Dr Boris Prastalo
Lecturer in Commercial Law
Elliot Jaques 070
- Email: boris.prastalo@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266744
Summary
Boris Praštalo joined Brunel Law School in 2022 as Lecturer in Commercial Law. Before that, he was Assistant Professor at the International University of Sarajevo (IUS), Faculty of Law (FLW) where he taught an array of courses, including Business Law, Commercial Law, Private International Law, Introduction to Law and Intellectual Property Law. Prior to joining IUS FLW, Boris taught and conducted research at Budapest Business School (BGE) under the auspices of the Global Teaching Fellowship Program (GTFP) set up by Central European University (CEU). In 2017, Boris was a Visiting Researcher at Cornell Law School where he conducted research under the mentorship of Professor John J. Barceló III. In 2016 he was the Vis Moot coach at CEU.
Boris started his SJD (PhD) studies at CEU in 2014, completing them in 2019 with summa cum laude. His doctoral dissertation titled “Uniformity in the Application of the CISG: Analysis of the Problem and Recommendations for the Future” was published as a book by Kluwer Law International in 2020. His other publications include two monographs/chapters in “International Encyclopaedia of Laws” published by Kluwer Law International (1. “Commercial and Economic Law: Croatia” and 2. “Labour Law and Industrial Relations: Bosnia and Herzegovina”) as well as several scholarly articles published in reputable journals (on topics in areas such as international sales law, international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration).
Boris is fluent in three languages: BHS (formerly known as Serbo-Croatian), English and Spanish. In addition, Boris has an intermediary knowledge of German.
Qualifications
B.Tech., LL.B., LL.M., SJD (PhD), FHEA
Responsibility
In the Academic Year 2023/2024, Boris will be the module leader in LX3606 (International Commercial Arbitration) and in LX5617 (Principles of International Commercial Arbitration).
Newest selected publications
Praštalo, B. and Lau, PL. (2024) 'Procurement of COVID-19 vaccines: Exploration from the negotiation and contracting perspective'. Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation, 7 (1-2). pp. 27 - 32. ISSN: 2055-5636 Open Access Link
Praštalo, B. (2023) 'On corruption in international arbitration: Exploring the topic through the lens of the MOL v. Croatia saga'. European Investment Law and Arbitration Review, 8 (1). pp. 73 - 104. ISSN: 2468-7413 Open Access Link
Dar, W. and Praštalo, B. (2023) 'The investor-state arbitration legitimacy crisis: Could AI be its future savior (or resurrector)?'. Pravni zapisi, 14 (1). pp. 21 - 58. ISSN: 2217-2815 Open Access Link
Praštalo, B. (2022) 'Genericism in the uniformity endeavour: a plea against the one-size-fits-all approach'. Uniform Law Review, 27 (1). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 1124-3694
Praštalo, B. (2021) 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', in Hendrickx, F. (ed.) IEL Labour Law. Alphen aan den Rijn, NL : Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 10: 90-6544-942-6. ISBN 13: 978-90-6544-942-9.