Trevor Hartley is Emeritus Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he specialises in private international law and European Union law. He is a member of the American Law Institute, the Advisory Committee on Private International Law at the UK Ministry of Justice, and the European Group for Private International Law (GEDIP). He has written a number of books on law, including The Foundations of European Union Law, 8th edition (2014), Choice-of-Court Agreements under the European and International Instruments (2013) and Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments in Europe (2017).