LEON TRAKMAN

Currently living in Sydney, Australia, Leon Trakman has published 8 books and over 100 articles on contracts, investment, commercial law and international commercial arbitration.

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CITATIONS IN JUDGMENTS

Professor Leon Trakman is frequently cited by judges in Canada, Australia, the US, UK, among other jurisdictions

Citations by Judges:

Chief Justice French of the Australian High Court, "National Judiciaries in a Global Economy" (2014), International Association for Court Administration 7th International Conference. Prof. Leon Trakman's analysis of investor-state arbitration is featured on page 11.

Chief Justice French,  "Investor-State Dispute Settlement: A Cut Above the Courts? (2014)" Law Council of Australia. Leon Trakman's work is cited at page 10.

Citations in High Court Judgements:

Professor Leon Trakman was recently cited by Chief Justice French of the High Court of Australia. For more, see: Chief Justice French, High Court of Australia, National Judiciaries in a Global Economy (2014), International Association for Court Administration 7th International Conference (p. 11) 

Professor Leon Trakman's work was cited by the Supreme Court of Victoria in Yesodei Hatorah College Inc v. v The Trustees of the Elwood Talmud Torah Congregation. The Court relied on Leon Trakman's prior study of the concept of ex aequo et bono in its analysis of the case. For more, see Yesodei Hatorah College Inc v. v The Trustees of the Elwood Talmud Torah Congregation (p. 49)

Leon Trakman was cited by the South Africa Constitutional Court, which is the highest judicial body in the country. Coetzee v Government of the Republic of South Africa, (CCT19/94 CCT22/94) 1995 (10) BCLR 1382; CC), 1995 SACLR LEXIS 275, Ц 46 is a seminal case on the imprisonment of judgement creditors. Professor Trakman's analysis of constitutional rights is featured at paragraph 48 of the judgement.


 
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