cultures”, the 1993 Lionel Cohen Lecture
delivered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on 16 June
1993. 23 (1993) Israel Law Review, (pp. 363-383).
91. “Il Ruolo della Giurisprudenza nella Comparazione Giuridica”,
Vol. VIII (1992) Contratto e Impresa (pp. 1350-1386).
92. “The Random Element of their Lordships' Infallible Judgment:
Critical Look at the Tort of Negligence from Anns to Murphy”,
55 [1992] M.L.R., (619-649).
93. “Doctrinal Clarity in Tort Litigation”, The International Lawyer
(1992) vol. 25, number 1, (pp. 953-966).
94. “Subtle ways of Legal Borrowing. Some Comparative
Reflections on the Report of the Calcutt Committee `On Privacy
and Related Matters'” in Festschrift für Werner Lorenz zum
Siebzigsten Geburtstag, J.C.B. Möhr (Paul Siebeck) 1991, (pp.
717-737).
95. “Comparative Law: A Subject in Search of an Audience”. (The
Shimizu Trust lecture given at the L.S.E.) and published [1990]
M.L.R. (pp. 1-21).
96. “Litigation-mania in England, Germany and the U.S.A. - are we
that different?” (The Atkin lecture given at the Reform Club on
9.11.89 and published [1990] C.L.J. (pp. 233- 276). Reprinted
with additions in 1990 Studi Senesi (pp. 372-433).
97. “Rechtsvergelijking - Een Onderwerp op Zock Naar Een
Gehoor” in 1989 no. 4 Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht (pp. 1615-
1656).
98. “Evaluation du préjudice corporel en droit commun de la
responsabilité -Rapport d'introduction”. Colloque Juridique
Européen published by A.D.E.P. (l989) (pp. 12 –23).
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99. “Negligence, Nuisance and Affirmative Duties of Action”
(Inaugural lecture in the University of London (1989) 105 L.Q.R.
(pp. 104-124).
100. “The Need to Set Acceptable Boundaries Between Contract and
Tort: An English Lawyer's views on Recent American Trends”,
in Conflict and Integration: Comparative Law in the World
Today, Festschrift for the Fortieth Anniversary of The Institute
of Comparative Law in Japan (1988) (pp. 313-327).
101. “Problèmes de responsabilité médicale en droit anglais: un
aperçu de la situation dans les années 80”. (1988) Revue
Internationale de Droit Comparé No. 2, (pp. 351-381).
102. “Torts”, Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) (pp. 739-745). (New
edition 2001).
103. “An Expanding Tort Law: The Price of a Rigid Contract Law”
(Inaugural lecture in the University of Leiden), (1987) 103 L.Q.R
(pp. 354-397).
104. “All or Nothing? Dispelling some myths about the compensation
of pure economic loss”. In Ex Iure a collection of essays by the
Societas Iuridica Grotius, published by Gouda Quint/Arnheim
(1987) (pp. 63-72).
105. “Conceptualism, pragmatism and courage: A Common Lawyer
looks at some judgments of the German Federal Court”. Essays
in Memory of Professor F. H. Lawson Butterworths (1985).
Reprinted in 34 The American Journal of Comparative Law,
(pp. 349-367) (1986).
106. “The Right to be Let Alone versus Freedom of Speech”, (1986)
Public Law 67-82. Reprinted in 1987 Studi Senesi (pp. 83-104).
107. “Tort Damages in English and German Law: A Comparison”
Studi Senesi (pp. 7-46) (1985).
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108. “L'enseignement du droit comparé sous l'éclairage de la
jurisprudence” (1985) Revue de la Recherche Juridique - Droit
Prospectif (pp. 864-887).
109. “La notion de Considération dans la Common Law: Vieux
problèmes: nouvelles théories”, (1983) Revue Internationale de
Droit Comparé, No. 4. (pp. 735-766).
110. “La perversion des notions de responsabilité civile par la
pratique de l'assurance”, (l983) Revue Internationale de Droit
Comparé No. 2 (pp.301-317).
111. “La politique jurisprudentielle et la réparation du préjudice
économique en Angleterre: une approche comparative”, (1983)
Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé, No. 1, (pp. 31-50). (An
English translation of this appeared in The Cambridge Lectures
1981 (Butterworths, Canada, 1982).
112. “Policy Factors and the Law of Tort” in The Cambridge
Lectures (Ed. D. Mendes da Costa) Butterworth, Canada, 1981.
(pp. 199-227).
