About the Authors

• Author: Ronald C.C. Cuming, Catherine Walsh, Roderick Wood
• Pages: 811-813

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Professor Ronald CC Cuming teaches at the College of Law, Univer-

sity of Saskatchewan. The focus of his academic work over a career

of forty-six years (to date) has been on research that provides the

basis for reform of Canadian and international commerci al law. His

primary motivation has been to engage in legal research and analy-

sis that is inf‌luential beyond the academic community. His goal has

been to have his work induce signif‌icant benef‌icial changes in national

and international law. His recommendations have been incorporated

in Canadian federa l law and the law of nine provinces and territories

of Canada. He participated in the development of three private inter-

national law conventions. One of these, proposed by him and in the

development of which he played a central role, has resulted in the cre-

ation of a world-scale legal structure for secured f‌inancing that has no

antecedents in the histor y of international law.

Professor Cuming has acted as a con sultant to international de-

velopment agencies including the World Bank (Washington), the

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (Vienna),

the International In stitute for the Unif‌ication of Private Law (Rome),

the Asian Development Bank (Mani la), the Organization of American

States (Washington), and the United States Agency for International

Development (Washington). His work has principally involved advis-

ing national governments in the design of legal structures that facili-

tate economic development in countries including countries in E astern

European, the Middle East, Latin America, and Af rica.

Professor Cuming’s work in the form of journal articles and books

has been extensively quoted, and his analysis h as been applied many