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 Full CV
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1961
B.A., Harvard College, 1958
Member of the New York State Bar
Academic Position Held
Current Appointment:
Professor, School of Law, August 2007-Present
Other Positions
Vice-Rector (Vice-President) and Professor; Dean of Faculty of Law, Macau University of Science and Technology (2004-July 2007)
Senior Consultant to the President; Acting Dean, School of Law (1998-2001); Acting Dean, School of Creative Media (2001-2003), City University of Hong Kong
Vice-Dean, Harvard Law School, 1983–2003 (on leave 1998-2003)
Assistant Dean, International Legal Studies and Graduate Program, Harvard Law School, 1976-1983
Assistant Dean, International Legal Studies, Harvard Law School, 1966–1976
Assistant Attorney General, Litigation and Claims Division, New York State Department of Law, 1965–1966
Legal Advisor and Inspector of Native Courts, Ministry of Justice, Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, 1963–1965
Assistant Director, Institute of Government, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Sept 1961-July 1963
Courses Taught in SMU
Torts
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Research Areas
Foreign Investment
Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
China Energy Policy
Legal Education and the Profession
Negotiation
Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Business
Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications
David Smith (2007), Co-Editor (with Professor Tang Zesheng) of Inaugural Macau University of Science and Technology Journal, June, 2007
David Smith (2007), “Introduction” to Business Law in Hong Kong, D.K. Srivastava, ed. (Sweet and Maxwell 2007): uses movie production as example of legal issues in business and varieties of contractual relations; discusses negotiation; law as foundation for democracy; legal landscape of China; challenges of studying law; law in a changing society.
David Smith (2003), Co-Editor, “The WTO and China: The Road to Free Trade” (with Professor Wang Gui-guo) Hong Kong WTO Research Institute, 2003
David Smith (2002), “The Chinese Scroll: Environmental and Social Issues in Long-term Contracts for Resources Development”, in Law and Justice in a Multi-state World: A Tribute to Arthur T. Von Mehren (Nafziger and Symeonides, eds.) 2002
David Smith (2002), Co-Editor, "Introduction", China and the WTO: Going West (with Professor Zhu Guobin), (Sweet and Maxwell, 2002)
David Smith (2002), “Resource Development in the West: Can China Get It Right?” in China and the WTO: Going West (2002)
David Smith (2001), Editor, with Lin Feng, Volume 5, Number 1, 2001-2003 Journal of Chinese and Comparative Law
David Smith (2001), “Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements,” (with Cyril Kormos) Footprints in the Jungle: Extractive Industries, Infrastructure, and Biodiversity Conservation ( Oxford University Press, 2001.)
David Smith (2000), “Welcoming Remarks: Lawyers, Law Reform and Confucius,” in Legal Education Trust Fund, Comparison of Legal Systems in Hong Kong and China (Zhongguo Neidi Xianggang Falu Zhidu Yanjiu Yu Bijiao) Northwest University of Politics and Law (June 2000)
David Smith (1999), “Imagining the Future: Training Hong Kong Lawyers for the 21 st Century”, Hong Kong Lawyer, December, 1999
David Smith (1998), “Shaping the Future of the Profession, “ Hong Kong Lawyer, December 1998
David Smith (1998), “Letter from Hong Kong”, Harvard Law Bulletin,
David Smith (1998), Co-editor and author of two articles in New Mining Legislative Frameworks in Asian Countries (United Nations 1998) (with Koh Naito)
David Smith (1998), Negotiation of Natural Resource Agreements – Barriers to Environmental Protection”, in United Nations Revolving Fund for Natural Resource Exploration, Proceedings of Workshop on the Sustainable Development of Non-Renewable Resources towards the 21st Century, New York
David Smith (1998), Co-author, “Asian Mining Legislation: Policy Issues and Recent Developments,” 24 Resource Policy 125, 1998 (with Koh Naito)
David Smith (1998), Co-author, “Mineral Projects in Asian Countries: Geology, Regulation, Fiscal Regimes and the Environment 23 Resources Policy 87, 1998 (with Koh Naito and others)
David Smith (1998), “Negotiation of Natural Resource Agreements – Barriers to Environmental Protection,” in Forest Policy and Sustainable Development in Amazon (United Nations Development Programme, and Fundacao Brasileira Para O Desenvolvimento Sustentavel, 1998)
David Smith (1997), “Introduction” to Harvard Asia Quarterly, Inaugural Issue, Summer 1997
David Smith (1997), Assessment of the Lao Legal Framework (chairman of assessment team). (United Nations Development Programme, Vientiane, 1997)
David Smith (1992), “Foreign Investment in Natural Resources: What Can Go Wrong?” Current Developments in International Investment Law (Butterworth’s, 1992)
David Smith (1975), Negotiating Third-World Mineral Agreements: Promises As Prologue (with Professor Louis Wells) (Ballinger Publications 1975)
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