CENTRAL’s research activities in the area of transnational commercial law is supported by a Board of Trustees. Its members come from universities and private practice and from all areas of the world. They all share the sincere interest in the development, evolution and impact of transnational legal structures in a globalized economy.
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Professor Michael Joachim Bonell
Professor of Law, University Rome I ("La Sapienza"), Director, "Center for Comparative and Foreign Law Studies", Rome; Legal Advisor to the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Rome; representative of Italy to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). |
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Professor Richard Buxbaum
Professor of law, University of California, Boalt Hall, Berkeley, USA; former Editor-in-Chief, "American Journal of Comparative Law" |
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Professor Dr. Albrecht Cordes Professor of Law, Goethe-University Frankfurt a.M., Chair in Medieval and Early Modern legal history, specialized in the history of commercial law |
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Professor Dr. Felix Dasser, LL.M.
Attorney at law, Zurich, Switzerland; Professor for Private Law, Private International Law, Civil Procedure and Comparative Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland; author of a groundbraking study on the application of transnational law in international commercial arbitration. |
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Yves Derains
Attorney at law, Paris, France; former General Secretary of the Court of International Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), author of numerous publications on international commercial arbitration. |
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Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich Drobnig
Professor of law (em.), Hamburg University; Director of the Max-Planck-Institute für Foreign and International Private Law, Co-editor of "Rabels-Zeitung". |
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Professor Franco Ferrari
Professor for comparative and international commercial law, Universita degli Studi di Bologna and University Verona, Italy; Expert im international sales law. |
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Professor Alejandro M. Garro
Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York, USA; Associate Research Scholar, Parker School of Foreign Trade and Comparative Law, Columbia University. |
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Professor Fabien Gélinas
Professor of law, McGill University School of Law, Montreal, Canada. Director, Institute for Comparative Law Former General Counsel, International Court of Arbitration, ICC. Member of the Quebec Bar and advisor in conflict resolution and legal reforms. |
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Professor Sir Roy Goode
Norton Rose Professor of English Law, University of Oxford, Fellow St. John's College, Oxford; Crowther Professor of Credit and Commercial Law, Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, England (until 1990); Queen's Counsel; member of the Board of Directors, International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Rome. |
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Professor Zhou Hanmin
Deputy executive director, "Leader's Group" of "2010 Shanghai World Expo Office"; former dean, Law School, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade; President, Research Institute of International Economy & Trade; Editor of "Dynamics and Research of WTO"; expert in international commercial and business law. |
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Professor Dr. Gerold Herrmann
Former Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL); Professor h.c., Vienna University. |
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Professor Dr. Norbert Horn
Professor of law (em.), University of Cologne, Germany; Director, Institute for Banking law, University of Cologne. |
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Professor Hans van Houtte
Professor of law, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium; Director, Institute for International Commercial Law, Leuven University. |
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Sigvard Jarvin
Attorney at law, Paris, France; former Counsel, Court of International Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris, France; Co-editor of various collections of ICC arbitral awards. |
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Professor Ole Lando
Professor of law, Copenhagen Business School; Chairman, "Commission on European Contract Law"; Co-editor, "Principles of European Contract Law". |
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Professor Filip de Ly
Professor of law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; author of a major work on transnational commercial law. |
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Dr. juris (Oslo), PhD (Moscow), is Professor at the Department for Private Law, University of Oslo (in charge of International Commercial Law, Comparative Private Law and Private International Law), and Principal Research Fellow and Honorary Lecturer at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, Scotland (in charge of Regulation of International Commerce).
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Professor Pilar Perales Viscasillas
Dr. Juris (University Carlos III of Madrid); Commercial Law Professor at University of La Rioja; Spanish representative at UNCITRAL. |