Harold G. Maier (1937 – August 24, 2014)[1] was a noted scholar in the field of international law, international civil litigation, and conflict of laws. After receiving his undergraduate education at the University of Cincinnati, he obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He also earned an LL.M. from the University of Michigan.[1] He held the title of David Daniels Allen Professor of Law Emeritus at the Vanderbilt University Law School.[2]
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| Born | 1937 Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
| Died | (aged 77) |
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| Institutions | Vanderbilt University Law School |
In addition to being a prolific author, Maier has served as Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State,[3] as a member of the U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law, and as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of the Army on the Panama Canal Treaty Negotiations. Additionally, he has testified before congressional committees on various issues, including emergency presidential controls on international economic transactions. In 1985 he was an expert witness for the U.S. Government in civil litigation resulting from the Mariel boatlift.[4]
At Vanderbilt, he established the law school's Transnational Studies Program as well as the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.[1][5]
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- ^ "Harold Maier 1937-2014". Vanderbilt University Law School. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ Ammann, Daniel (2009-10-13). The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich. Macmillan. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-0-312-57074-3.
- ^ "Harold G. Maier". The Tennessean. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ "Embargo Against Cuba to be Topic of Lecture". Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.