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Sima Avramovic, S.J.D., Professor of Law at the
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law is regarded as one of the foremost
Serbian authorities on comparative law, legal history, Roman law, and
rhetoric.
Avramovic has a command of seven languages, including
English, German, Greek, French, Italian, Russian and Serbian, and knows
two classical languages – ancient Greek and Latin. He has over one
hundred books and articles to his credit. Selected scholarship includes
the pioneering books Rhetorike Techne (2008), State-Church Law in Serbia
(2007), Comparative Legal Traditions (2006), Аrs Rhetorica (2002),
General Legal History (2001), The Court Speeches of Isaeus and the Law of
Athens (1988), Early Greek Law and the Code of Gortyn (1977), Evolution
of Testamentary Freedom in Ancient Greek Law (1981), Foundations of
Modern Democracy, Selected Declarations and Charters on Human Rights
(1989). Recent articles include “Searching for the New Law on
Religious Freedom in Serbia” (European Academy of Sciences and
Arts, Weimar 2006), “Simulation of Athenian Court – A New
Teaching Method” in the Balkans Law Review (2006), “The
Rhetra of Epithadeus and Testament in Spartan Law” (Austrian
Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005), et al. His book Ars Rhetorica was
proclaimed as Book of the Year 2002 (FRY Official Gazette Award) and he
received the prestigious Italian award Premio romanistico internationale
“Gérard Boulvert” for the Italian translation of the book
Court Speeches of Isaeus and the Law of Athens. In 1984, he was a
Fulbright Scholar at the University of Maryland.
Avramovic extensively serves as an eminent lecturer at
leading universities in Greece, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria,
the United States, Germany, England and Scotland. His current academic
assignments include the following: President of the Commission for the
University of Belgrade Bologna Follow Up, President of the Statutory
Commission of the University of Belgrade, Member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel
of Experts, Editor-in-Chief of the law journal Annals of the Faculty of
Law in Belgrade, Member of the Universities’ of Serbia Conference,
Member of the Section for Sources of Serbian Law at the Serbian Academy
of Sciences and Arts, President of the Center for Cooperation among
Religious Communities, President of the Society for Roman Law and
Classics Forum Romanum, President of the Alan Watson Foundation (an
international group of legal scholars) and he leads the Center for
Oratory Institutio oratoria. In addition, Avramovic is the founder of the
monthly bulletin of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law (Acta
Diurna). He is also an editorial board member for the General
Encyclopedia of Law, the Journal of Matica Srpska for Classical Studies,
and the European Lawyer Journal. Avramovic holds the Juris Doctor, Master
of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees from the University of
Belgrade.
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Photo of Prof. Sima Avramović
Additional Information:
 Prof. Sima Avramovic –
Curriculum Vitae
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