Alexandra Braun (legal scholar)

Alexandra Braun is an Italian legal scholar based at the University of Edinburgh, where she is Lord President Reid Professor of Law at Edinburgh Law School. She was previously Professor of Comparative Private Law at the University of Oxford.

Career

Braun graduated from the University of Genoa with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was subsequently awarded a Master of Law degree at the same place. She then completed a doctorate in comparative private law at the University of Trento. She was a supernumerary teaching fellow and Junior Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford, before taking up a post in 2010 as Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall and a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Institute of European and Comparative Law, where she was the Deputy Director from 2014-2017. In 2016, the University of Oxford awarded her the title of Professor of Comparative Private Law.[1][2][3] In August 2017, Braun became the Lord President Reid Professor of Law at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh).[4]

Bibliography

Her published works include:[1]

  • (edited with A. Röthel), Passing Wealth on Death: Will-Substitutes in Comparative Perspective (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016).
  • "Pension Death Benefits: Opportunities and Pitfalls", in B. Häcker and C. Mitchell (eds), Current Issues in Succession Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016).
  • "The Risk of 'Misusing' Trusts: Some Lessons from the Italian Experience", European Review of Private Law, vol. 24 (2016).
  • "Intestate Succession in Italy", in K. G. C. Reid, M. J. De Waal and R. Zimmermann (eds), Comparative Succession Law, vol. 2 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).
  • "The Framing of a European Law of Trusts", in L. Smith (ed), The Worlds of the Trust (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013).
  • "Formal and Informal Testamentary Promises: A Historical and Comparative Perspective", The Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (2012).
  • "Towards a Greater Autonomy for Testators and Heirs: Some Reflections on Recent Reforms in France, Belgium and Italy", Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (2012).
  • (with W. Swadling), "Management Devices: Trust, Treuhand, Fiducie", in S. van Erp and B. Akkermans (eds), Cases, Materials and Text on Property Law (Hart Publishing, 2012).
  • "Testamentary Freedom and its Restrictions in French and Italian Law: Trends and Shifts", in R. Zimmermann (ed), Freedom of Testation/Testierfreiheit (Mohr Siebeck, 2012).
  • "The English Codification Debate and the Role of Jurists in the Development of Legal Doctrines", in M. Lobban and J. Moses (eds), The Impact of Ideas on Legal Development (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).
  • "Trusts in the Draft Common Frame of Reference: The ‘Best Solution’ For Europe?", Cambridge Law Journal, vol. 70 (2011).
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  • "Italy: the trust interno", in D. Hayton (ed), The International Trust (3rd ed.) (Bristol: Jordans, 2011).
  • "Testamentary Formalities in Italy", in K. G. C. Reid, M. J. de Waal and R. Zimmermann (eds), Comparative Succession Law, vol 1 (Oxford University Press, 2011)
  • "‘An Italian Perspective’", Edinburgh Law Review Symposium, book 10 (2011).
  • "Burying the Living? The Citation of Legal Writings in English Courts", American Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 58 (2010).
  • "Judges and Academics: Features of a Partnership", in J. Lee (ed), From House of Lords to Supreme Court: Judges, Jurists and the Process of Judging (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2010)
  • "El trust en Italia: aplicaciones en el ámbito del derecho de la persona y de la familia", in E. Arroyo i Amayuelas (ed), El trust en el Derecho Civil (Barcelona: Bosch, 2007)
  • "Revocability of Mutual Wills", in K. G. C. Reid, M. J. de Waal and R. Zimmermann (eds), Exploring the Law of Succession: Studies National, Historical and Comparative, Edinburgh Studies in Law, vol. 5 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007)
  • Giudici e Accademia nell'Esperienza Inglese (Mulino, 2006)
  • "L'elemento contrattuale nei testamenti concordati: appunti sull'evoluzione storica nel diritto tedesco e inglese" in M. Lupoi (ed), Le Situazioni Affidanti (Torino: Giappichelli, 2006).
  • "Professors and Judges in Italy: it Takes Two to Tango", Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, vol 26, issue 4 (2006).
  • "Quando un trust è sham: Brevi riflessioni su recenti sviluppi giurisprudenziali in Inghilterra e sull’isola di Jersey", Trusts e Attività Fiduciarie (2006).
  • "Italy", in J. Glasson and G. Thomas (eds), The International Trust (2nd ed.) (Bristol: Jordans, 2006)
  • "Austria", in F. Brunetta d'Usseaux (ed), Il Diritto di Famiglia nell'Unione Europea (Milan: Giuffré, 2005)
  • "Caught in the crossfire: is the Liechtenstein Treuhänderschaft a trust or a treuhand?", Trust Law International, vol. 18 (2004).
  • (edited with M. Dogliotti), Il Trust nel Diritto delle Persone e della Famiglia (Milan: Giuffré, 2003)
  • (ed.), Dalla Disgrazia al Danno (Milan: Giuffré, 2002)
  • "'La Treuhänderschaft del Liechtenstein: origine e natura giuridica alla luce dei recenti sviluppi giurisprudenziali", Trusts e Attività Diduciarie (2001).
  • "I trusts di garanzia in Germania", Trusts e Attività Fiduciarie (2000).
  • "I trusts interni", Rivista di Diritto Civile (2000).
  • "L’evoluzione del trust nel diritto consuetudinario sudafricano", Trusts e Attività Fiduciarie (2000).

References

  1. 1 2 "Alexandra Braun", University of Oxford Faculty of Law. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Recognition of Distinction: Successful Applicants 2016", The University of Oxford Gazette, no. 5143, vol. 147, 29 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Prof Alexandra Braun", Lady Margaret Hall. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Professor Alexandra Braun appointed Lord President Reid Professor of Law", Edinburgh Law School. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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