Benjamin Davis
Associate Professor

Office:  LC2009F
Campus Phone: (419) 530-5117
Fax Number: (419) 530-2439
E-Mail  ben.davis@utoledo.edu

Secretary: Sandy Garcia; (419) 530-2878

Fall 2009

Contracts I

Texts:
Problems in Contract Law – 978-0-7355-6255-4 – 6th ed.
Rules of Contract Law 09 Supp. – 978-0-7355-7938-5
Restatement of 2D Contracts – 978-1-8888-7046-6 – 4th ed.

Professor Davis' Research and Academic Interests:

Associate Professor Benjamin Davis, a faculty member since 2003, is a graduate of Harvard College (BA) and Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School (JD-MBA).  Professor Davis teaches in the areas of Contracts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Public International Law, and International Business Transactions.

Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Davis was an Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law.  He has also been an Independent Consultant for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Director, Conference Programmes and Manager of the Institute of World Business Law, and Legal Counsel for the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, all in Paris, France.  He is the creator of fast-track international commercial arbitration, and the creator of the International Competitions for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR).  Professor Davis has also given numerous presentations and speeches around the world.

In addition, Professor has published in the fields of Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Commercial Arbitration, International Law and Cyberspace.  His publications include:

Refluat Stercus: A Citizen’s View of Criminal Prosecution in U.S. domestic courts of High-Level U.S. Civilian Authority and Military Generals for Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, 23 St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary 503 (2008)

No Third Class Processes for Foreigners, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 88 (2008)

A Citizen Observer's View of the U.S. Approach to the War on Terrorism, 17 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 465 (2008)

Keeping Our Honor Clean:  A Response to Professor Yoo, 4 Chinese Journal of International Law ____ (December 2005) ( Oxford University Press)

International Commercial Online and Offline Dispute Resolution:  Addressing Primacism and Universalism ; 4 Journal of American Arbitration ( Penn State Dickinson) 79 (2005)

The Color Line in International Commercial Arbitration: An American Perspective , (presented at the American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section Mid-Year meeting April 16, 2004), 14 American Review of International Arbitration ( Columbia University) 461 (2004);

The Spirit of ICODR: The Shape of Things to Come , Bulletin of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Special Supplement on Dispute Resolution and Information Technology (September 2004);

ICODR 2003: Enhancing Understanding , Asian Dispute Review, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (August and November 2004);

(Book Review) A Pioneer Looks at Online Dispute Resolution, reviewing C. Rule, Online Dispute Resolution for Business, American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Journal (Winter 2003);

ICODR 2003:  Helping Humanity Progress , 20 J. Int’l Arb. 589 (December 2003);

Disciplining ODR Prototypes: True Trust through True Independence ,  chapter in  Online Dispute Resolution, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (CD-Rom available through the University of Massachusetts Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution, December 2003);

Revised Handbook on Preparing the Contract, Modular Learning System, International Trade Centre of UNCTAD and the WTO, Geneva, Switzerland (2003);

(with Dorothy  M. Davis-Joseph), “Affirmative Image, Photo captures fight for the right to dream,” The Weekly Review, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 6, 2003;

Une Magouille Planetaire:  The UDRP is an International Scam, An Independent Assessment of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers , 72 Miss. L. J. 815 (2002).