C.H. (Remco) van Rhee is Professor of Comparative Civil Procedure
and European Legal History at Maastricht University (Netherlands)
and director of the program "Foundations and Principles of Civil
Procedure in Europe" of the Ius Commune Research School. He studied
law at the universities of Leiden and Edinburgh, History at the
university of Leuven and Psychology at the university of Leiden. He
defended his PhD thesis on early-modern civil procedure at the
university of Leiden, where he received his doctorate in 1997. His
PhD thesis was awarded the prix d'excellence of the Praemium
Erasmianum Foundation in 1997. Van Rhee taught Roman Law at the
University of Leiden (1991-1994) and Property and Civil Procedure
at the University of Utrecht (1994-1998) before being appointed at
Maastricht University. He served, amongst other things, as head of
department, member of the science committee of the law faculty of
Maastricht University, academic director of the Maastricht
University European Law School Master program and chairman of the
Education Board of the Maastricht University European Law School.
He held visiting positions at various universities in Europe, the
Americas, Asia and Africa. He is a member of the several editorial
boards: "The Legal History Review"; "Pro Memorie: Bijdragen tot de
Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden" ("Dutch Legal History Journal")
and "Tijdschrift voor Civiele Rechtspleging" ("Dutch Civil
Procedure Journal"). He is general editor of the History of Private
Law series and of the China & Comparative Law series. He is
founding member of the European Society for Comparative Legal
History, Council Member of the International Association of
Procedural Law, Member of the Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung f r
Internationales Verfahrensrecht and fellow of the Maastricht
European Private Law Institute (Mepli). He is also an elected
member of "Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde" ("Society of
Dutch Literature and History").
Alan Uzelac is Professor at the Zagreb University and Chair of
Department for Civil Procedure of the Faculty of Law. His teaching
and research includes issues of national and comparative civil
procedure, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution,
organization of judiciary, legal professions and procedural human
rights. He holds degrees in law (LL.B., LL.M., LL.D.) and social
sciences (M.A. (phil.), M.A. (literature)) from Zagreb University.
He was visiting researcher and scholar at a number of universities,
including Harvard Law School (Fulbright grant), and universities of
Vienna (Austria), Maastricht (the Netherlands), Oslo (Norway),
Kazan (Russia), and Pavia (Italy). As an active member of the
International Association of Procedural Law and the German
Association for International Procedural Law, he serves on the
chief advisory bodies of both organizations (Council, Rat). Since
mid-90s, he was engaged as national delegate of Croatia in the work
of UNCITRAL Working Group for Arbitration and Conciliation were he
participated in drafting of the several international instruments
in the field of alternative dispute resolution. He was involved in
various activities of the European Commission for the Efficiency of
Justice (CEPEJ) of the Council of Europe, where he held different
functions (inter alia: Bureau member from 2003-2006, President of
the Task Force on Timeframes of Proceedings - TF-DEL 2005-2006).
His professional experience includes work in various Croatian
courts, Croatian State Bar Exam, and internship at the Secretariat
of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Over a
period of ten years, Professor Uzelac was Secretary General of the
Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce.
Throughout his career, he was often engaged as expert in various
legislative projects. As an international expert he was engaged on
a number of missions, assisting legal reforms and legal
collaboration in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Russia
and Kosovo. Professor Uzelac also acts as member of the highest
body for judicial appointments and discipline, the State Judicial
Council in 2012-2015 period.
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