Arthur Taylor Von Mehren

Arthur Taylor von Mehren (August 10, 1922 – January 16, 2006) was an American professor at Harvard Law School and a scholar of international law.

Early life and education Arthur Taylor von Mehren was born on August 10, 1922 at Albert Lea, Minnesota. From 1947 to 1948, he was stationed in Berlin, Germany, with the U.S. Occupation Military Government, where he served as Chief of the Legislation Branch. The program produced 12 graduates, who later became members of both German and American law faculties. and by the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, France, in 2000.

Selected Books

The Civil Law System: An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Law, 1st ed., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1957; 2nd ed., Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1977 (with J. R. Gordley). XXth Century Comparative and Conflicts Law, Leyden, A. W. Sijthoff, 1961 (edited with K. H. Nadelmann and J. N. Hazard). Law in Japan: The Legal Order in a Changing Society, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1963 (editor and contributor). Nihon no hô: Hendô suru shakai ni okeru hôchitsujo (Law in Japan: The Legal Order in a Changing Society), Tokyo, Tokyo Daigaku, 1965 (translated by N. Beihoga). The Law of Multistate Problems: Cases and Materials on Conflict of Laws, Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1965 (with D. T. Trautman). Law in the United States: A General and Comparative View, Dordrecht, Kluwer, 1988. Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International (Cases and Materials), St. Paul, Minn., West Group, 1998 (with S. Symeonides and W. Perdue). International Commercial Arbitration (A Transnational Perspective), St. Paul, Minn., West Group, 1st ed. 1999; 2nd ed. 2002 (with T. Várady and J. Barceló).

Selected Monographs

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments — General Theory and the Role of Jurisdictional Requirements, Academy of International Law, 167 Recueil des cours (1980) 9-112 (1981). "A General View of Contract," Chapter 1 of Volume VII: Contracts in General, International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, 1-109 (1982). "The Formation of Contracts," Chapter 9 of Volume VII: Contracts in General, International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, 1-123 (1992). "Formal Requirements," Chapter 10 of Volume VII: Contracts in General, International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, 1-140 (1999). Theory and Practice of Adjudicatory Authority in Private International Law: A Comparative Study of the Doctrine, Policies and Practices of Common- and Civil-Law Systems, Academy of International Law, 295 Recueil des cours (2002) (2003).

Personal life Von Mehren was married to Joan Moore von Mehren. He was fluent in French and German.

Death Von Mehren died on January 16, 2006, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 83 years old and died of pneumonia.