Professor James A.R. Nafziger holds the Thomas B. Stoel Chair of Law and is Director of International Programs at the Willamette University College of Law.
SALEM, OR, April 03, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present James A.R. Nafziger with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, James Nafziger celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Professor Nafziger holds the Thomas B. Stoel Chair of Law and is Director of International Programs at the Willamette University College of Law. He received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Wisconsin and his JD degree from the Harvard Law School. After clerking on the federal court, he was Henry Luce Fellow and, later, Administrative Director of the American Society of International Law. He is Honorary Professor of the East China University of Politics and Law, and has been a member of the full-time law faculties at the University of Oregon, Marquette University (as the Boden Visiting Professor), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (as a Fulbright Lecturer), and the National and Otgontenger Universities in Mongolia (as a Fulbright Lecturer). He has also taught extensively at the University of California-Davis, University of Wisconsin, Trinity College in Dublin, the University of Barcelona, the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, and other institutions. His teaching and scholarship has focused on international law and dispute resolution, conflict of laws, international business transactions, cultural heritage law, sports law, immigration and refugee law, comparative law, and international arbitration and litigation. He is the author of 15 books, more than 140 published articles and chapters in books, and some 100 other writings. His latest book (2017) is "Comparative Law and Anthropology."
Professor Nafziger's seminal book, International Sports Law, published in 1988 and now in a second edition, was the first comprehensive book in that field. His co-edited "Cultural Law: International, Comparative and Indigenous" is the only comprehensive text spanning legal aspects of such diverse topics as traditional knowledge, sports, religion, language, museum management, the protection of cultural heritage, and international trade in cultural material. He also initiated and served as the reporter for Oregon's codification of choice-of-law rules for torts and contracts. The resulting Oregon statutes were the world's first by a common law jurisdiction.
As vice chair of the London-based International Law Association, he continues his long work in that organization, having served as president and chair of the executive committee of its American Branch. He also serves as secretary of the American Society of International Law and as a member of its Executive Council and Executive Committee. His other current professional leadership includes membership on the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law. Professor Nafziger is honorary president of the International Association of Sports Law, past president of the Oregon International Council and past treasurer of the American Society of Comparative Law, in which he continues to serve as liaison with the American Council of Learned Societies. An elected member of the American Law Institute and the International Academy of Comparative Law, he has chaired five sections and one workshop of the Association of American Law Schools.
Professor Nafziger served as co-director of studies at the Centre for Studies and Research in the Hague Academy of International Law. He was also scholar-in-residence at the Rockefeller Center in Italy and a consultant to the Administrative Conference of the United States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration. He received an award for extraordinary contributions from the American Society of Comparative Law and the first Aisimnitis Award from the University of Athens for outstanding academic contributions to the development of sports law. In addition, the Burlington Northern Foundation presented him with its Faculty Achievement Award for excellence in teaching and scholarly activity.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, James A.R. Nafziger has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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