CURRICULUM VITAE
DEREK ROEBUCK
July 2008
Name: Derek Roebuck
Born: 22 January 1935 Stalybridge, England
Married: 18 August 1981 Susanna Hoe, writer
Qualifications:
1955 Hons Mods Lit Hum Oxford University
1957 BA Jurisprudence Oxford University
1960 MA Oxford University
1965 MCom Accounting Victoria University of Wellington
1962 Solicitor Supreme Court of England & Wales
1968 Barrister Tasmania
1983 Legal Practitioner Papua New Guinea
1988 Solicitor Hong Kong
1989 Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Experience: Legal Practice
1957-62 Articled clerk, then solicitor in general practice in England
1962-67 Consultancies in Wellington NZ
1968-78 Barrister, Hobart, Tasmania
1979-82 Amnesty International head of research
1983-87 Barrister, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
1987-97 Solicitor, Hong Kong
1997- Solicitor, England, consultant on international commercial transactions, disputes and arbitration
Experience: Academic
1962‑68 Victoria University of Wellington lecturer 1962-63, senior lecturer 1964-68 in commercial law
1968‑78 University of Tasmania senior lecturer 1968-69, professor of law, head of department and dean of faculty of law 1969-78
1982‑87 University of Papua New Guinea associate professor 1982-85, professor of law 1986-87
1987‑97 City Polytechnic (later University) of Hong Kong founding head of law 1987-93, professor of law 1988-93, dean of law 1993-94, professor of comparative law 1993-97
1994- People’s University of China, visiting professor
1999- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, Senior Associate Research Fellow
Research: currently the history of arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution; law and language; formerly contract; commercial law, particularly banking and securities; legal translation; comparative legal systems; codification of criminal law and procedure; legal history.
Professional Appointments and Consultancies: Consultant, Messrs Ho & Chan, Solicitors, Hong Kong 1988-97; Law Reform Commissioner, Hong Kong 1992-97; chair, Hong Kong Law Reform Commission Sub-Committee on Sale of Uncompleted Flats 1993-97; honorary legal adviser, Hong Kong Ombudsman 1994-97; formerly member of Tasmanian Law Reform Commission and consultant to Australian Law Reform Commission; President, Australasian Law Schools Association 1977, life member 1979; non-executive director, Universal Appliances Ltd 1995-2000, consultant 2000-05; trustee, International NGO Training and Research Centre 1999-, hon sec 2001-07; editor Arbitration 2000-.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
1. The Law of Contract: text and materials for
students of business Sweet and Maxwell, Wellington. Volume 1 Formation 1966; volume 2 Interpretation 1968
2. Law in the Study of Business Pergamon Press, Oxford 1967
3. Law of Commerce (with PC Duncan and Alexander Szakats) Sweet and Maxwell, Wellington 1968
4. Asian Contract Law: a survey of current problems (with DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Melbourne UP, Melbourne 1969
5. Credit and Security in Singapore: the legal problems of development finance (with Koh Kheng Lian, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1973
6. Credit and Security in Indonesia: the legal problems of development finance (with Gautama Sudargo (Gouwgioksiong), DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP Brisbane 1973
7. Credit and Security in Japan: the legal problems of development finance (with Tanikawa Hiroshi, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1973
8. Credit and Security in Sri Lanka: the legal problems of development finance (with Wickrema Weerasooria, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1973
9. Credit and Security in the Philippines: the legal problems of development finance (with STJ de Guzman Jr, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1973
10. Credit and Security in Korea: the legal problems of development finance (with Kwack Yoon Chick, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1973