113. “Fatal Accident Damages: How Not to Reform the Law” (co-
author), (l98l) 131 New Law Journal 869, et seq.
114. “Cricket, Power-boat racing and The Public Interest: Some
Strange Decisions in the Law of Nuisance”, (co-author), (l98l) l3l
New Law Journal 108, et seq.
115. “Cause and Consideration: A Study in Parallel”, [1978] C.L.J.,
(pp. 53-75).
116. “The Not So Dissimilar Tort and Delict”, (1977) 93 L.Q.R., (pp.
78-123).
117. “The Law of Agency and section 9(2) of the E.C. Act 1972”,
[1976] C.L.J., (pp. 112-134).
118. “Recent Constitutional and Political Developments in Greece”,
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Parliamentary Affairs, (1975) (pp. 261-277).
119. “The Royal Prerogative Re-Visited” [1973] C.L.J. (pp. 287-
309).
120. “Reflections on the New Greek Constitution”, Parliamentary
Affairs, (1973/74), (pp. 8-27).
121. “The Greek Crown and its Ministers”, Parliamentary Affairs,
(1972/73), (pp. 56-68).
2.3 OTHER ARTICLES AND CASE NOTES
122. “Ways and Means of Teaching Foreign Law”, Review Article of
von Mehren and Gordley, “An Introduction to the Comparative
Study of Private Law”, 82. No 3 Tulane Law Review (2007).
123. “English Law and Foreign Law: A Growing Symbiosis” Melanges
Denis Tallon, (1998).
124. “Why a Code is not the best way to advance European Unity”,
(1997) European Review of Private Law, Autumn, 1997 issue, (pp.
519-524).
125. “University Challenge (or Crisis)?” in Dies Lectures 1997,
University of Leiden.
126. “The European Challenge for English Law and English Legal
Education”, Graya. Autumn 1996 and Winter 1997.
127. “Solicitors' liability towards third parties: back into the troubled
waters of the contract/tort divide”, (1993) 55 M.L.R., 558-563.
128. “Compensation for negligently inflicted pure economic loss: Some
Canadian views” in (1993) 109 L.Q.R., (pp. 5-12).
129. “The Calcutt Report Must Not be Forgotten”, (1992) 55 M.L.R.,
(pp. 118-122).
130. “Eternal and troublesome triangles” (1990) 106 L.Q.R. (pp. 556-
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561).
131. “Our Patchy Law of Privacy - Time to do something about it”.
(1990) M.L.R. (pp. 802-809).
132. “Tort Victims and Litigants in England and the U.S.A. - Some
thoughts on some real and apparent differences”. American Bar
Association - Continuing Legal Education Review (1990), vol. 21,
no. 17, (pp. 1-12).
133. “The compelling case for a law on privacy”, Business Law Brief
1990, (pp. 17-21).
134. “Thesis-Antithesis, But No Signs Yet of a Synthesis”, (1988) 104
L.Q.R (pp. 9-12).
135. “Liability of the Police to an Ordinary Citizen for Failing to
Arrest a Dangerous Murderer”, 46 [1987] C.L.J. (pp. 387- 389).
136. “Fixing Acceptable Limits to the Liability of Solicitors vis-à-vis
third parties - Note on Al-Kandari v. J.R. Brown & Co.” [1987] 2
W.L.R 469 - (1987) 103 L.Q.R (pp. 346-353).
137. “Dissolution of Legislative Assemblies” Encyclopaedia of Political
Institutions (B. Blackwell – 1987).
138. Leigh and Sillavan Ltd. v. Aliakmon Shipping Co. Ltd. (1986) 2
W.L.R. 902 in [1986] C.L.J. (pp. 384-386).
139. Re X (A Minor) 1984 1 W.L.R. 1422 in [1985] C.L.J., (pp. 209-
212).
140. Leakey v. National Trust (1980) 2 W.L.R. 65, in [1980] C.L.J. (pp.
259-263).
141. Trentex v. Bank of Nigeria and I Congresso del Partido, [1977].
C.L.J., (pp. 216-221).
142. Sorrell v. Finch (1976) 2 W.L.R. 833 in [1976] C.L.J., (pp. 237-
239).
143. Thai-Europe Tapioca Service Ltd. v. Government of Pakistan
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2.4 BOOK REVIEWS
144. G. Dannemann, German Private and Commercial Law, 1996 The
British Journal of International and Comparative law, Autumn
1996.
145. Bernstein, Economic Loss, (1994) Autumn issue International
Journal of Insurance Law.
