The University of Wisconsin Law School's Institute for Legal Studies welcomed visiting scholars from multiple continents in September 2006.  The new arrivals are researchers and teachers with widely divergent scholarly interests, who are pursuing their research with the assistance of faculty and resources at the Law School.  Included are:

ILS Visiting Scholar

Roberto Freitas Filho is a Professor of Consumer Law at Centro Unificado de Brasilia University and is sponsored by Professor David Trubek. Prior to this position, he was Professor of Jurisprudence at University Santa Cecilia, served as Director of Department of Consumer Protection in the Ministry of Justice, and was the Brazilian Negotiator for Mercosul. Roberto is a graduate of Universidade Catolica de Santos, and he holds both LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from the University of Sao Paulo. His areas of interest include Sociology of Law, Jurisprudence, and Consumer Law. His current research explores the idea of coherence applied to the decision-making process, the myth of coherence from a sociological perspective, and the function of coherence as a critical concept for evaluating the consistency of court decisions.

Kevin Malunga is a Lecturer in Law at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he teaches Public International Law, Regional Protection of Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Sale and Lease, Business Enterprise Law, Commercial Law, and Family Law. He also has lectured in law at the University of Natal, South Africa. His interests include Development Law, using the law and politics for development and poverty alleviation. Kevin holds a B.A. in Law from the University of Swaziland, LL.B. from the University of Natal, and LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. He has served as a consultant to UNAIDS on domestic laws affecting HIV vaccine trialists in Ethiopia. He is a guest scholar of the Global Legal Studies Initiative for the 2006-07 academic year and an S.J.D. candidate. His faculty sponsor is Professor Heinz Klug.

European University Institute (EUI) Doctoral Candidates

Iris Benöhr is a Ph.D. researcher in Law at the European University Institute in Florence. The provisional title of her dissertation is Social Rights and Consumers’ Access to Law. She holds M.A. and B.A. degrees in Law from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and has studied at the University of Salamanca, Spain and at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She also has worked as a lawyer in contract law, corporate law, labor law and intellectual property.

Arnaud Thysen is a doctoral candidate in European Law at the European University Institute in Florence. His dissertation topic is "The limits of competition law and the public services: A comparative study of France, England and the USA". Arnaud also was a scientific collaborator to the Institute for European Studies at Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and worked as a lawyer at the Brussels Bar. He has studied at the Universite libre de Bruxelles and the University of Ghent in Belgium. He holds a master’s in Law from Catholic University of Louvain and a Bachelor in Law from the University Saint-Louis in Belgium.

Visiting Faculty from the University of Giessen

Liane Wörner is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law during the month of September 2006. She received her LL.M. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and is currently finishing her dissertation at the Justus Liebig Üniversität in Giessen, Germany. She is a specialist in German criminal law and criminal procedure and has taught abroad previously at the UW-Madison as well as in Hungary.

Andrea Kramer teaches Sociology of Law at the University of Giessen, and is interested in the field of law and development. Her current research project focuses on constitution-making and constitutional assemblies, with a geographical focus on South America.

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