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Boris Kozolchyk


 

 
Name

Mr. Boris Kozolchyk

Position

Evo DeConcini Professor of Law

Contact Info

b.kozolchyk@worldnet.att.net

 

 

Date of Birth: December 6, 1934

Marital Status: Married Billie Herman (3/5/67)

 

I. CHRONOLOGY OF EDUCATION:

University of Michigan, School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan; LL.M. (Masters Degree) (1960); S.J.D. (Ph.D. equivalent degree) (1966); Doctoral Dissertation: “Commercial Letters of Credit, A Comparative Study"; Professor Hessel E. Yntema, S.J.D., Committee Chairman.

University of Miami, School of Law, Miami, Florida; September 1956‑June 1959; L.L.B. Degree; Top Student Award.

Faculté International de Droit Compare, Luxembourg; Diplome de Droit Compare; 1958.

University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, September 1951 ‑ June 1956; Doctorate in Civil Law Doctoral Dissertation: "El Juicio de Socrates," Prof. Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante y Montoro, Chairman of Dissertation Committee.

II PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:

Teaching Assistant, University of Miami, School of Law, Miami, Florida (1957‑1959).

Teaching Assistant, Faculte Internationale de Droit Compare, Luxembourg, in charge of an Anglo‑American Legal Institutions Seminar (1958).

Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University, School of Law, Dallas, Texas (1960‑1964).

Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico, (summer 1961).

Visiting Exchange Professor of Law, National University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (summer 1962).

Guest Lecturer, Latin American Law Seminar, Stanford University, Stanford, California (spring 1964).

Guest Lecturer, Extension Graduate Seminar on Latin American Law, UCLA, Los Angeles, California (spring 1965).

Resident Consultant, the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California (1964‑1967).

Director of Law Reform Project, USAID, San José, Costa Rica (1967‑1969); Visiting Professor of Law, University of Costa Rica, School of Law (1967-1969).

Professor of Law, University of Arizona, College of Law, 1969 to present.

Distinguished Bailey Visiting Professor and Tucker Lecturer, Louisiana State University (spring 1979).

Visiting Professor, University of Aix en Provence, France (summer 1985)

Distinguished Visiting Professor on Comparative Perspectives of Commercial Law

Charles III University, Madrid, Spain, December 2004.

Lecturer on On reduced schedule at University of Arizona, fall 1989 until present in relation to the following positions:

United States Representative to the International Chamber of Commerce for the United States Council on International Banking for the Revision of the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (UCP 500) (1989-1992);

Advisor to the National Commissioners of Uniform State Laws for the Revision of Article 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code (1990 to present);

United States Delegate to the United Nations Commission on Uniform Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantee Convention (1989-1994);

United States Delegate to the Organization of American States (OAS) for Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-V) Convention on Choice of Law on Contractual Disputes (1993-1994);

President and Director of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade (April 1992 to present).

III. HONORS AND AWARDS

Best Student Award, University of Miami, 1959.

Extraordinary Merit Award for Teaching and Research, College of Law, University of Costa Rica, 1969.

Selected as General Reporter for the International Encyclo­pedia of Comparative Law on the topic of Letters of Credit and Related Documents, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany, 1970.

National Science Foundation Research Grantee, 1973‑1975.

Best Book Award, Inter‑American Bar Association (1973) for Spanish translation of Commercial Letters of Credit in the Americas.

Commercial Letters of Credit in the Americas selected as Best Book in the field of Letters of Credit Law by Spanish Government Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, award of Trans­lation Royalties (Madrid, 1973).

Selected by National University of Mexico as United States Representative to the First Mexican Congress of Commercial Law (1974).

Community Service Award, Tucson Jewish Community Council (1978).

Consultant on Legal Systems, U.S. Agency for International Development (1974‑1977).

Consultant on Uniformity of Commercial Laws, Organization of American States and U.S. State Department (1974‑77).

"Fairness in Anglo and Latin American Adjudication”; Nom­i­nated for Hubert Herring Award of the P.C.C.L.A.S. (1979).

