Jacob DolingerJacob Dolinger was born in 1935 in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1940, the family fled from the Nazi invasion, crossing France, Spain, Portugal and arrived to Brazil in early 1941. Dolinger made his Talmud studies in Mesifta Talmudical Seminary, NY. (148-1953). Earned Law Degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro in 1958, Doctorate in Law in 1969, Associate Professor in 1972 and full Professorship in 1979, all from the same Law School. Published a collection on Private International Law composed of six volumes: (1)General Part(nine editions); (2)Marriage and Divorce; (3)Child; (4)Contracts and Obligations; (5) Vademecum (collection of laws and conventions) and (6) International Commercial Arbitration(the last two in co-edition with Professor Carmen Tiburcio). Other books deal with theCapacity of the Married Woman in Civil Law; Repercussion of the International Monetary Fund on Private International Lawand The Evolution of Ordre Public in Private International Law.Edited a book of suggestions regarding constitutional international matters to the Assembly that drafted and approved the 1988 Brazilian Constitution and co-editedPanorama of Brazilian Lawwith Professor Keith S. Rosenn of the Miami University. Published numerous articles in US Universities' law journals, in the American Journal of Comparative Law, The International Lawyer of the American Bar Association, in Mexican and Venezuelan law journals and a very large number of articles, essays and legal opinions in Brazilian law journals. In 2009, published 'Direito e Amor' (Law and Love), a collection of some of his most important Brazilian essays and articles. Dolinger was visiting professor at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in the early 1970s and taught for thirty-two years at the State University of Rio de Janeiro Law School graduate and post graduate departments, delivering courses in Private International Law, International Procedural Law and Comparative Law (1973-2005). Visiting scholar at the Law School of the University of Texas at Austin and visiting professor at Brooklyn Law School (NY), Capital University Law Centre (Columbus, Ohio), Loyola of Los Angeles University Law School, Miami University School of Law (on three different occasions) and at the Shaarei Bina Michlalah of Law, Israel. In 2000, Dolinger delivered a course at The Hague Academy of International Law on Evolution of Principles for Resolving Conflicts in the Field of Contracts and Torts (Recueil des Cours, volume 283, 189-512). Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the International Law Association. Member of the Brazilian delegation to the fifth InterAmerican Conference on Private International Law (1994) participated in the drafting of the Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts. Member of the Mercosul list of arbitrators nominated by the Brazilian government acted in a number of international arbitrations as attorney, as consultant and as arbitrator. Dolinger was one of the four Brazilian professors that prepared Bill no. 4.905/ 1995 and later Bill no. 269/2004, to replace the Law of Introduction to the Civil Code, of 1942, which rules on Brazilian Private International Law. Presently teaches at Israeli Law Schools. Read More Read Less