Seán Patrick Donlan, President
JD (Louisiana State University), PhD (Trinity College Dublin)
A native of Louisiana and resident in Ireland for the past decade, my teaching at the University of Limerick largely focuses on comparative law, jurisprudence, and public law. I also teach an introductory class on Irish law. I’ve published on American constitutional history, Anglo-American and comparative legal history, Edmund Burke and legal theory, Irish history and legal history, and statutory interpretation. In addition to being a member of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, I’m Vice-President of the Irish Society of Comparative Law and on the executive of the European Society for Comparative Legal History and the Irish Legal History Society. My current research interests are a combination of comparative law, jurisprudence, and legal history. I’m especially interested in ‘legal hybridity and diffusion’, the mixtures and movements of law, past and present and around the globe.
Contact: FG 020; University of Limerick; Limerick; + 353 61 234199 (office); + 353 86 886 2605 (mobile); sean.donlan@ul.ie
Ignazio Castellucci, Vice President
LLB and LL.M (Rome 'La Sapienza'), Ph.D. (Trento)
I was born in La Plata (Argentina) on 3 July 1967, being an Italian and an Argentine citizen. I got my LLB in 1992, magna cum laude, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; majored in Comparative Law under supervision of Prof. M.J. Bonell; obtained an LL.M. (maxima) in 1995 in the same University in Legal Comparison on Roman Law Basis, under the supervision of Prof. P. Catalano, and a Ph.D. in Comparative law in 1999, in the University of Trento with Prof. Ugo Mattei.
Contact information: via Cola di Rienzo, 180; Rome (Italy) 00192; Italy; +39 3355386289 fax +39 0668133056; icastellucci@castellucciemancuso.com
Olivier Moreteau, Vice President
Maîtrise en droit, DEA Droit comparé, DEA Droit privé, Doctorat d'Etat en droit (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
I joined the Louisiana State University (LSU) Law Center in 2005, when I was named the first holder of the Russell B. Long Eminent Scholars Academic Chair. I am the Director of the Center of Civil Law Studies, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Civil Law Studies (www.law.lsu.edu/jcls), and the Associate Vice Chancellor for International Programs.
I am a former Director of the Edouard Lambert Institute of Comparative Law at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France, where I was an Assistant Professor (1982-90), Associate Professor (1990-98) and then Full Professor (Professeur agrégé). I also served as Director and Vice President for international relations at this university (1993-99). I earned my Doctorate in Law summa cum laude at the Université Jean Moulin in 1990, after research conducted in Cambridge (UK) with a British Council scholarship. I have been visiting professor at the University of Minnesota (1992), Boston University (1993-97, 1999-00, 2002-04) and the University of Melbourne (2002, 2004).
I authored and edited books in French and in English, and wrote many articles in various languages, published in international periodicals or books, on the civil law, common law, comparative law, law and languages, tort law, the law of obligations, and legal education. At present I work on codification in Europe and the Americas. I am a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, the European Group on Tort Law, the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, the Société de Législation comparée, the American Law Institute, the Louisiana Bar Equivalency Panel, and the Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Contact: W323 Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; Tel +1 (225) 578-0067; moreteau@lsu.edu http://www.law.lsu.edu/civillaw
Salvatore Mancuso, General Secretary
JD (University of Palermo - Italy), PhD (University of Trieste - Italy)
Born in Palermo and resident in Macao (China) for the last six years, my teaching at the University of Macau focuses on comparative law. I also teach International Business Law and History of Legal Cultures. I am also Honorary Professor of African Law at the Centre for African Laws and Societies of the University of Xiangtan (China). I’ve published mostly on African law, as well as something on general comparative law issues. In addition to being a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, I’m coordinator of the Macao Comparative Law Committee, and member of the Italian Association of Comparative Law. I also represent in Asia the Association pour l'Unification du Droit en Afrique (UNIDA) of which I am also a member. My current research interests are focused on African law, with some digressions into Islamic law and non-Western legal traditions. I’m also interested in ‘legal hybridity' and 'mixed legal systems' with particular reference to their implications and applications into Africa.
