Professor Dr. Marko Pavliha

Sv. Peter 65 a
6333 Sečovlje
Slovenia
Tel: (386 5) 676-72-14 (Office)
E-mail: marko.pavliha@fpp.edu

PERSONAL DATA: Born on 15th December 1962 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Married to Ester Debernardi-Pavliha (1962), Judge at the Piran Local Court, Slovenia; two children: Gaia Ana (1992) and Benjamin (1994).
EDUCATION:
1993: Slovenian Bar Examination.
1991: Doctor of Civil Law, McGill University, Faculty of Law (Canada). Supervisor: Professor William Tetley, Q.C. (Oral defence of the thesis Implied Terms of Voyage Charters in November 1991; Convocation in February 1992).
1989 – 1990: Master of Laws, McGill University, Faculty of Law (Canada). Upon recommendation by the Graduate Studies Committee of the Faculty permitted to proceed straight to the second year of the doctoral programme without being required to submit a Master’s thesis.
1989: Master of Laws, University of Split, Faculty of Law (Croatia). Supervisor: Professor Dr. Ivo Grabovac.
1986: Bachelor of Laws, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law (Slovenia). Supervisor: Professor Dr. Janez Pečar.
LANGUAGES:< Permanent Court Interpreter for English and French (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 64/93 – Announcements and Publications); fluent in Croatian and Serbian, some German and Italian..
TRAINING:

September 1997:
 Bayerische Rück: Central and Eastern European Seminar, Munich.
June 1995:
 Munich Re: Risk Management Seminar, Munich.
May 1995:
 SCOR: Séminaire MANAGERS, Paris.
October 1994:
 SCOR: Techniquies de la Réassurance, Paris.
Sept/Oct1994:
 Munich Re: Basic Training Course in Engineering Insurance, Munich.
September 1994:
 Munich Re: Fire Insurance Course, Munich.
May 1994:
 Sedgwick: Aviation Insurance Seminar, London.
April 1994:
 Alexander Howden Group Reinsurance Brokers Limited: The 1994 Overseas Students Seminar, London.
June 1989:
 Inter-University Centre of Post-Graduate Studies Dubrovnik: The Postgraduate Course on Law of the Sea: Recent Developments of State Practice.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
2002:
 Visiting Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, Leuven, Belgium.
2002:
 Visiting Professor at the Queensland University, T.C. Beirne School of Law, Brisbane, Australia.
2001 – present:
 External Examiner at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta.
2001 – present:
 Visiting Professor at the University of Split, Faculty of Law (postgraduate studies on maritime law and law of the sea).
1999 - present:
 Head of Maritime and Transport Law Department & Associate Professor of Transport and Insurance Law at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics.
2000:
 Visiting Professor at the University of Malta, Faculty of Law.
1998 - present:
 Visiting Professor at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta.
1994 - 1999:
 Assistant Professor of Transport and Insurance Law at the University of Ljubljana.
1989 - 1992:
 Research Assistant to Professor William Tetley, McGill University, Faculty of Law.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES:
2002:
 Listed as one of the five leading Slovenian lawyers in Key: Slovenia, Contemporary Slovenian Humanities in Translation, Študentska založba, Ljubljana, 2002, p. 48.
2001:
 Lawyer of the Year Award granted by the Slovenian Federation of Lawyers’ Associations.
1999:
 Listed as one of the leading Slovenian lawyers in the Slovenian Who is Who (D. Bajt, Slovenski kdo je kdo, Nova revija, Ljubljana, 1999, pp. 394 and 647).
1991:
 Summer scholarship and McGill Bursaries and Fee Waivers.
1990 - 1991:
 McGill Bursaries and Fee Waivers.
1990:
 Summer scholarship, McGill University.
1989 - 1990:
 Government of Canada Award.
1987 - 1990:
 Scholarship granted by the 2000 Young Researchers Programme, Slovenia.
1987:
Distinguished Student Award, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law.
1982 -1986:
 Slovenian Ministry of Justice Scholarship.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1998 – present:
 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation. Associate Professor of Law. Head of Maritime and Transport Law Department.