Commendation by U.S. Department of Justice for Consulting and Expert Testimony Work on Letter of Credit Litigation (1979).

Honorary Life Member for Distinguished Legal Research, National Mexican Notarial Bar Association (1982).

Man of the Year, Tucson Jewish Community Council, (1982).

Advisor to the Library of Congress, Law Division (1988).

Inducted to the Hall of Fame of Professors of Commercial Law, National University of Mexico (1987).

Elected to American Law Institute (1987).

Member of American Law Institute; Consultative Committee to UCC Articles 3, 4, 4a and 5.

1st Distinguished Service Award by The Arizona‑Sonora Bar Association (1989).

President of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law (1988-1990).

Member of the American Bar Association Task Force for the Revision of Article 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code (1988-90).

Joseph Bernfeld Memorial Lecturer, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (1989).

University of Arizona College of Law Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award (March 1990).

Magisterial Lecturer, National University of Mexico School of Law (1989).

Establishment of the "Kozolchyk Award" for best student writing by the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law (1989).

Commendation by the U.S. Department of State for Extraordinary Service as a United States delegate to UNCITRAL (1990).

Selected by the Harvard University Law School International Financial Systems Program and the World Bank as Advisor to the Project Lao (Commercial Code Drafting) (1991).

Selected by George Mason University School of Law, to give inaugural lecture in the "Distinguished Lecturer Series on Banking Law” (Fall 1991).

Selected by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to deliver the UNCITRAL Lecture on "Towards New Customs and Practices on Documentary Credits," Vienna (November 1991).

Selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics, Hispanic Business Magazine (1991).

Recipient of Mexico’s Ignacio Vallarta Medal for Outstanding Legal Research (1992).

Man of the Year Award, Hispanic Professional Action Committee (1995).

Magisterial Lecturer, Annual Congress of the National Association of Law Schools, Mexico October 1997

Designated Evo DeConcini Professor of Law (1998).

Recognition of Superior Service for the States of Arizona and Sonora, Arizona-Mexico Commission, November 1999, signed by Governor Lopez Nogales.

Selected as 100 Women and Minorities Achievers for the State of Arizona, September 21, 2000.

Nominated for the World Technology Award in Law by the World Technology Network, August 2001.

Selected by the Louisiana State University Law Center to deliver the 2003 Public Lecture Revisiting the “Commerciallization of Civil Law and Civilization of Commercial Law” 23 years later ( the title in quotes was the name of the Tucker Lecture, delivered by Boris Kozolchyk in 1979).

Named to the Board of Advisors of the North American Dialogue, Kennedy School at Harvard University, October 2002

Received Martin Luther King Community Award for Contribution to the Better Understanding of the Peoples of the Americas, Tucson, January 2002.

Recipient of the Partners for Democracy Award of the America-Israel Friendship League, September 14, 2003.

Received the Leonard J. Theberge Award from the American Bar Association for Long Term Contribution to Private International Law, March 2004.

IV. INTRAMURAL SERVICE

A. College (Departmental) Committees:

Library; Publications; Interdisciplinary Activities; Faculty Advisor, Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law; Organizer of Exchange Agreement with National University of Mexico.

B. University Committees: Latin American Studies, International Programs.

V. EXTRAMURAL SERVICE

A. Professional: Consultative Member of the American Law Institute Committees on the revision of Articles 3,4, and 4a; Member of the State Bar of Arizona and American Bar Association; Editorial Board Member of the American Journal of Comparative Law; International Banking Law Journal, London, Editorial Board; Letters of Credit Update, Advisory Board; American Academy of Foreign Law, Founding Member; Documentary Credit World, Editorial Board;

B. Community: Honorary Chairman of the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona;

C. State: Advisory Member of the Arizona-Mexico Commission, Advisor State Attorney General's Office on use of Standby Letters of Credit in Real Estate Workout Transactions.

D. Nation/World: United States Representative to the International Chamber of Commerce Banking Commission; United States Delegate to UNCITRAL, International Contracts Conventions; International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris, Associate Member.

