About the authors

• Author: Ronald C.C. Cuming/Catherine Walsh/Roderick J. Wood
• Profession: University of Saskatchewan, College of Law/McGill University, Faculty of Law/University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
• Pages: 863-864

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Professor Ronald CC Cuming is a Distinguished Profes sor of Law at the

College of Law, University of Saskatchewan. The focus of his academic

work over a career of fifty-five years has been on rese arch and proposals

that provide the basis for reform of Canadian and international com-

mercial law. His recommendations have been incorporated into Can-

adian federal law and secured transactions law of nine provinces and

territories of Canada. He participated in the development of three pri-

vate international law conventions. One of these, proposed by him and

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

Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment that provides

for a world-scale legal structure and international registry for secured

financing and leasing of large aircraft. Professor Cuming has acted as a

consultant to international development agencies including the World

Bank (Washington), the United Nations Commission on International

Trade Law (Vienna), the International Institute for the Unification of

Private Law (Rome), the Asian Development Bank (Manila), the Organ-

ization of American States (Washington), and the United States Agency

for International Development (Washington). His work has principally

involved advising national govern ments in the design of legal structures

that facilitate economic development in dierent countries, including

those in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

Professor Cuming’s work has been published in journal articles and

books and has been extensively quoted, and his analysis has been

applied many times by Canadian trial and appeal courts, and several

times by the Supreme Court of Canada.