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Professor Homer D. Pithawalla is a practising Advocate of Supreme Court of India and Bombay High Court as well as Solicitor of Bombay High Court, Supreme Court of England and Supreme Court of Hong Kong. He is also the seniormost Professor of Law at the Government Law College, Mumbai and is recognised as one of India's leading experts on Corporate laws (Contract law & Company law) and Competition law Prof. Pithawalla has been teaching in Government Law College, the oldest law college in India, for 43 years. His students include Supreme Court and High Court Judges, Attorney-Generals, Ministers and advocates all over the world. Initially a Professor of company law, Prof. Pithawalla now also lectures on contract law, property law, family law,constitutional law, legal language and the conflict of laws. Prof. Pithawalla is also the Professor-in-charge of the Placement Committee, Government Law College, Mumbai. Apart from teaching at Government Law College, he has been invited to lecture at several reputed institutions like the Harvard Law School (Boston, USA), the Law School at La Sorbonne (Paris, France) the University of Cambridge, the International Bar Association, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries - to name a few. For a write-up on Prof. Pithawalla appearing in the Mumbai Mirror of September 5, 2011, visit: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=2&contentid=201109052011090503280526065c21fda He has authored and edited several books written mainly for students, but helpful to lawyers as well. Some of these are available on these sites: http://www.booksindianlaw.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=7773801794735529740 http://www.indianbooksondevelopmentstudies.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=8856692564783927630 http://www.kkagencies.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=3495054894792547495 http://www.indianbooksonwomen.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=6626961564781533530 Prof. Pithawalla is also qualified to practise in the Supreme Court of England and Wales and the Supreme Court of Hong Kong. He is a life member of the Academy of American and International Law of the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas. He was also one of the two Indians selected to attend their Academy several years ago. Prof. Pithawalla speaks English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and French. In addition to teaching French, he has been associated with Alliance Francaise de Bombay since many years. He is also the Vice President of FILA - Franco-Indian Lawyers' Association (which was founded in Paris). Apart from editing several law books, he has authored a series of books, including the ''Leading Cases on the Law of Contracts'', ''Company Law'', Environment Law, Administrative Law, Land Laws and ''The Indian Divorce Act''. His now-famous book, ''Legal Language, Legal Writing & General English'' is a standard text for law students as well as civil and judicial services aspirants. Another unique achievement was the invitation from the Royal Government of Bhutan to draft contract law for their country. In the course of his visit to Bhutan, his draft was discussed at a workshop chaired by the Attorney General of Bhutan. The Act is now undergoing translation, after which it will be presented to the Bhutanese Parliament. For an interesting newspaper article (wherein his advice was sought) see: http://www.livemint.com/2012/01/19212253/Clueless-bankers-still-roam-fr.html ==External links== *(Official Website, Government Law College, Mumbai ) *(Faculty, Government Law College, Mumbai ) *(Business Formation and Transactions ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homer Pithawalla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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