E. United States Delegate to the Organization of American States, CIDIP VI and VII round of private international law treaties (1993 and 2002)

VI. PUBLICATIONS

A: SCHOLARLY BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS PUBLISHED:

166 pp. - 50% The Mexican Civil Code of 1932 ‑ Translation (co‑translated with Messrs. Dominic Perenzin and William Headrick); Southern Methodist University, School of Law (1963);

812 pp. Commercial Letters of Credit in the Americas, A Comparative Study; Treatise, Matthew Bender, New York (May 1966);

88pp. Law and the Credit Structure in Latin America, RM‑4918 (Rand Corporation) March 1966;

95pp. The Political Biographies of Three Castro Officials, RM‑4994 (Rand Corporation) May 1966;

55pp Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Colombia in Mat­ters of Interest to Economists and Political Scientists (Rand Corporation) September 1966;

77pp. Legal Foundations of Military Life in Colombia, RM‑5172 PR (Rand Corporation) February 1967;

106pp Legal Aspects of the Acquisition of Major Weapons by Six Latin American Countries, RM‑5349 ISA (Rand Corporation), July 1967; revised January 1968;

91pp - 50% Jurisprudencia Mercantil, University of Costa Rica, Vol. I (with Octavio Torrealba), December 1967;

400pp - 50% Curso de Derecho Mercantil, Texto y Vol. 2 (with Octavio Torrealba);

166pp - 50% Material de Estudio (with Octavio Torrealba Vol. 3, 240pp-50%), University of Costa Rica (Vol. 4 320pp-50%) December 1967;

930pp. El Crédito Documentario en el Derecho Americano, Madrid, 1973;

1200pp. - 50% Cases and Materials on International Commercial Trans­actions (with Victor Folsom), University of Arizona mimeo, 1977;

248pp. Letters of Credit, monograph in the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Max Planck Institute, UNESCO, 1978;

app.800pp Readings on Jurisprudence, University of Arizona mimeo, 1981;

app.1200pp In preparation, Kozolchyk - On Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees, 2nd Edition of Commercial Letters of Credit, 2 Vols., Aspen Publishing.

778pp Toward Seamless Borders, Vol. 1: Making Free Trade Work in the Americas, Editor and co-author, Transnational Juris Publications, Inc., 1993;

342pp El Derecho Comercial Ante el Libre Comercio y el Desarrollo Económico, McGraw-Hill, 1996;

229pp -33% Transportation Law and Practice in North America (with Gary T. Doyle, Esq. and Lic. Martin Gerardo Olea Amaya), 1996;

500pp Co-editor and author of three chapters in Law of the United States in Matters Concerning Commerce and Investment, published by William S. Hein Publishers (2001) in English, and to be translated into Spanish by the Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas.

B: CHAPTERS IN SCHOLARLY BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

18pp "Some Thoughts on the U.S. Recognition of and Cooperation with the Castro Regime," Chapter in Louis Tambs' (editor) U.S. Policy Towards Latin America, 1975;

18pp "La Etica y la Dinamica del Derecho Comercial,” Essays in Honor of Julio Cueto Rua, Buenos Aires, 1986;

12pp "Morality and the Dynamics of Commercial Law,” Chapter 2 of Donald King`s (editor) Commercial and Consumer Law from an International Perspective (F. Rothman), 1986;

42pp "On the State of Commercial Law at the End of the 20th Century," Proceedings of the 1988 Melbourne, Australia Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law" (F. Rothman), 1991;

82pp "Evolution and Present State of the Ocean Bill of Lading," Proceedings of the Oxford University Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law, Oxford, 1990 (Oxford University Press, 1992);

18pp “The ‘Best Practices’ Approach to the Uniformity of International Commercial Law; the UCP 500 and the NAFTA Implementation Experience,” an offprint from Making Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Roy Goode, Clarendon Press - Oxford, 1997;

42pp “El Derecho de los Estados Unidos en Materia de Comercio e Inversion,” Editor and Author of Chapter 1, Legal Reasoning in United States and Mexican Law, McGraw Hill, 1997;