1998 - 2002:
 Reinsurance Company Sava Ltd, Ljubljana. Consultant to the Board of Management.
1992 - 1998:
 Reinsurance Company Sava Ltd, Ljubljana. Deputy Member of the Board of Management.
1994 - 1998:
 Slovenian Nuclear Insurance and Reinsurance Pool. General Manager.
1990 - 1992:
 Marler, Sproule, Castonguay (law firm), Montreal. Consultant.
1987 - 1989:
 Institute for Public Administration at the Ljubljana Law Faculty. Assistant and Research Fellow.
1987:
 Kompas Jugoslavija (Travel Agency), Ljubljana. Trainee.
1986 - 1987:
Splošna plovba Piran (Shipowner), Portorož. Trainee.
1981 - 1982:
 Compulsory Military Service, Pula.
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
2003 - present:
 Nominated for the post of Secretary General of the Comité Maritime International (CMI).
2001 - present:
 Expert of the International Maritime Organization – IMO Roster of Experts and Consultants.
2001 - 2003:
 Expert of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea – (ABE-LOS).
1999 - present:
 Titulary Member, Comité Maritime International (CMI).
NATIONAL ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
2002 - present:
 Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.
2002 - present:
 Member of the Science and Technology Council of the Republic of Slovenia.
2002 - present:
 Member of the Supervisory Board of Reinsurance Company Sava Ltd, Ljubljana.
2002:
 Member of the Slovenian Delegation at the Twelfth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, New York, 16-26 April, 2002.
2002:
 Official Candidate of the Republic of Slovenia for a Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg (ITLOS). Elected by the Slovenian Parliament further to the recommendation of the President of the Republic (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 7/02).
2001 – present:
 Member of the Commission appointed by the Minister of Transport, responsible for supervising the privatization of Port of Koper.
2001 – present:
 Member of Senate, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation.
2001 – present:
 Member of the University of Ljubljana Senate.
2000 - 2001:
 Chairman, Board of Management, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation.
2000 - 2002:
 Deputy President, Disciplinary Commission, University of Ljubljana Senate.
1999 - present:
 Member, Judicial Council of the Republic of Slovenia.
1999:
 Member of the Slovenian Delegation at the International Diplomatic Conference on Air Law, Montreal, 10-28 May 1999 (ICAO).
1998 - present:
 Member, Executive Board of the Federation of Lawyers’ Associations of Slovenia.
1997 - present:
 President, Maritime Law Association of Slovenia (MLAS).
1997 - 2000:
 Deputy President, Triglav Insurance Company Arbitration.
1997:
 Member of the Slovenian Delegation at the International Diplomatic Conference to Amend the Vienna Convention on Nuclear Liability, Vienna, September 1997.
LEGISLATIVE PROJECTS:
2002 – present:
 Head of the Working Group (Ministry of Transport) preparing the Contracts of Carriage by Road Act.
2001:
 Head of the Working Group (Ministry of Defence) preparing the Study on insurance of natural and other catastrophies which will result in new  legislation.
2000:
 Head of the Working Group (Ministry of Transport) preparing the Report for the European Union on Approximation of Slovenian Civil Aviation Legislation.
1999:
 Head of the Working Group (Ministry of Environment) preparing the Liability for Nuclear Damage Act.
1998:
 Head of the Working Group (Ministry of Transport) preparing the Obligations and Property Rights in Aviation Act (2000) which represents Slovenian private aviation law based on international conventions and acquis communautaire.
1997 - 1998:
 Member of the working group (Ministry of Finance) preparing the new Insurance Act (2001).
1994 - 1998:
 Member of the Drafting Committee (Ministry of Transport) preparing the Maritime Code (2001) which represents Slovenian maritime law based on international conventions (IMO, CMI etc.) and acquis communautaire.
1993 - 1994:
 Head of the Working Group (Ministry of Finance) preparing the Insurance Companies Act  (1994).
EDITORSHIP:
2002 – present:
 Member, International Editorial Board, Annals of Maritime Studies, Rijeka.
2001 – present:
 Member, Publishing Board, Promet – Traffic – Traffico, Scientific Technical Journal for Traffic Theory and Practice, Portorož, Trieste, Zagreb.
