Summer Program in Eastern Mediterranean (Cyprus)
Faculty
Cesare Romano
Professor of Law
W. Joseph Ford Fellow
MA (Laurea), University of Milano
D.E.S. (Diplôme des Études Superieures), Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva
LL.M., New York University Law School
PhD (Doctorat), Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva
Cesare P. Romano holds degrees in three different disciplines (political science, international relations and law) from three countries (Italy, Switzerland and the United States), and is a polyglot. His scholarship and teaching reflect the variety of his background.
His expertise is in public international law, and in particular dispute settlement, international environmental law, international human rights and international criminal and humanitarian law. However, it is probably the field international courts and tribunals where he has made to date the greatest contribution, publishing numerous articles and four books. Since 1997 he has directed the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (www.pict-pcti.org), an international research project shared by scholars across the globe becoming a world-renowned authority in the field.
Before joining Loyola Law School, Prof. Romano taught as visiting or adjunct professor in a number of institutions in the U.S. and Europe.
A. Marco Turk, J.D.
Professor at California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
A. Marco Turk is Professor Emeritus of Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, and recently retired as the founding director (2002-2010) of that program at California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). He holds a BA degree in Political Science from the University of Washington (Seattle) and a JD cum laude from Southwestern University School of Law.
Professor Turk emphasizes the areas of e-discovery mediation, mediator ethics, restorative justice and peacebuilding. He is a regularly assigned mediator for the California 2nd District Court of Appeal, and an Alternative Resolution Centers neutral. He is a fellow of the American College of e-Neutrals, writes a twice-monthly column on e-discovery mediation for The Daily Journal, and has a long history in California Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is recognized internationally for his work as a peacebuilder, educator and trainer dealing with ethnic conflict. Having been a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Conflict Resolution on Cyprus (1997-1999), Professor Turk has made funded return trips in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2008 to continue his peacebuilding work on the island, and he has conducted programs for Cypriots in the USA through the U.S. State Department and the Fred J. Hansen Institute for World Peace at San Diego State University. In October 2003, he participated as one of only two Americans invited to attend the Oxford University international workshop on "Getting to Yes" regarding efforts to reunify Cyprus. He is a recognized scholar concerning the Cyprus Problem, and he has written extensively on the subject. His three articles published by the Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review have been adapted for a book, VISIONS IN CONFLICT - Peacebuilding in Cyprus: a View from the Ground, scheduled to be published in 2012. The book will be used as a resource for the program.
Professor Turk started his career as a full-time educator in 1995 at UC Irvine, following 34 years during which he practiced law and was involved in various entrepreneurial ventures. He came to CSUDH from UCI in 2002. He has also been an adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School/Los Angeles, teaching a self-designed/developed course in International Conflict Resolution: Negotiating Peacebuilding Opportunities, for students in both the Loyola traditional J.D. and International LL.M. programs (fall semester 2007), where Cyprus was used as the case study for the course.
Director
Peter Tiersma
Professor of Law and Joseph Scott Fellow
Director of International Programs
BA, with distinction, Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa
JD, University of California Berkeley, Order of the Coif
PhD, University of California San Diego
Professor Tiersma was born in the Netherlands and immigrated with his parents to the United States. Following graduation from Stanford University, he was a Fulbright Fellow to the Netherlands and later received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego. Subsequently, he obtained a J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California in Berkeley. He clerked for Justice Stanley Mosk of the California Supreme Court, worked in private practice for three years, and has been teaching at Loyola Law School since 1990.
Tiersma is the author of the books Frisian Reference Grammar (Fryske Akademy, 1999), Legal Language (University of Chicago Press, 1999), and Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice (co-authored with Lawrence Solan, University of Chicago Press, 2005).
He has written several articles on the relationship between language and law. Tiersma has also lectured widely on these topics, most recently in Germany and China.