176pp “Armonización de la Legislación sobre Garantías Prendarias entre los Miembros del TLCAN: Enfoque en México,” wrote Forward, NLCIFT, August 1996;

32pp “Standard Banking Practice for the Examination of Letter of Credit Documents,” wrote Forward, USCIB, October 1996;

395pp “Mexican & U.S. Labor Law & Practice,” wrote Forward, NLCIFT, August 1997;

3pp “Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks,” wrote Comment for Chapter “The Implications of NAFTA for Central Banks,” International Monetary Fund, Volume 4 (1997)

32 pp. “El derecho de Estados Unidos en torno al comercio y la inversion,” Vol. 1, Chapter IX, UNAM (Spring 1999). Also coauthored Introduction with Judge John F. Molloy.

60 pp. Boris Kozolchyk and Dale B. Furnish, The OAS Model Law on Secured Transactions, A Comparative Analysis, Forum on Insolvency Risk Management; A Review of Global Experience (The World Bank, June 2004

C. JOURNAL ARTICLES (r=refereed)

r-11pp "La Relatividad de Los Conceptos Juridicos," contribution to the Fifth International Comparative Law Congress, Brussels, Belgium, (1958) Boletin del Instituto de Derecho Comparado, Mexico, December 1958;

4pp "Consideration ‑ Pre‑existing Duty," Case Note, 13 Univer­sity of Miami L. Rev. 337 (1959). Best Case Note Award;

r-10pp "Comparative Legal Study ‑‑ Another Approach," 14 Journal of Legal Education 367 (1962);

3pp. "A Cuban Lawyer Views American Legal Education," Note 4, Foreign Exchange Bulletin, 1 (1962);

11pp “Law and Social Change in Latin America," 14 Hispanic American Historical Review 1 (1964);

15pp "Reflexiones en Torno a la Ensenanza del Derecho en el Hemisferio Occidental," 16 Lecturas Juridicas 3 (1963-1964), University of Chihuahua, Mexico. Reprinted in the Boletin del Instituto de Derecho Centroamericano, Honduras, and in the Revista Juridica de Chile, Chile;

4pp "Comparative Law Teaching, Commercial Law," 5 Foreign Exchange Bulletin 4 (1964);

14pp "El Derecho y la Evolucion Social en America Latina," 21 Lecturas Juridicas 37 (1964), University of Chihuahua, Mexico;

r.26pp "The Legal Nature of the Irrevocable Commercial Letter of Credit," 14 The American Journal of Comparative Law 395 (1965), translated into Spanish in the Boletin del Insti­tuto de Derecho Comparado de Mexico, September 1967; con­densed in the Italian Journal, Banca Borsa e Titoli de Credito, Rome, Italy, 1966;

11pp “The Sole Judgment Language of UCP Sub-Article 14, Documentary Insight, ICC Paris, Winter (1966);

r.45pp "Law and the Credit Structure in Latin America," 7 Virginia J. of Intl. Law 1 (1967);

r.51pp "Proyecto Revisado de Bases y Comentarios Sobre la Sociedad Anonima Multinacional en Centroamerica" Revista de Ciencias Juridicas (Costa Rica) Numeros 12:23 Diciembre (1968);

47pp “The Mexican Land Registry: A Critical Evaluation"; Semi­nar on Mexican Law of Real Property, 12 Az L. Rev. 308 (1970);

r.74pp "Toward a Theory on Law in Economic Development: The Costa Rican USAID‑ROCAP Law Reform Project," 4 Law and Social Or­der Journal, Arizona State University 681 (1971). Trans­lated into Spanish in the Revista de Ciencias Juridicas, University of Costa Rica (June 1972);

16pp "Commercial Law Recodification and Economic Development in Latin America," 4 Lawyer of the Americas 2 (1972);

53pp 50% "Distinctivos del Comerciante y su Proteccion," Co‑Author Octavio Torrealba, Revista de Ciencias Juridicas (Costa Rica) 113: June;

r12pp "Trends in Comparative Legal Research,” 14 Am. J. Comp. Law 100 (1976);

