Ralph Reisner
Education
B.A., University of Washington, 1952
J.D., George Washington University Law Center, 1959
Sterling Fellow, Yale Law School, 1961-1962
Biography
Though Professor Reisner retired from the University of Illinois, College of Law after serving as Professor of Law from 1964 to 1993, he is still very active in the field. He taught at the Northwestern University, School of Law from 1994 until 2000. He has spent the past several years in San Diego and has maintained an affiliation with IR/PS in the capacities of Visiting Professor and/or Visiting Scholar.
He has many years of experience teaching courses on the regulation of the financial industry, international financial law, and international business transactions. He has previously served as a consultant to the World Bank, as Director of the Central/East European Bank Legal Training Program, and as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank. His publication record includes a variety of books on foreign bank regulation, legal aspects of debt management, and international business transactions.
Publications of Note
Banking Laws of Major Countries and the European Union, Volume 2 of Regulation of Foreign Banks U.S. and International, Matthew Bender- Lexis Publishers, Fourth Edition, 2005. (Co-edited with M. Gruson)
Law and the Mental Health System, co-authored with C. Slobogin and A. Rai, West Publishing Co., 2004.
Regulation of Foreign Banks: U.S. and International, co-edited with M. Gruson, (4th edition, volume two and three), Lexis Law Publishers, 2005.
Regulation of Foreign Banks: U.S. and International, co-edited with M. Gruson, (4th edition, volume one), Lexis Law Publishers, 2003.
Regulation of Foreign Banks: U.S. and International, co-edited with M. Gruson, and authored selected portions, (Third Edition), Lexis Law Publishers, 2000.
Regulation of Foreign Banks: U.S. and International, co-edited with M. Gruson and authored selected portions, (Second Edition), Michie/Butterworths, May 1995.
Regulation of Foreign Banks: U.S. and International, co-edited with M. Gruson, (First Edition), Butterworths, 1991.
Legal Aspects of Sovereign Debt Management, co-edited with E. Cardenas and A. Mendes, Inter-American Development Bank, 1990.
Law and the Mental Health System: Civil and Criminal Aspects, co-authored with C. Slobogin, (Third Edition),West Publishing Company, 1999.
Law and the Mental Health System: Civil and Criminal Aspects, (First Edition), West Publishing Company, 1985.
International Financial Transactions: Selected Issues, co edited with E. Cardenas and A. Mendes, Inter American Development Bank, 1985.
Sovereign Lending: Managing Legal Risk, co edited with M. Gruson, Euromoney Press, 1984.