146. J. E. Jaffey, The Duty of Care, 52 (1993) C.L.J., (pp. 524-525).
147. Carter-Ruck on Libel and Slander 11 (1992) Civil Justice
Quarterly, (pp. 325-6).
148. D. Harris and Denis Tallon, CONTRACT LAW TODAY. Anglo-
French Comparisons in [1990] C.L.J., (pp. 152-155).
149. J.G. Fleming, THE LAW OF TORTS (7th
ed.) and The American Tort
Process in [1989] C.L.J., (pp. 135-142).
150. Bowstead on Agency, 15th ed. in [1986] C.L.J., (pp. 336-337).
151. Besson, Schroth, Stiefel and Zeller, Tendances de la RC produits
en Europe et en Amérique (1981), 1 Rev. Intern. Dr. Comp. (pp.
250–255) (1984).
152. Horn, Kötz and Leyser, German Private and Commercial Law
[1982] C.L.J., (pp. 360-363).
153. Zweigert and Kötz, Introduction to Comparative Law, [1979]
C.L.J., (pp. 205-207).
154. Lord Hailsham's Elected Dictatorship (Dimbleby Lecture),
Parliamentary Affairs, 1977, (pp. 324-327).
155. Sir Harold Wilson's, The Governance of Britain, [1977] C.L.J.,
(pp. 179-181).
156. Lord Blake's, Office of Prime Minister, [1976] C.L.J., (pp. 182-
184).
157. Bowstead on Agency, 14th ed. (1977) L.Q.R., (pp. 303-304).
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158. Fridman's Law of Agency in [1976] C.L.J., (pp. 352-353).
159. Gregory and Hutcheson, The Parliamentary Ombudsman, [1976]
C.L.J., (pp. 185–186).
2.5 FOREWORDS/INTRODUCTIONS TO OTHER PUBLICATIONS
160. Butterworths Lectures - 1st Series (Professors G. Jones and John
Fleming) (1987/88); 2nd Series (Professors W. Lorenz and Sir
Michael Mustill) (1988/89); 3rd Series (Professors P. Birks and F.
Reynolds) (1990/91); 4th Series (Adv. Gen. T. Koopmans and
Lord Slynn of Hadley).
161. Jan Hebly, The Netherlands Civil Evidence Act 1988 and related
provisions of the Netherlands Law of Evidence, Kluwer (1992).
162. P. Calamandrei, Eulogy of Judges, 2nd English edition, Princeton
University Press (1992).
163. Laudatio for Lord Bingham on his election as Corresponding
Fellow of the Academy of Athens, Academia Analecta (2003).
164. Foreword to Prof. Kourakis Book on “The Principles of
Byzantine Military Strategy, Athens, 2012.
2.6 PUBLICATIONS IN GREEK
165. Five Legal articles (usual size) and case notes published in the
Athens Bar Journal, and other Greek journals in the late 1960's
and early 1970's
2.7 OTHER PUBLICATIONS
166. Over one hundred articles on contemporary diplomacy and
geopolitics concerning the Eastern Mediterranean in The Times,
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The Financial Times, The Guardian The Vim (of Athens), The
Ethnos (Athens), Parton (Athens), Avgi (Athens), Kathimerini, O
Cosmos tou Epeniditi, Epikaira, Hmerisia, Elefterotypia (i.e. the
main Greek papers covering the entire political spectrum from
Right to far Left).
167. Site of translated and annotated decisions of the decisions of the
Supreme Courts of Germany, France, and Italy (with the
Assistance of Prof. J. Fedtke), University of Texas in Austin:
Total: over 2,000,000 words of materials, widely used by courts
and law firms all over the world.
2.8 ONGOING EDITING OF COMPARATIVE LAW SERIES FOR UT IN
COLLABORATION WITH PROFESSOR J FEDTKE OF THE TULANE
LAW SCHOOL
168. The University of Texas at Austin Studies in Foreign and
Transnational Law (12 volumes have appeared thus far).
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3 TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor of Roman and Byzantine Law, University of
Athens (1966-68).
Research Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge (1970-73).
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Director of Studies in Law
(1974-1986).
University Assistant Lecturer (1975-79); Lecturer (1978-86) Faculty
of Law, Cambridge.
Visiting Professor, Cornell Law School, Fall Term 1981, 1982, 1983,
1984, Spring-Summer term 1991.
Visiting Professor at the Universities of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
and Paris II (1982/83).
