Spring 2012 Visiting Scholars

Mr. Mohammed Abdalhadi - Palestine
October  2011 – February 2012

Mr. Abdalhadi is a Lecturer at AlAzhar University in Gaza, Palestine.

Research Area: Human Rights and Constitutional Law
Project Title: Human Rights and Constitutional Law

Email: m_hadi79@yahoo.com

Recipient of the Open Society Institute Scholarship

Mr. Bjorn Arp – Spain
September 2011 – September  2012

Mr. Arp is an Assistant Professor of Public Law and International Relations at University of Alcala Law School in Madrid, Spain.

Research Area: International Organizations
Project Title: The International Responsibility of the World Bank for Human Rights Violations: Practice of the Compliance Advisor-Ombudsman

Email: Bjorn.Arp@uah.es

Recipient of José Castillejo Scholarship from International University in Alcalá , Faculty of Law, Spain

Mr. Jaume Guardans Cambo - Spain
September 2011 – August 2012

Mr. Guardans is a Lawyer specialized in justice reform in developing countries. He is the CEO of Ideaborn Consultants.

Research Area: Rule of Law and Human Rights
Project Title: Access to Justice for the Most Vulnerable: Communication Venues Between the Courts System and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Email: iguardans@ideaborn.com

Ernesto Corzo – Mexico
February 2012 – August 2012

Mr. Corzo works for the Consulate of Mexico in San Antonio, Arizona.

Research area: International Investment and Commercial Arbitration
Project Title: Balancing Private and Public Interests: A New Era of Counterweighting Investor’s Rights in International Investment Arbitration

Email: Ernesto.corzo@gmail.com

Mr. Rafael Escudero - Spain
September 2011- August 2012

Mr. Escudero is a Professor of Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.

Research Area: Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Legal Theory
Project Title: Transnational Justice and Democracy: Approach from Legal Philosophy

Email: rafael.escudero@uc3m.es

Ms. Mutsumi Fuchino – Japan
April 2012 – September 2012

Ms. Fuchino is a Professor of Law at Mie University, Japan.

Research Area: Criminal Procedure
Project Title: Criminal Procedure and Evidence in the US

E mail: mutsuito@human.mie-u..ac.jp

Mr. Takao Fuchino - Japan
September 2011- September 2012

Mr. Fuchino is a Professor at Ritsumeiken University, Japan.

Research Area: Criminal Procedure
Project Title: Criminal Procedure and Sentencing in the US

E mail: jtfuchi@law.ritsumei.ac.jp

Ricardo Abello Galvis – Colombia
March 2012– May 2012

Mr. Abello Galvis is a Professor of Law at Universidad del Rosario and a PhD Candidate at the Javeriana University, Bogotá , Colombia.

Research Area: International Law
Project Title: Ius Cogens at the Eve of the 21st Century

Email: Ricardo.abello@urosario.edu.co

Alberto Saiz Garitaonandia - Spain
April 2012 – June 2012

Mr. Saiz Garitaonandia is a Professor of Procedural Law, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Research Area: Procedural Law; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law
Project Title: Bringing the Terrorism to a Peaceful End

E-mail: alberto.saiz@ehu.es

Mr. Carlos Javier Moreiro Gonzalez – Spain
September 2011- May 2012

Mr. Moreiro Gonzalez is a Professor of Law at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.

Research Area: European Law and International Public Law
Project Title: Towards a New Regulatory Framework of Financial Services

E mail: cmoreiro@der-pu.uc3m.es

Mr. Hideaki Hashiguchi - Japan
December 2011 -February 2012

Mr. Hashiguchi is a Prosecutor for Naha District Public Prosecutors Office, Japan

Research Area: US Criminal Legal System, Prosecution
Project Title: Future Strategies for the Prosecution - Community Prosecution

Email: aiki5963@gmail.com

 

Mr. Eiki Hirota - Japan
March 2012 – August 2012

Mr. Hirota is a Public Prosecutor for Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, Japan.

Research area: Criminal Law
Project Title: Various Investigative Measures in the United States against Large-Scale Economic Crime Cases

Email: eiki.hirota@gmail.com

Ms. Minjie Hu – China
March 2012- March 2013

Ms. Minjie is an Associate Lecturer at Nanjing University Law School in China.

Research Area: Administrative Law
Project Title: China’s Social Security: Dispute Resolution

Email: huminjie@nju,edu.cn

Mr. Milos Hrnjaz - Serbia
January 2012– May 2012

Mr. Hrnjaz is a Lecturer for Department of International Affairs, University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science.

Research Area: International Human Rights
Project Title: International Private and Human Rights Law – Current Issues

Email: miloshrnjaz@gmail.com

Recipient of the Junior Faculty Development Program Fellowship sponsored by the American Councils for International Education

Ms. Lia Cao – China
November, 2011 – February 2012

Ms. Cao is a Ph.D. Candidate at People’s University of China, Beijing

Research Area: Administrative Law
Project Title: Accountability in the U. S.

Email: caolin_angel@163.com

Mr. Konosuke Kuboniwa - Japan
December 2011 -February 2012

Mr. Kuboniwa is a Public Prosecutor for Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office, Japan.

Research Area: Criminal Law
Project Title: Comparative study: Criminal Investigations in the US and Japan

Email: k-kuboniwa0722050@ppo.moj.go.jp

Mr. Antonio Jose Rengifo Lozano - Colombia
January 2012 – July 2012

Mr. Rengifo Lozano is a Professor of Law at National University of Colombia, Colombia

Research Area: Inter American Human Rights System
Project Title: The Inter-American Human Rights System: Meaning, Content and Scope of Cultural Rights

Email: ajrengifol@unal.edu.co

Mr. Luiz Ricardo de Miranda – Brazil
October 2011 – June 2012

Mr. de Miranda is a Lawyer in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Research Area: International Law
Project Title: Project Finance: Role of the World Bank

Email:  luizricardo.miranda@gamil.com

Mr. Srilal Perera – USA/Sri Lanka
August 2011 – August 2012

Dr. Perera worked for MIGA as a Chief Counsel, at Legal and Claims Department. He is also an Adjunct Professor at WCL.

Research Area: Foreign Investment
Project Title: State Responsibility and the Law of Foreign Investment

Email: pererasrilal@yahoo.com

Mr. Longtan Shi – China/Japan
March 2012- March 2013 

Mr. Shi is a Professor at Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Economics and East Asian Studies, Japan

Research Area: Administrative Law
Project Title: Freedom of Information Act between Japan, the US and China

Email: seki@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Mr. Tsuneyoshi Tanaka – Japan
April 2012 – June 2012

Mr. Tanaka is a Professor of Law at Ritsumeikan University School of Law, Japan

Research Area: International Business Law
Project Title: The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

Email: tanaka-t@law.reitsumei.ac.jp

Mr. Halit Uyanik – Turkey
May 2012- May 2013

Mr. Uyanik is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Istanbul Law School, Turkey.

Research Area: Administrative Law and Public Law
Project Title: Concept of Public Interest in Administrative Law

Email: halituyanik@gmail.com