2000 - present:
 Member, Board of Editors, Davčno-finančna praksa, Ljubljana.
CORRESPONDENCE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNALS:
2002 – present:
 Slovenian correspondent to Institut du Droit International des Transports (IDIT), Rouen.
1999 - present:
 Slovenian correspondent to the European Transport Law, Robert H. Wijffels, Antwerpen.
1999 - 2000:
 Slovenian correspondent to the International Journal of Insurance Law, Lloyd’s of London Press, London.
1994 - 1999:
 Slovenian correspondent to the International Insurance Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell, London.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2000 - present:
 Maritime Law Association of Croatia.
1999 – present:
 Slovenian Association of Traffic Science.
1999 - present:
 Comité Maritime International (CMI).
1998 - present:
 Association of Maritime Arbitrators of Canada (AMAC).
1997 - present:
 International Nuclear Law Association (INLA).
1997 - present:
 Association for the Promotion of Legal and Economic Development of Insurance Companies.
1992 - present:
 Maritime Law Association of Slovenia (MLAS).
1991 - present:
 Canadian Maritime Law Association (CMLA).


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

I. Books
  1. PRAVNO VARSTVO MORJA (Legal Protection of the Sea): ČGP Delo - TOZD Gospodarski vestnik, Ljubljana 1989, 170 pages.
  2. IMPLIED TERMS OF VOYAGE CHARTERS: Reinsurance Company Sava Limited, Ljubljana 1993, xxxii + 268 pages.
  3. PREVOZNO PRAVO: POGODBE O PREVOZU TOVORA, POTNIKOV IN PRTLJAGE (Transport Law: Contracts of Carriage of Goods, Passengers and Baggage): Gospodarski vestnik, Ljubljana, 2000, 351 pages. ISBN 86-7061-230-5.
  4. ZAVAROVALNO PRAVO (Insurance Law): Gospodarski vestnik, Ljubljana, 2000, 371 pages. ISBN 86-7061-244-5.
  5. PREDPISI O ZAVAROVALNICAH Z UVODNIMI POJASNILI DR. DRAGA MEŽNARJA IN DR. MARKA PAVLIHE (Introduction to Insurance Legislation by Dr. Drago Mežnar and Dr. Marko Pavliha): ČZ Uradni list RS, Ljubljana 1996, 305 pages. ISBN: 961-204-112-1. Co-author.
  6. ZAKON O ZAVAROVALNICAH S KOMENTARJEM (Annotated Insurance Act): Gospodarski vestnik, Ljubljana 1996, 270 pages. ISBN: 86-7061-135-X. Co-author.
  7. ZBIRKA SLOVENSKIH ZAVAROVALNIH PREDPISOV (Collection of Slovenian Insurance Regulations): Pozavarovalnica Sava d.d., Ljubljana, 1996, 421 pages. ISBN: 961-6089-15-3.
  8. POMORSKI ZAKONIK Z UVODNIMI POJASNILI PROF. DR. MARKA ILEŠIČA IN PROF. DR.  MARKA PAVLIHE (Introduction to Maritime Code by Prof. Dr. Marko Ilešič and Prof. Dr. Marko Pavliha): Založba Uradni list Republike Slovenije, Ljubljana, 2001, 480 pages. ISBN: 961-204-251-9. Co-author
  9. ZAKON O ELEKTRONSKEM POSLOVANJU IN ELEKTRONSKEM PODPISU S KOMENTARJEM: (Annotated Electronic Commerce and Electronic Signature Act): GV Založba, Ljubljana 2002, 222 pages. ISBN: 86-7061-277-1. Co-editor and co-author.
  10. PRAV(O) IZ TORKLE(Right(s) From the Olive Mill): GV Revije – Pravna praksa, Ljubljana 2002, 286 pages. ISBN: 961-91011-1-1.
  11. INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LAWS, INSURANCE LAW, SUPPLEMENT 19 SLOVENIA: Kluwer Law International, The Hague/London/New York, 2002, 152 pages. ISBN: 90 6544 940 X. Co-author.
