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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