7pp "Law and Development Aspects of United States Latin American and Caribbean Basin Policies," 4 Intl. Trade L. J. 181 (1978);

r.48pp "Fairness in Anglo and Latin American Commercial Adjudica­tion," 2 Boston College Int. and Comp. L. Rev. 219 (1979);

47pp "The Commercialization of Civil Law and the Civilization of Commercial Law," 40 La. L. Rev. 3 (1979);

19pp "Legal Aspects of Letters of Credit and Related Secured Transactions," Lawyer of the Americas, The University of Miami Journal of International Law (summer/fall 1979);

12pp "The Letter of Credit in Court: An Expert Testifies," The Banking Law Journal, Vol. 99, n.4 (April 1982);

4pp "Living Law: Introduction," Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law, Volume 1, Number 1, 1982, 1985‑1987;

20pp "Mexican Law of Damages for Automobile Dents: Damages or Restitution?” 1 Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law 189 (1982);

52pp "The Emerging Law of Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees," 24 Az L. Rev. 320 (1982);

6pp "Commercial Real Estate Development and Land Registry Law: A Comparative Outlook," Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law, p.2, (1984);

r28pp "The 1983 UCP Revision, Trade Practices and Court Decisions: A Plea for a Closer Relationship," 1984 Canadian Business L.J. 214 (1984);

64pp "Is Present Letter of Credit Law Up to Its Task?" 8 George Mason University L. Rev. 287 (1986);

61pp "Transfer of Personal Property by a Non Owner; Its Future in Light of its Past", 61 Tulane L. Rev. 1453 (1987);

12pp "Mexico’s Political Stability, Economic Growth and the Fairness of its Legal Systems," 18 Calif. W.L. Rev. 105 (1987);

5pp "Commercial Legal Relations between Arizona and Northern Mexico," 5 Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law 28 (1988);

10pp "Mexican Living Law: An Insider's View,” 5 Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law 152 (1988);

80pp "Bank Guarantees and Letters Credit: Time For a Return to The Fold," 11 U. Pa. J. Intl. Bus. 1 (1989);

38pp "A Negligence Action in Mexico: An Introduction to the Application of Mexican Law in the United States,” (with Martin L. Ziontz) 7 Az. J. of Intl and Comp. Law 1 (1989);

35pp "Strict Compliance and the Reasonable Document Checker," 45 Brooklyn L. Rev. 1 (1990);

32pp "On the State of Commercial Law at the End of the Twentieth Century," 8 Az. J. of Intl. and Comp. Law 1 (1991);

6pp "Can Standbys and Guarantees Be Harmonized," 7 Letter of Credit Update n.6 pp 6-12 (1991);

76pp "The Paperless Letter of Credit," Duke University, School of Law, Law and Contemporary Problems (Summer 1992);

58pp “The Immunization of Fraudulently Procured Letter of Credit Acceptances: All Services Exportacao, Importacao, Comercio S.A. v. Banco Bamerindus Do Brazil, S.A. and First Commercial v. Gotham Originals,” 58 Brooklyn L. Rev. 369 (1992);

6pp “Presentation on the National Law Center/Advisory Group Rules and Commentary on Standby Letters of Credit,” 9 Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law 361 (1992);

84pp “The Evolution of the Ocean Bill of Lading from a Banking Law Perspective” 23 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 161 (1992);

37pp “Towards New Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits: The Methodology of the Proposed Revision,” 1993 Commercial Law Annual (Clark, Boardman and Callaghan);

36pp “Les Lettres de Credit Financieres Standby” 4 Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales 405 (1995)

9pp “What to Do About Mexico’s Antiquated Secured Financing Law,” 12 Az. J. of Intl. and Comp. Law 523 (1995)

48pp “The Financial Standby: A Summary Description of Practice and Related Legal Problems” 28 (4) U.C.C. L.J. 327 (1996)

12pp “NAFTA in the Grand and Small Scheme of Things,” 13 Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law (spring 1996);

18pp “The ‘Best Practices’ Approach to the Uniformity of International Commercial Law: The UCP 500 and the NAFTA Implementation Experience,” Az J. of Intl. and Comp. Law (1996);