  12. ABECEDA POMORSKEGA PRAVA IN ZAČASNA ZAUSTAVITEV LADJE (The “ABC” of Maritime Law and Arrest of Ships in Slovenia): Gyrus, Ljubljana, 2002, 283 pages. ISBN: 961-6340-37-9. Co-author.

II. Selected articles and other publications
  1. SLOVENIA - CONFLICT OF MARITIME LAWS: in W. Tetley, »International Conflict of Laws: Common, Civil and Maritime«, BLAIS, Montreal 1994, pages 974-976. ISBN: 2-89073-988-0.
  2. SLOVENIA - MARITIME LIENS AND CLAIMS: in W. Tetley, »Maritime Liens and Claims«, Second Edition, BLAIS,  Montreal 1998, pages 1367-1369. ISBN: 2-89451-227-9.
  3. INSURANCE OF NUCLEAR RISKS IN THE REPUBLICS OF CROATIA AND  SLOVENIA: in N.L.J.T. Horbach (Ed.), »Contemporary Developments in Nuclear Energy Law«, Kluwer Law International, The Hague-London-Boston, 1999, pages 351-356. ISBN: 90-411-9719-2. Co-author.
  4. SLOVENIA: AIRCRAFT LIENS & DETENTION RIGHTS: in Graham McBain (Ed.), »Aircraft Liens & Detention Rights«, Sweet & Maxwell, Vol. 2, London, 2000, pages 1-20. ISBN: 0752 006258.
  5. NUCLEAR ENERGY, LAW AND INSURANCE IN SLOVENIA: published in INLA/AIDN, NIJ'95, Helsinki - Proceedings, pages 731-736; European Insurance Market, DYP, Issue No. 92, October 13, 1995, page 342; Slovenian Business Report, Spring 1996, pages 59-60.
  6. INSURANCE OF NUCLEAR RISKS IN THE REPUBLICS OF CROATIA AND SLOVENIA: published in »Proceedings«, Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Zagreb, 1998, pages 598-604. ISBN: 953-96132-5-6. Co-author.
  7. LE MARCHÉ DE L'ASSURANCE SLOVÈNE ET LA LIBÉRALISATION EN COURS (THE ONGOING LIBERALISATION OF THE SLOVENIAN INSURANCE  MARKET): SCOR NOTES, Paris, January 1999, pages 64-74; European Insurance Market, LLP, 18 January 1999, Issue 177, pages 12-14; Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Splitu, Vol. 35, (51-52), 1998, pages 563-575.
  8. OUTLINE OF CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Javna uprava, Ljubljana 1993, No. 3-4, pages 291-295. ISSN: 1318-2277.
  9. VOYAGE CHARTERS: THE SHIPOWNER'S IMPLIED UNDERTAKING TO PROCEED WITH REASONABLE DESPATCH AND TO EXERCISE REASONABLE  CARE: Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Splitu, Split 1993, Vol. 30, No.1, pages 177-190.  
  10. NEW SLOVENE INSURANCE LEGISLATION: [1995] 2 International Insurance Law Review (hereinafter: Int. I.L.R.), pages 54-58, ISSN: 0968-2090; Doing Business in Slovenia, CICD, Ljubljana, 1996, pages 106-111. 
  11. AMERICAN MARITIME LAW OF FREIGHT UNDER VOYAGE CHARTERS: Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Splitu, Vol. 31/1-2, 1994, pages 101-127. ISSN: 0584-9063.
  12. BAD FAITH LITIGATION AGAINST INSURERS: Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Splitu, Vol. 31/1-2, 1994, pages 223-226. ISSN: 0584-9063.
  13. DUTIES OF A HIRER OF SERVICES IN COMMON LAW: Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Splitu, Vol. 31/1-2, 1994, pages 227-231. ISSN: 0584-9063.