11. Credit and Security in Taiwan: the legal problems of development finance (with Loh Jen‑Kong, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1973
12. Credit and Security in Thailand: the legal problems of development finance (with Chitti Tingsabadh, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1973
13. Law of Contract: text and materials Law Book Co, Sydney 1974
14. Credit and Security: the legal problems of development financing, a comparative analysis (with DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1974
15. Credit and Security in Australia: the legal problems of development finance (with DE Allan, ME Hiscock and Leigh Masel) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1977
16. The Court as the Public Conscience: conservation, pollution and the law (with RJK Chapman) Environmental Law Reform Group, Hobart 1976
17. The Whores of War: mercenaries today (with Wilfred Burchett) Penguin, Harmondsworth 1977. Other versions in French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Croatian and Bulgarian
18. Credit and Security in West Malaysia: the legal problems of development finance (with Jaginder Singh, DE Allan and ME Hiscock) Queensland UP, Brisbane 1980
19. The Background of the Common Law U of Papua New Guinea P, Waigani 1983; second impression Hong Kong, Oxford UP, 1988; second edition Oxford UP 1990
20. The Context of Contract in Papua New Guinea (with DK Srivastava and John Nonggorr) U of Papua New Guinea P, Waigani 1984
21. The Modern Law: an introduction to the study of law in Papua New Guinea U of Papua New Guinea Printery, Waigani 1986
22. Pacific Contract Law: a source book for the South Pacific (with DK Srivastava and John Nonggorr) U of Papua New Guinea P, Waigani 1986
23. Cheques: an introduction to the law of banking instruments in Hong Kong Hong Kong UP, Hong Kong 1989; second edition 1991
24. Hong Kong Contracts (with Carole Chui) Hong Kong UP, Hong Kong 1989; second edition 1991
25. Law Relating to Banking in Hong Kong (edited and co‑authored) Hong Kong UP, Hong Kong 1993, second edition 1994
26. Digest of Hong Kong Contract Law (general editor) Peking UP, Peking 1995
27. Criminal Law of Hong Kong: a descriptive text (general editor) Peking UP, Peking 1995
28. Banking Law in Hong Kong: cases and materials (with DK Srivastava and HM Zafrullah) Butterworths, Singapore 1995
29. Criminal Law of Hong Kong: a descriptive text (general editor, with Zhao Bingzhi) Peking UP 1996 (Chinese translation of augmented version of 27)
30. The Criminal Procedure of Hong Kong: a descriptive text (general editor) Peking UP 1996
31. The Criminal Procedure of Hong Kong: a descriptive text (general editor, with Zhao Bingzhi) Peking UP 1996 (Chinese translation of 30)
32. Introduction to Law in the Hong Kong SAR (with Ian Dobinson) Sweet and Maxwell 1996, second edition 2001
33. Digest of Hong Kong Criminal Law (general editor with Zhao Bingzhi) Peking UP 1996
34. Bills of Exchange and Other Negotiable Instruments in Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong vol 3 79-184 Butterworths 1996
35. Digest of Hong Kong Criminal Procedure Law (general editor with Zhao Bingzhi) Peking UP 1997
36. Sources
for the History of Arbitration: a
bibliographical introduction to be published as (1998) 14:
3 Arbitration International 236-343
37. Guarantee and Indemnity in Hong Kong Halsbury Butterworths 1998
38. The Taking of Hong Kong: Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters (with Susanna Hoe) Curzon P 1999
39. A Miscellany of Disputes Holo Books: The Arbitration Press 2000
40. Ancient Greek Arbitration Holo Books: The Arbitration Press 2001
41. The Charitable Arbitrator: How to Mediate and Arbitrate in Louis XIV’s France Holo Books: The Arbitration Press 2002
42. Roman Arbitration (with Bruno de Loynes de Fumichon) Holo Books: The Arbitration Press 2004
43. Early English Arbitration Holo Books: The Arbitration Press 2008
Chapters
