INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF COMPARATIVE LAW
The current secretary general
In October 2022, at the 21th General Congress of Comparative Law in Asunción, Gary BELL was elected Secretary-General of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
The members of the Executive Committee, including the Secretary-General, are elected for a period of four years and are eligible for re-election. (Statutes, art. X)
Some faculties of the Secretary-General:
● Subject to Article 9 of these Statutes, the Secretary-General is responsible for the scientific programme of the Academy, overseeing the administrative operation of the Academy and supervising the publication of the Academy’s Acts and Proceedings (Statutes, art. XIII).
● Members elections may take place every year under conditions to be set down by the Secretary-General (By-Laws, art. 4)
● The amount of dues shall be decided by the Secretary-General in consultation with the Executive Committee (By-Laws, art. 7).
Former Secretary Generals
2014 – 2022
Diego P. FERNÁNDEZ ARROYO
Professor, Sciences Po, Paris
2006 – 2014
Jürgen BASEDOW
Professor at the University of Hamburg; co-director of the Max Planck Institute of Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
1973 – 2006
Roland DRAGO
Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris II
1965 – 1973
(Décès)
Gabriel MARTY
President of the University of Toulouse
1958 – 1965
(Décès)
Felipe de SOLÁ CAÑIZARES
Director of the Institute of Comparative Law of Barcelona; Dean of the International Faculty of Comparative Law, Strasbourg
1927 – 1958
Elèmer BALOGH
Professor at the University of the Witwaterstrand, Johannesburg
1924 – 1927
Elèmer BALOGH and Robert W. LEE
Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Law