  14. SLOVENIAN LAW ON LIABILITY OF CARRIERS, FREIGHT FORWARDERS AND POST OFFICES FOR CARRIAGE OF GOODS AND MAIL: [1997] 10 Int. I.L.R., pages 327-332. ISSN: 0968-2090
  15. INTRODUCTION TO THE SLOVENIAN INSURANCE MARKET AND REGULATION: [1998] Int. I.L.R., pages 147-157. ISSN: 0968-2090.
  16. FUTURE INSURANCE REGULATION IN SLOVENIA: A BRIDGE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION: [1999] The International Journal of Insurance Law (hereinafter: IJIL), pages 344-350. ISSN: 1351 8542.
  17. NEW SLOVENIAN INSURANCE LEGISLATION: [2000] IJIL, pages 254-259. ISSN:  1351 8542.
  18. THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LAW ON THE SLOVENIAN LEGISLATION: [2000] European Transport Law (hereinafter: ETL), pages 465-485. ISSN:  0014-3154.
  19. NEW SLOVENIAN PRIVATE AVIATION LAW: [2001] ETL, pages 151-179. ISSN:  0014-3154. Co-author.
  20. MARITIME LAW, JURISPRUDENCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTO THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA: Il diritto marittimo, Fascicolo III – luglio – settembre 2001,  pages 1207-1217. ISSN: 0012-348X. Co-author.
  21. INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSPORTATION (“TRAFFIC”)  LAW: ICTS 1997, Proceedings,  Portorož, 1997, pages 69-75. ISBN: 961-6044-26-5.
  22. THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT LAW IN SLOVENIA: ICTS 1998, Proceedings,  Portorož, 1998, pages 23-35. ISBN: 961-6044-35-4.
  23. SOME PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN THE REGULATION OF MARITIME LAW IN THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA: ICTS 1999, Proceedings,  Portorož, 2000, pages 75-80. ISBN: 961-6044-38-9. Co-author.
  24. LAW AND ELECTRONIC OPERATIONS IN TRANSPORT: ICTS 2001, Proceedings, Portorož, 2002, pages 161-169. ISBN: 961-6044-49-4. Co-author.
  25. SLOWENIEN: NACH 100 JAHREN EIN NEUER AUFBRUCH: Versicherungswitschaft Heft 1/1995, pages 46-48. ISSN: 0042-4358. 
  26. SLOVENIA'S NEW MARITIME CODE PREPARES TO CAST OFF: Slovenian Business Report, No. 3, May/June 1995, pages 51-52.
  27. INSURANCE MARKET: REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES ACT: [1995] 8 Int. I.L.R., pages G-154 - G-159. ISSN: 0968-2090.
  28. INDEX OF SLOVENE INSURANCE LAWS AND REGULATIONS: [1996] 7 Int. I.L.R., pages G-119 - G-124. ISSN: 0968-2090.
  29. COMPULSORY MOTOR INSURANCE ACT: [1997] 5 Int. I.L.R., pages G-73 – G-74. ISSN: 0968-2090.
  30. THE SLOVENE ECONOMY IN 1995 AND HIGHLIGHTS OF 1996, THE SLOVENE INSURANCE MARKET AND REGULATION IN 1995: [1997] 5 Int. I.L.R., pages G-74 – G-76. ISSN: 0968-2090.
  31. CURRENT STATE OF THE SLOVENIAN INSURANCE MARKET: [1997] 10 Int. I.L.R., pages G-168 – G-169. ISSN: 0968-2090.
  32. WHAT IS REINSURANCE: Robert Merkin (Ed.), LLP, London, 1998, pages 2, 9, 15, 22, 29, 38, 57, 61, 65, 69, 77 and 81.  
  33. BERLINGIERI ON ARREST OF SHIPS: Francesco Berlingieri, LLP, London, 2000, pages 230, 231, 234, 239, 243, 248, 253, 258-259, 261, 266, 269, 272, 276, 279, 282 in 283-284. ISBN 1-85978-528-X.
  34. IMPLIED TERMS OF VOYAGE CHARTERS (THESES SURVEY): (1992) 37 McGill L.J., pages 1177-1178. ISSN: 0024-9041. 
  35. WILLIAM TETLEY: MARITIME LIENS AND CLAIMS (2ND EDITION): [1998] Int. I.L.R., pages 373-374. ISSN: 0968-2090.

NOTA BENE:

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