Contact information: S317; University of Macau; China; +853.83974087 (office); +853.66505047 (mobile); smancuso@umac.mo
Lukas Heckendorn-Urscheler, Treasurer
(Swiss Institute of Comparative Law): lukas.heckendorn@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch
JD (Louisiana State University), PhD (Trinity College Dublin)
A native of Louisiana and resident in Ireland for the past decade, my teaching at the University of Limerick largely focuses on comparative law, jurisprudence, and public law. I also teach an introductory class on Irish law. I’ve published on American constitutional history, Anglo-American and comparative legal history, Edmund Burke and legal theory, Irish history and legal history, and statutory interpretation. In addition to being a member of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, I’m Vice-President of the Irish Society of Comparative Law and on the executive of the European Society for Comparative Legal History and the Irish Legal History Society. My current research interests are a combination of comparative law, jurisprudence, and legal history. I’m especially interested in ‘legal hybridity and diffusion’, the mixtures and movements of law, past and present and around the globe.Contact: FG 020; University of Limerick; Limerick; + 353 61 234199 (office); + 353 86 886 2605 (mobile); sean.donlan@ul.ie
Ignazio Castellucci, Vice President
LLB and LL.M (Rome 'La Sapienza'), Ph.D. (Trento)
I was born in La Plata (Argentina) on 3 July 1967, being an Italian and an Argentine citizen. I got my LLB in 1992, magna cum laude, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; majored in Comparative Law under supervision of Prof. M.J. Bonell; obtained an LL.M. (maxima) in 1995 in the same University in Legal Comparison on Roman Law Basis, under the supervision of Prof. P. Catalano, and a Ph.D. in Comparative law in 1999, in the University of Trento with Prof. Ugo Mattei.
I teach (i) Asian Legal Traditions, Chinese Law, and International Arbitration at the University of Trento and (ii) Comparative Law in the University of Macau (China), in both cases on a regular yearly invitation basis. My research interests include legal history, jurisprudence, and all possible interdisciplinary contaminations of the legal discourse and 'law ands'. My publications deal with the law, jurisprudence, legal history and legal traditions of very diverse areas such as Latin America, Africa and Asia. I am a practising lawyer, admitted before the top courts of Italy (Patrocinante in Cassazione) and member of the Rome Bar; I am also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London.
Contact information: via Cola di Rienzo, 180; Rome (Italy) 00192; Italy; +39 3355386289 fax +39 0668133056; icastellucci@castellucciemancuso.com
Olivier Moreteau, Vice President
Maîtrise en droit, DEA Droit comparé, DEA Droit privé, Doctorat d'Etat en droit (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
I am a former Director of the Edouard Lambert Institute of Comparative Law at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France, where I was an Assistant Professor (1982-90), Associate Professor (1990-98) and then Full Professor (Professeur agrégé). I also served as Director and Vice President for international relations at this university (1993-99). I earned my Doctorate in Law summa cum laude at the Université Jean Moulin in 1990, after research conducted in Cambridge (UK) with a British Council scholarship. I have been visiting professor at the University of Minnesota (1992), Boston University (1993-97, 1999-00, 2002-04) and the University of Melbourne (2002, 2004).
I authored and edited books in French and in English, and wrote many articles in various languages, published in international periodicals or books, on the civil law, common law, comparative law, law and languages, tort law, the law of obligations, and legal education. At present I work on codification in Europe and the Americas. I am a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, the European Group on Tort Law, the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, the Société de Législation comparée, the American Law Institute, the Louisiana Bar Equivalency Panel, and the Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Contact: W323 Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; Tel +1 (225) 578-0067; moreteau@lsu.edu http://www.law.lsu.edu/civillaw
Salvatore Mancuso, General Secretary
JD (University of Palermo - Italy), PhD (University of Trieste - Italy)
Born in Palermo and resident in Macao (China) for the last six years, my teaching at the University of Macau focuses on comparative law. I also teach International Business Law and History of Legal Cultures. I am also Honorary Professor of African Law at the Centre for African Laws and Societies of the University of Xiangtan (China). I’ve published mostly on African law, as well as something on general comparative law issues. In addition to being a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, I’m coordinator of the Macao Comparative Law Committee, and member of the Italian Association of Comparative Law. I also represent in Asia the Association pour l'Unification du Droit en Afrique (UNIDA) of which I am also a member. My current research interests are focused on African law, with some digressions into Islamic law and non-Western legal traditions. I’m also interested in ‘legal hybridity' and 'mixed legal systems' with particular reference to their implications and applications into Africa.
Contact information: S317; University of Macau; China; +853.83974087 (office); +853.66505047 (mobile); smancuso@umac.mo
Lukas Heckendorn-Urscheler, Treasurer
(Swiss Institute of Comparative Law): lukas.heckendorn@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch
