LAJOS VÉKÁS (Kolozsvár, 1939) professor emeritus of law, is the author of nineteen books in Hungarian, English and German on private law and private international law. He taught these subjects at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (1963–2009), was Rector of this University (1990–1993) and founding Rector of the Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study (1992–1997). He was a visiting professor at the University Heidelberg (1986/87). Since 2014 he is Vice-President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.