Sir Basil MARKESINIS

QC, LL.D. (Cantab.), DCL (Oxon.), FBA, D. h.c. (mult.)

CURRICULUM VITAE

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Oxfordshire OX24 4TE

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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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and The Philippine Admiral (Owners) v. Wallem Shipping Ltd.

[1976] C.L.J., (pp. 198-203)

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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).