Full CV

J.D., Yale University, 1971

A.B., Yale University, 1968

Academic Position Held

Current Appointment:

Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Sep 2010-Present

Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, School of Law, Emory University, 2004-Present

Previous Appointments:

President, Singapore Management University, 2004-Aug 2010

Recurrent Visiting Professor of Law, Central European University, Budapest, since 1999

Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emory University, 2001-2003 (On sabbatical leave 2003-2004)

Dean, School of Law, Emory University, 1989-2001

Member of the Faculty of Law, Emory University, 1976-2004

Visiting McWilliams Professor of Commercial Law, Sydney University, first semester 2004

Co-director (with Professor Harold J. Berman), American Law Center in Moscow, 1991-1997

Visiting Mills Godwin Professor of Law, College of William and Mary, Spring term 1989

Fulbright Senior Scholar, Sydney University Law School, Trinity term 1988

Honorary Professor of Law, Hong Kong University, January 1986

Visiting Professor of Law, University of Virginia, 1982-1983

Other Positions

Board of Directors, Building and Construction Authority, 2009-2011

Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 2006-Present

Board of Directors, The National Research Foundation of Singapore, 2006-2010

Member, Appeals Board, Competition Commission of Singapore, 2006-2010

Board of Directors, The Enterprise Challenge of Singapore, 2005-2007

Board of Directors, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2010

Board of Directors, Workforce Development Authority of Singapore, 2005-2007

Board of Governors, American Chamber of Commerce of Singapore, 2006-2009

Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.: Board of Directors (1975-1989); President (1985-1987); Board of Advisors (1997-2004)

Executive Committee, Lamar Inn of Court, 1991-2004

Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, 1990-2004

Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Indigent Defense, 2000-2004

Supreme Court Historical Society, member since 2000

Atlanta Bar Association: Project on representation of illegal Cuban immigrants (1985-1988); Board, International Transactions Section (1995-1998)

State Bar of Georgia: admitted December 23, 1971; Amicus Curiae award, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1998

Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program, Northern District of Georgia, 1991-1997

American Law Institute: Elected to membership 1980, life member since 2005

Association of American Law Schools: member, since 1976

American Bar Association: member, since 1972

Member, New York State Bar Association, since 2010

Associate Member, Law Society of Singapore, since 2009

Courses Taught in SMU

Contract Law 2

Comparative Law of Sales

American Constitutional History

Areas of Specialisation

Contract and Commercial Law

American Constitutional Law

Editorial Activities

Editorial Board, J. of Contract Law, since 1988

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Howard Hunter (2011), "From Coronations to Sand Bans: Frustration and Force Majeure in the Twenty-first Century," 28 J. Contract Law 61

Howard Hunter (2011), "Singapore Contract Law in an Interdependent World of Commerce - The Example of the Convention on the International Sale of Goods", SAL Conference 2011, p. 57

Howard Hunter (2009), “Good Faith and the Construction of Terms in Commercial Contracts: The American Perspective,” 25 J. of Contract Law 39

Howard Hunter (2007), “Contract and the Commercialisation of Intellectual Property: Introduction,” 23 J. of Contract Law 1

Howard Hunter (2004), "The Growing Uncertainty about Good Faith in American Contract Law", J. of Contract Law, 20, 1

Howard Hunter (1999), "Foreword: Domestic and International Commercial Transactions", J. of Contract Law, 14, l and 2

Howard Hunter (3rd edition, 1999), Modern Law of Contracts, with cumulative annual supplements through 2011.  First edition in two volumes (1986), (1987) with semi-annual supplements through 1993; second edition in one volume (1993) with semi-annual supplements through 1999.

Howard Hunter (1996), Law in Perspective: The Integrative Jurisprudence of Harold J. Berman, Editor (Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado)

Howard Hunter (1986), "Problems in Search of Principles: The First Amendment in the Supreme Court from 1791-1930", Emory Law Journal, 35, 159

Howard Hunter (1985), "Academic Self Government in the United States", Minerva, 23, 19

Howard Hunter (1983), "Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Constitutional Rights of Secondary School Teachers", William & Mary Law Review, 25, 1

Howard Hunter (1982), "Toward a Better Understanding of the Prior Restraint Doctrine: A Reply to Professor Mayton", Cornell Law Review, 67, 283

Howard Hunter (1981), "The Constitutional Status of Academic Freedom in the United States", Minerva, 19, 519

Howard Hunter (1980), "Universities and the Needs of Local and Regional Communities", Minerva, 18, 624

Howard Hunter (1980), Recent Reforms in Swedish Higher Education, with Mogens Pedcrsen (Ratio Press: Stockholm)

Howard Hunter (1980), Universities and Community Service: Concepts and Problems (OECD: Paris)

Howard Hunter (1978), "An Essay on Contract and Status: Race, Marriage and the Meretricious Spouse", Virginia Law Review, 64, 1039