Professor James Fawcett FBA

Private International Law: principles, theory and comparative aspects; application to intellectual property and international sale of goods; influence of human rights law on private international law
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
2010
Subjects
Law
Sections
Law

Current Post

University of Nottingham Emeritus Professor of Law

Past appointments

University of Nottingham Professor of Private International Law

2013 - 2014

General Editor Oxford Series on Private International Law

2002 - 2016

Editorial Board Member ICLQ

2002 - 2016

University of Nottingham Professor of International Commercial Law

1995 - 2013

University of Leicester Dean, Faculty of Law

1993 - 1995

Hague Academy of International Law Lecturer

1993 - 1993

University of Leicester Professor of Law

1988 - 1995

Hague Academy of International Law Director of Studies

1988 - 1988

University of Bristol Reader in Law

1988 - 1988

National University of Singapore Visiting Senior Fellow

1987 - 1988

University of Bristol Lecturer in Law

1973 - 1988

Publications

Cheshire, North and Fawcett, Private International Law

Consultant Editor 15 ed by Torremans, 2017 - Published in 1987 (11th ed), 1992 (12th ed), 1999 (13th ed), 2008 (14th ed) by Oxford University Press

Human Rights and Private International Law

James Fawcett, Máire Ní Shúilleabháin, Sangeeta Shah - Published in 2016 by Oxford University Press

Intellectual Property and Private

James J. Fawcett, Paul Torremans - Published in 1998 and 2nd ed 2011 by Oxford University Press

International Sale of Goods in the Conflict of Laws

James Fawcett, Jonathan Harrts and Micheal Bridge - Published in 2005 by Oxford University Press

Reform and Development of Private International Law

Edited by James Fawcett - Published in 2002 by Oxford University Press

Declining Jurisdiction in Private International Law

Edited by James Fawcett - Published in 1995 by Oxford University Press

Product Liability in Private International Law: A European Perspective

James Fawcett - Published in 1993

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Numerous Articles on Private International Law

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