Basil Markesinis (born 1944) is a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar specializing in comparative law, who held professorships including the Jamail Regents Professorship at the University of Texas at Austin and a chair in common and civil law at University College London. Author or co-author of some thirty books and over 120 articles in English, French, German and Greek, his scholarship bridged Anglo-American and continental European legal traditions and earned him honors from France, Germany, Italy and Greece.
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How did Basil Markesinis build links between American and European law at the University of Texas?
He founded the Texas Law Institute of Transnational Law and set up student and faculty exchanges with English universities.
At the University of Texas School of Law, Basil Markesinis founded the Texas Law Institute of Transnational Law, which brings jurists and academics to Austin from several European countries. The Institute also hosts his database of foreign law translations, a collection of English translations of legal decisions from Austria, France, Germany and Israel. He also started exchange programs that sent several hundred Texas law students to law schools in England over about 25 years and brought English law students to Texas.
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He was previously Professor of Common and Civil Law at University College London.
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Sir Basil Markesinis, KC, FBA (Greek: Βασίλειος Μαρκεζίνης; 10 July 1944 - 24 April 2023) was a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar, who was Jamail Regents Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. He was previously Professor of Common and Civil Law at University College London.
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Sir Basil Markesinis, KC, FBA (Greek: Βασίλειος Μαρκεζίνης; 10 July 1944 - 24 April 2023) was a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar, who was Jamail Regents Professor at the University of Texas, Austin.
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He was previously Professor of Common and Civil Law at University College London.
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Wikidata Q4867216, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1944
Wikidata Q4867216, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1944-07-10
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P570 (date of death): 2023
Wikidata Q4867216, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2023-04-24
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P19 (place of birth): Athens
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P20 (place of death): Oxford
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