20pp “Highways and Byways of NAFTA Commercial Law: the Challenge to Develop a ‘Best Practice’ in North American Trade,” United States-Mexico L. J. (1996);

21pp “Part Five: A Serious Accident Occurs in the Mexican Plant: Problems of Corporate and Product Liability.” (Panel Member) United States-Mexico L.J. (1996);

13pp “The Basis for Proposed Legislation to Modernize Secured Financing in Mexico,” United States-Mexico L.J. (1997);

5pp “Answer to the Alleged UCP Sins,” Documentary Insight, ICC, Paris (Winter 1997);

33pp “The Unidroit Principles as a Model For the Unification of the Best Contractual Practices in the Americas,” Uniform Law Review, Spring Issue 1998 and American Journal of Comparative Law, Spring Issue 1998.

3 pp "Should UCP 500 Be Revised in the Near Future," Vol. 5, No. 4, Documentary Credit Insight, Autumn 1999.

5 pp "Problems with Bolero's Title Registry System," Documentary Credit World, September 1999.

3 pp Forward to "Symposium - Responding to the Legal Obstacles to Electronic Commerce in Latin America," Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Volume XVII, No 1.

62 pp The Organization of American States: The New Model Inter-American Law on Secured Transactions, with John Wilson, Uniform Law Review, Revue de Droit Uniforme, Vol 7, 2002

D. BOOK REVIEWS

"Aircraft Mortgage in the Americas," by S.A.Bayitch, 10 Am. J. of Intl. and Comp. Law, No. 3, 287 (1960);

"What Makes for a Classic in Commercial Letter of Credit Law," Canadian Bus. L.J., Vol. 2, N.3, p. 406 (January 1978);

"A Layman's Guide to Mexican Law," Hispanic American Historical Review (1978);

"Underdevelopment and the Development of Law," Comment Review, 30 Am. J. of Comp. Law 374 (1982);

"On Predial Servitudes,” 59 Tul. L. Rev. 517 (1984), (Review Comment on A. Yiannopoulous’ Predial Servitudes, West, 1983);

"Judicial Methods of Interpretation of the Law" by Julio Cueto‑Rua, Az. J. of Intl. and Comp. Law 13 (1984);

E. PREFACES.

To: “International Joint Ventures” by Professor Anibal Serralta Rios, (Lima, Peru, 1995)

“Letters of Credit in Chinese Law by Justice Jien Li and Attorney Saibo Jin (Beijing, 2004)

“Factoring, Leasing and Securitization; a Comparative Study” by Professor Jose Leyva Saavedra (Lima, Peru 2004)

VII: MEDIA

Videotape of 1989 Magisterial Lectures at the National University of Mexico on "Commercial Law and Economic Development" (3 lectures, 1hr. each, in Spanish); shown in Mexican Doctoral Program classes, being prepared for showing throughout Latin America by Inter-American Bar Foundation and USIA;

“NAFTA, Working the Biggest Deal in History” San Diego State University production. (1996);

KUAT broadcast on NAFTA, aired June 26, 1997;

VIII: SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

Invited Presentations: 1988 Melbourne University Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law," Commercial Law at the End of the 20th Century"; 1989

Joseph Bernfeld Memorial Lecture, Los Angeles Bar, Bankruptcy Law Forum: "Bankruptcy and Letters of Credit Law at a Crossroads"; Oxford University Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law, summer 1990: "Evolution and Present State of the Ocean Bill of Lading Law"; United States Council on International Banking Annual Meeting Lecture: "A Report on the Revision of the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits"; Louisiana International Center: "Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees' Law, a time for Harmonization."

Commencement Speaker for the Graduation of 1997 Class of the Masters of Public Administration, University of Arizona.

Keynote speaker for the Mexican National Association of Law Schools (ANFADE), October 17, 1997, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Speaker, Comparative Commercial Law: A course for the New Millenium (AALS Annual Meeting, January 2002).

IX: GRANTS

National Science Foundation, appr. $150,000; USAID, appr. $75,000; Dana Fund, appr. $50,000.


 

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