Visiting Professor, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin,
Fall Terms 1985, 1987, 1988, and 1989;
Winter and Fall terms 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997. Tenured
Professor since then.
Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor,
Fall Term 1986.
Professore a Contrato, University of Siena, Faculty of Law (1985-86,
1986-87).
Denning Professor of Comparative Law in the University of London
at Queen Mary and Westfield College (1986-1993).
Ordinarius Professor of Anglo-American Private Law in the
University of Leiden (1986-1999).
Professor of European Private Law, University College, London
(1994-1995).
Holder of the “Francqui Chair”, Faculty of Law, University of Gent
1989/90.
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Visiting Professor, University of Rome (La Sapienza), Winter term
1995
Clifford Chance Professor of European Law, University of Oxford
and Director of the Centre of Advanced Study of European and
Comparative Law (1995-1999).
Professor of Comparative Law and Fellow of Brasenose College,
Oxford, 1999, 2000.
Professor of Common and Civil Law, University College London
2001-
Distinguished Visiting Chair, University of Ghent, 2004, 5, and 2006.
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4 LECTURES
4.1 NAMED LECTURES
“The Atkin Lecture”, Reform Club, 9 November 1989.
“The Shimizu Lecture”, London School of Economics, 30 November
1989.
“The 1993 Lionel Cohen Lecture”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
16 June 1993.
“The Wilberforce Lecture”, 1998.
“The John Maurice Kelly Memorial Lecture” (Univ. College, Dublin)
(2002).
“Irvine Distinguished Lecture”, Cornell Law School, August (2006).
“The New Eastern Question”, The Fifth Andreas A David Memorial
Lecture, Hellenic Community Trust, London 2010.
4.2 INDIVIDUAL GUEST LECTURES
In addition to the above longer-term teaching appointments in
foreign Universities and Named Lectures, I have given lectures
(typically a series of 2 or 3 lectures) in the following Law Faculties
(in alphabetical order):
Aix-en-Provence; Amsterdam; Athens; Bayreuth; Bonn; Brussels;
University of California at Berkeley; Duke; (Summer School in
Copenhagen); Geneva; Gent; Harvard; Jerusalem (Hebrew
University); Leeds; Madrid; Munich, Munster, Rome (La
Sapienza); Southern Methodist University (Dallas); Stockholm;
Tilburg; Tulane.
I have also addressed conferences of businessmen, politicians, and
bankers in Athens, Berlin, California (Carmel), Dusseldorf, New
York; Singapore; Vienna. And appear regularly these days on
Greek Television on matters concerning the current political and
economic crisis.
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5 OTHER POSTS AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Member of the Athens Bar (1968-1986).
Called to the Bar at Gray's Inn (1973); door tenant of Essex Court
Chambers (1973- ).
General Editor of “The Cambridge-Tilburg Lectures” (8 volumes
published so far by Messrs. Kluwer of the Netherlands; two more
in preparation). (1978-1986).
University Advocate, Cambridge (1981-82).
Secretary of the Degree Committee of the Faculty of Law, University
of Cambridge, 1983/84, 1984/85.
Member of Faculty Board of Law, Cambridge 1979-1982 and again
1983-86.
Member of Editorial Board of The Netherlands Journal of
International Law (1986-1997).
Member of the Board of Management of the Institute of Advanced
Legal Studies, London, (1987-1991).
Fellow of the International Academy of Comparative Law (1987-
1998)
Membre de l'Institut Canadien d'Etudes Juridiques Supérieures
(1990-).
Membre of the Cour d'Arbitrage et de Conciliation - Membre Actif
(1991- ) (Association for International Arbitration and
Conciliation based in Paris).
Member of the Board of Editors, European Review of Private Law
1991.
Corresponding Member of UNIDROIT, Rome (1992- ).
Member of the Board of Editors, Revue de droit internationale et de
droit comparé
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(1992- ) published by the Institut Belge de Droit Comparé.
Member of the Council of Management of The British Institute of
International and Comparative Law (1993-2001).
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6 PRIZES AND AWARDS
Various `first class' prizes and awards by the Law Faculty,
University of Athens, (1961-1965).
British Council Scholarship 1968-69 and 1969–70.
St Antony's College, Oxford, Studentship (1970) (never taken up).
Lord Justice Holker Senior Award, Gray's Inn (1972).
Yorke Prize: Law Faculty, University of Cambridge (1972).
Leverhulme Fellowship (1979).
Silver Medal, University of Leiden (1998).