Executive Leadership
Professor Cătălin-Silviu Săraru
Founding Member and President
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Professor of Administrative Law and Director of the Doctoral School of Law at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. His research focuses on administrative law, public contracts, public services and comparative legal studies. As a founding member of SJAS, he provides strategic direction and oversees the Society’s institutional development.
Associate Professor Cristina Elena Popa Tache
Vice-President for International Academic Relations
Danubius International University, Romania
Associate Professor of Public International Law and Dean of the School of International Governance and Law at Danubius International University. Her work spans international investment law, business and human rights, emerging technologies and transdisciplinary legal research, with a strong focus on international academic cooperation.
Professor Hitomi Takemura
Secretary-General
Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate School of Law and the School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University. Her research focuses on international criminal law, the International Criminal Court, human rights and accountability for international crimes.
Scientific Council
Professor George A. Bermann
Columbia Law School, United States of America
Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at Columbia Law School. He is an internationally recognized authority on international arbitration, comparative law, European Union law and transnational litigation, and Director of the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration.
Emeritus Professor Paul Craig
St John’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Emeritus Professor of English Law at St John’s College, University of Oxford. He is internationally recognized for his scholarship in administrative law, constitutional law, judicial review and European Union law.
Emeritus Professor Jean-Bernard Auby
Sciences Po Law School, France
Emeritus Professor at Sciences Po Law School. His research covers administrative law, comparative administrative law, planning and local government law, and the legal dimensions of globalization.
Professor Thomas Perroud
Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, France
Professor of Public Law at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and a member of CERSA and the Centre for Comparative Public Law. His teaching and research cover public economic law, regulation, comparative public law and European environmental law.
Professor Spyridon Flogaitis
European Public Law Organization, Greece
Director of the European Public Law Organization and President of its Board of Directors, as well as Professor of Administrative Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His career combines scholarship in public law with extensive experience in international adjudication and institutional leadership.
Professor Jennifer McKay AM
Adelaide University, Australia
Professor of Business Law at Adelaide University and a leading socio-legal scholar in water law, environmental governance and sustainable development law. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law and the legal profession.
Professor Mircea Duțu
Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania
President of the Ecological University of Bucharest and former Director of the Legal Research Institute “Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” of the Romanian Academy. His scholarship focuses on environmental and climate law, European law, legal culture and the legal challenges generated by artificial intelligence and new technologies.
Professor Verginia Vedinaș
University of Bucharest, Romania
Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Bucharest, President of the Institute of Administrative Sciences “Paul Negulescu” and full member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists. Her scholarship has contributed significantly to Romanian administrative law, civil service law, public administration and the Administrative Code.
Professor Irina Moroianu-Zlătescu
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Professor at the Faculty of Public Administration of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration. Her teaching and research focus on human rights, European Union institutional and substantive law, European organizations and comparative public law.
Separation of Governance and Editorial Functions
The governance of SJAS is institutionally distinct from the editorial decision-making processes of the journals and publications associated with the Society. Editorial decisions are made independently, in accordance with the peer-review procedures and ethical policies of each publication.