Faculty Profile

• J.D., Yale University, 1971
• A.B., Yale University, 1968

Academic Position Held

Current Appointment:

• Emeritus Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Sep 2018-Present
• Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, School of Law, Emory University, 2004-Present
• Recurrent Visiting Professor of Law, Central European University, Budapest, since 1999

Previous Appointments:

• Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Sep 2010-Aug 2018
• President, Singapore Management University, 2004-Aug 2010
• Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emory University, 2001-2003 
• Dean, School of Law, Emory University, 1989-2001
• Member of the Faculty of Law, Emory University, 1976-2004
• Visiting McWilliams Professor of Commercial Law, Sydney University, first semester 2004
• Co-director (with Professor Harold J. Berman), American Law Center in Moscow, 1991-1997
• Visiting Mills Godwin Professor of Law, College of William and Mary, Spring term 1989
• Fulbright Senior Scholar, Sydney University Law School, Trinity term 1988
• Honorary Professor of Law, Hong Kong University, January 1986
• Visiting Professor of Law, University of Virginia, 1982-1983

Other Positions

• International Academic Advisory Board, Alliance University Bangalore, 2012-present
• Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 2006-Present
• Board of Directors, Building and Construction Authority, 2009-2011
• Board of Directors, The National Research Foundation of Singapore, 2006-2010
• Member, Appeals Board, Competition Commission of Singapore, 2006-2010
• Board of Directors, The Enterprise Challenge of Singapore, 2005-2007
• Board of Directors, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2010, Member Committee on the legal Profession, 2011-present
• Board of Directors, Workforce Development Authority of Singapore, 2005-2007
• Board of Governors, American Chamber of Commerce of Singapore, 2006-2009
• Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.: Board of Directors (1975-1989); President (1985-1987); Board of Advisors (1997-2004)
• Executive Committee, Lamar Inn of Court, 1991-2004
• Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, 1990-2004
• Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Indigent Defense, 2000-2004
• Supreme Court Historical Society, member since 2000
• Atlanta Bar Association: Project on representation of illegal Cuban immigrants (1985-1988); Board, International Transactions Section (1995-1998)
• State Bar of Georgia: admitted December 23, 1971; Amicus Curiae award, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1998
• Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program, Northern District of Georgia, 1991-1997
• American Law Institute: Elected to membership 1980, life member since 2005
• Association of American Law Schools: member, since 1976
• American Bar Association: member, since 1972
• Member, New York State Bar Association, since 2010
• Associate Member, Law Society of Singapore, since 2009

Courses Taught in SMU

• Contract Law 2
• Comparative Law of Sales
• American Constitutional History

Areas of Specialisation

• Contract and Commercial Law
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Competition Law

Editorial Activities

• Editorial Board, J. of Contract Law, since 1988

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

• Howard Hunter (2014), "Has the Achilleas Sunk?", 31 Journal of Contract Law 120
• Howard Hunter (2013), Book Review, "Remedies for Breach of Contract" by Jolene Rowan, 20 Journal of Contract Law 259 
• Howard Hunter (2011), "From Coronations to Sand Bans: Frustration and Force Majeure in the Twenty-first Century," 28 J. Contract Law 61
• Howard Hunter (2011), "Singapore Contract Law in an Interdependent World of Commerce - The Example of the Convention on the International Sale of Goods", SAL Conference 2011, p. 57
• Howard Hunter (2009), “Good Faith and the Construction of Terms in Commercial Contracts: The American Perspective,” 25 J. of Contract Law 39
• Howard Hunter (2007), “Contract and the Commercialisation of Intellectual Property: Introduction,” 23 J. of Contract Law 1
• Howard Hunter (2004), "The Growing Uncertainty about Good Faith in American Contract Law", J. of Contract Law, 20, 1
• Howard Hunter (1999), "Foreword: Domestic and International Commercial Transactions", J. of Contract Law, 14, l and 2
• Howard Hunter (2014), "Modern Law of Contracts".  First edition in two volumes (1986), (1987) with semi-annual supplements through 1993; second edition in one volume (1993) with semi-annual supplements through 1999; third edition in one volume with annual supplement through 2012.
• Howard Hunter (1996), Law in Perspective: The Integrative Jurisprudence of Harold J. Berman, Editor (Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado)
• Howard Hunter (1986), "Problems in Search of Principles: The First Amendment in the Supreme Court from 1791-1930", Emory Law Journal, 35, 159
• Howard Hunter (1985), "Academic Self Government in the United States", Minerva, 23, 19
• Howard Hunter (1983), "Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Constitutional Rights of Secondary School Teachers", William & Mary Law Review, 25, 1
• Howard Hunter (1982), "Toward a Better Understanding of the Prior Restraint Doctrine: A Reply to Professor Mayton", Cornell Law Review, 67, 283
• Howard Hunter (1981), "The Constitutional Status of Academic Freedom in the United States", Minerva, 19, 519
• Howard Hunter (1980), "Universities and the Needs of Local and Regional Communities", Minerva, 18, 624
• Howard Hunter (1980), Recent Reforms in Swedish Higher Education, with Mogens Pedcrsen (Ratio Press: Stockholm)
• Howard Hunter (1980), Universities and Community Service: Concepts and Problems(OECD: Paris)
• Howard Hunter (1978), "An Essay on Contract and Status: Race, Marriage and the Meretricious Spouse", Virginia Law Review, 64, 1039