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Harold G. Maier: A World Class Fellow Indeed, Paul M. Kurtz
Harold G. Maier: A World Class Fellow Indeed, Paul M. Kurtz
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Hal Maier has played many roles in my life: he has been my teacher, my boss, my advisor, my colleague, and most and best of all, my friend. In all those roles, he has exhibited enthusiasm, patience, tact, and brilliance. Not at all a bad combination, I would say.
Come with me back to his classroom, circa 1970-1971. The subject is Conflict of Laws (which was required back then) or Law of the European Economic Community (which one with no interest in international law only took because of the masterful teacher). Clad in white shirt and oh-so-narrow tie which he …
Transnational Litigation: Is There A "Field"? A Tribute To Hal Maier, Linda Silberman
Transnational Litigation: Is There A "Field"? A Tribute To Hal Maier, Linda Silberman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
I was pleased to be asked to offer a few words in honor of my friend, Professor Hal Maier, on the occasion of his retirement from Vanderbilt University Law School. I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Hal, not only because he has been a wonderful friend and colleague over the years, but also because he sparked my interest in a field to which I had only recently turned when we first met and one that now absorbs much of my time and attention. The "field"--if it can be characterized as such--is "international litigation" or "transnational litigation," and that …