1. Security over Corporeal Movables: some Asian peculiarities, in JG Sauveplanne ed Security over Corporeal Movables (Vol 1 Comparative Legal Studies) Sijthoff, Leiden 1974
2. Poisoned by Pollution, in RJK Chapman and Derek Roebuck edd The Court as the Public Conscience: conservation, pollution and the law Environmental Law Group, Hobart 1976
3. Admiralty: Australian and New Zealand commentary on Halsbury’s Commentaries on the Laws of England (with John Beattie and PA Cornford) 4th edn Butterworths, Sydney 1976
4. Custom and Usage: Australian and New Zealand commentary on Halsbury’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4th edn Butterworths, Sydney 1979
5. Custom, Common Law and Constructive Judicial Lawmaking, in Essays on the Papua New Guinea Constitution Ross de Vere et al edd Government Printer, Waigani 1985
6. The Future of Legal Education in Hong Kong, in The Future of Legal Education and the Legal Profession in Hong Kong Faculty of Law, U of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1989
7. Law and Language: the ethics of ignorance, in C Thirlwall and PJ Hughes edd The Ethics of Development: language, communication and power U of Papua New Guinea P, Waigani 1989
8. The Ego and I and Ngo: theoretical problems in the translation of the Common Law into Chinese, (with KK Sin) in Raymond Wacks ed Hong Kong, China and 1997: essays in legal theory Hong Kong University P, Hong Kong 1993
9. Hypernationalism and Micronations: the Common Law, its growth and spread from island to islands, in Gary Trompf ed Islands and Enclaves: nationalisms and separatist pressures in island and littoral contexts Sterling, Delhi 1993
10. A Short History of Arbitration, in Neil Kaplan, Jill Spruce and MJ Moser Hong Kong and China Arbitration: cases and materials Butterworths, Hong Kong 1994 xxxiii-lxv
11. Guo Qu Shi Ling Yi Ge Guo Du in Shen Jongling and Wang Chenguang ed New Trends in Comparative Law: a collection of papers presented to the International Comparative Law Conference Peking UP, Peking 1995 23-39 (translated version of Article 27)
12. The New Socialist Market Economy and the Development of the Chinese Legal System: the influence of traditional morality on the enforcement of foreign judgments and awards (in Chinese, with Wong Kwok-yuen) in The New Socialist Market Economy and the Development of the Chinese Legal System Peking UP, Peking 1995
13. A Step Away from the Market: the autonomy of negotiable instruments and the new Negotiable Instruments Law of the People’s Republic of China in Wang Guiguo and Wei Zhenying ed Legal Developments in China: market economy and law Sweet and Maxwell 1996 205-16
14. The Influence of Traditional Morality on the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in China (with Wong Kwok Yuen) in AJ de Roo and RW Jagtenberg 2 Yearbook Law & Legal Practice in East Asia Kluwer Law International The Hague 1997 29-53
15. Der Historische Hintergrund (The Historical Background) in Michael Shone and Francesca Stevens Finanzierung des Internationalen Handels: Financing Foreign Trade Holo Books: The Arbitration Press 2003 1-10 and 149-56
16. Financial Instruments in Michael Shone Managing the Recovery of Foreign Debts Holo Books: The Arbitration Press 2005 37-54
Articles
1. A Legal Bibliography for Students of Accountancy (1993) 45 New Zealand Accountants’ Journal reprinted as a students’ guide 1963, 1965 and (ed Alexander Szakats) 1968
2. Business Law in New Zealand (1965) American Business Law Journal 3:2
3. The Law and Business Studies: the problem (1967) 1 Abacus 46-61
4. The Law and Business Studies: the solution (1967) 1 Abacus 173-87
5. The Auditor’s Responsibility for Inventories: an interdisciplinary study (with PC Byers) (1968) The Singapore Accountant 3
6. Commercial Law in Australia: the development of the teaching of law to commerce students (1969) Journal of the Association of Law Teachers 94
7. The Crisis of Contract (1969) 3 U of Tasmania LR 191-203
8. The Ratification of United Nations Covenants on Human Rights (1970) 3 Justice 29-35
