Charles Irish
Sherwood R. Volkman-Bascom Distinguished Teaching Professor of Law
E-mail: crirish@wisc.edu
Telephone: 263-7406
Office: Room 4312A, Law School
Education:
J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School
Teaching Areas:
Economic Development
International Law: Business Transactions
Law & Development
Tax
Biography
Charles R. Irish is the Volkman-Bascom Professor of Law and Founding Director of the East Asian Legal Studies Center. Within the University of Wisconsin, Professor Irish teaches courses on international taxation, international business transactions, and legal issues involving North America and East Asia. Over the course of his career, Professor Irish has traveled to over 70 countries and now he is a frequent lecturer in East and Southeast Asia on international tax and international trade matters. He also has done extensive advisory work on tax reform and trade policy for governments in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
Professor
Irish's research interests focus on international taxation, trade policies and U.S.
laws affecting international business. He has written many articles and
monographs on international taxation, trade policies and presently is writing a book on
U.S. laws affecting international business.Outside of his work,
Professor Irish enjoys golf, woodworking, and swimming. His latest
passions are ocean kayaking, which he refers to as "surfing for old
people" and saltwater flyfishing.
Professor Irish has a B.A. degree from Columbia University, with a
major in economics, and a J.D. degree from Vanderbilt Law School, where
he was Order of the Coif and a member of the Vanderbilt Law Review. He also has an honorary doctorate in law degree from Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok, Russia.
Professor Irish is married to Anne V. Irish and they have two children. It is a special joy to him that both of his children graduated from the UW Law School and now have successful careers - one in Madison and the other in Shanghai. His wife, who is a bookseller, wonders how she had the misfortune to wind up in a family with three lawyers.
