Prof. Sir Richard Plender

The Honourable Sir Richard Plender is currently a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales, to which he was appointed in 2007. From 1988 until his appointment to the High Court he was Queen's Counsel in London, with a practice in public international law and European Community law. Among his many publications are the following books:

• International Migration Law, Nijhoff, 1st ed 1972, 2nd ed, 1988;
• Fundamental Rights, joint ed and contrib., Sweet & Maxwell, 1973;
• Cases and Materials on the Law of the European Communities with JA Usher, Macmillan, 1st ed., 1979, Butterworths, 2nd ed, 1998, 3rd ed., 1993;
• A Practical Introduction to European Community Law, Sweet & Maxwell, 1980;
• Introduccion al Derecho Comunitario, with J. Peres Santos, Civitas 1984;
• Basic Documents on International Migration Law, Nijhoff, 1st ed 1988, 2nd ed 1994, 3rd ed. Brill, 2007;
• Legal History and Comparative Law: Essays in Honour of Albert Kiralfy, ed and contrib., Taylor & Francis 1990;
• The European Contracts Convention: The Rome Convention on the Choice of Law for Contracts, Sweet & Maxwell, 1st ed 1991, 2nd ed with M. Wilderspin, 2001, 3rd ed, with M. Wilderspin;
• The European Private International Law of Obligations September 2009; European Courts Practice and Precedents, general ed and contrib., 1st ed., 1996. 

He is also author of articles in legal periodicals in English and French. While in Groningen he will be writing a new edition of his book International Migration Law and engaging in editorial work on a new edition of his book European Courts Practice and will be organizing a conference to be held in Groningen on issues of international migration law. 

He will also make himself available for advice and assistance to graduate students.