9. Modern Society and Primitive Law (1970) 3 U of Tasmania LR 258-74
10. Offer and the Display of Goods (1971‑1972) 4 U of Tasmania LR 99
11. Clashes of Legal Cultures: some problems of imported legal systems (1973) Transactions of the World Federation for Mental Health 1-17
12. The Diplock Report on Mercenaries New Statesman 13 August 1976
13. Customary Law and Statute Law in the Pacific: a policy framework (with BD Brunton), a paper delivered to the Third Pacific Islands Law Officers’ Meeting, Suva 1983; (1982) Melanesian Law Journal 1
14. The Mareva Injunction: birth, death and transfiguration in Papua New Guinea (1985) 6 Company Lawyer 242
15. The Reception of Common Law and Equity in Papua New Guinea: the problem of the cut‑off date (with DK Srivastava) (1985) 34 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 850-57
16. Judicial Revision of the Revised Laws of Papua New Guinea (with DK Srivastava) (1985) 11 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 1450
17. Is There a Common Law of the Commonwealth? (1982‑1983) 18 & 19 Banaras Hindu University Law Journal (Diamond Jubilee Issue) 29
18. Victims of Language (1986) Transactions of the Australasian Universities Law Schools Association 1
19. Remedies: the pre‑emptive strike (1988) Law Lectures for Practitioners 1988 105
20. China and the Year Books (1989) Law Lectures for Practitioners 1989 17
21. The English Language and the Common Law (1989) New Zealand Law Journal (November) 391
22. The Chinese Digest of the Common Law (1990) 6 Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Bulletin 17
23. The Chronology of a Cobweb: Anglo‑Norman from 1066‑1250, in City Polytechnic of Hong Kong Language Working Papers No 2, October 1990
24. Law in a Foreign Language
: the Hong Kong experience (1991) 15 Revista de Llengua i Dret 125
25. Theory in Legal Theory: an address (1991) 6 University of Connecticut Journal of International Law 301
26. Language, Law and Truth (1992) 1 Asia Pacific Law Review 51
27. The Past is Another Country: legal history as comparative law (1994) Asia Pacific Law Review (1994) Special Issue No1 9-23
28. The Myth of Judicial Jealousy (1994) 10 Arbitration International 395-406
29. Law as a Foreign Language: Chinese and English in Hong Kong’s legal system (1995) 5 Journal of Asian and Pacific Communication 189-200
30. Rapid Change and Traditional Morality:
enforcement of arbitral awards in the People’s Republic of China (1995) 8 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 342-55
31. Courts, Judges and Arbitral Awards in the History of the Common Law and in China Today (in Chinese, tr Zhao Yuhong) (1995) 32 Jurist’s Review 24-30
32. Gerard Malynes, Arbitrator (1996) 62 Arbitration 12-15
33. Language Engineering for Legal Transplantation: conceptual problems in creating Common Law Chinese, (with KK Sin) (1996) 16:3 Journal of Language and Communication 235-54
34. Arbitration in Early Hong Kong 1835-67 (1997) 63 Arbitration 263-69
35. Charles Elliot RN, Arbitrator: dispute
resolution in China Waters 1834-1836
(1998) 14 Arbitration International 89-116
36. ‘Best to Reconcile’: Mediation and Arbitration in the Ancient Greek World (2000) 66 Arbitration 275-287
37. Cultural Differences and Mediation (2002) Asian Dispute Review 135-137
38.
L’Arbitrage
en Droit Anglais avant 1558 (2002) 3 Revue
de l’Arbitrage 535-577
39. Insights into Equity (2003) 15 Bond Law Review 74-85
40. The Prehistory of Dispute Resolution in England (2006) 72 Arbitration 94-104
41. Customary Law before the Conquest (2006) 68 Amicus Curiae 23-32
42. The Myth of Modern Mediation (2007) 73 Arbitration 105-116
43. Bricks Without Straw: Arbitration in Roman Britain (2007) 23 Arbitration International 143-156
44. Cleopatra Compromised: Arbitration in Egypt in the First Century BC (2008) 74 Arbitration 263-268
Derek Roebuck
20A Plantation Road Oxford OX2 6JD
tel: (01865) 513681 fax: (01865) 554199
email: roebuck@btinternet.com
11 July 2008