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SIR BASIL MARKESINIS QC
Sir Basil Markesinis was born into a family that, from his father’s side, was for over ten generations involved in politics, law, and the world of letters, first in Venice and later in Greece.
He holds a Doctor Iuris from the University of Athens, a Ph.D. and LL.D. from the University of Cambridge, and a DCL from the University of Oxford.
He is an honorary doctor of the Sorbonne as well as of the Universities of Ghent, Athens and Munich and has held tenured posts at the Universities of Cambridge, London, and Oxford. He currently holds the Jamail Regents Chair at the University of Texas.
As a scholar, Sir Basil has authored (or co-authored) thirty-three books and over one hundred and twenty articles. He has also written political articles for the Financial Times and The Guardian. He has given individual lectures or held seminars in over 25 Universities on three Continents.
His scholarly work has been recognized by his election as Fellow of the British Academy, a Foreign Fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei of Rome, the Royal Belgian Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and as Corresponding Member of the Institute de France as well as the Academy of Athens. He is also a Member of the American Law Institute and a Bencher of Gray’s Inn. He was Knighted by H. M. the Queen and has received many high civic honours from the Presidents of France, Germany, Greece, and Italy, most recently the Insignia of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of France. |
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