SHORT CV

Professor Ioannis Karakostas was born in 1943 in Chalkida. In 1966 he obtained his Law Degree from the University of Athens. In 1973 he obtained his doctorate degree from the, "Regensbourg" Law School in Germany. Since 1983 he has been a Professor of Civil Law at the University of Athens. Pr Ioannis Karakostas currently serves as the Vice-Rector of the National Kapodestrian University of Athens. Ioannis Karakostas is the author of several monographs e.g (Enviromental law in Greece, Encyclopaedia of laws, Kluwer Verlag 1999 etc.). Pr. Karakostas speaks fluently English, Italian and Spanish and has developed significant research activities in many different legal subjects. He directs the quarterly journal "Environment and Law" and participates in the Editorial Board of many journals.