Luca C.M. Melchionna is the Director of the LL.M.
Program in U.S. Legal Studies for Foreign Law School
Graduates at St. John's School of Law. He also serves as
Director of the School's Transnational
Programs, including its
Summer Rome and Summer
Barcelona Programs.
Before coming to St. John's, Professor Melchionna taught
in several Italian law schools, including the University of
Rome I, the University of Rome II, “Tor Vergata”, and La Scuola
Superiore Economia e Finanza. His teaching focused in
international tax, international arbitration, international
business and trade law, European Union law, comparative law, and
cross-border transactions of multinational enterprises.
In 2005-2006, Professor Melchionna taught at Boston University
School of Law a a visiting. In 2008-2009, he was a visiting fellow
at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia
University.
Professor Melchionna was involved in the cross-border legal
practice for several years working with international law
firms.
Professor Melchionna holds a law degree (J.D) from the
University of Rome I, an LL.M. in International Tax Planning with
High Honors from the same University, and LL.M. in
American Law from Boston University School of Law.
Selected Publications
2012 Diritto e Pratiche Immigratorie negli Stati Uniti
d'America, L'immigration Law Statunitense (with B. Faedda), Il
Mulino, Bologna (Forthcoming);
2011 The Silence of Comparison e la rilevanza del materiale
giuridico straniero per le Corti USA, in
Scritti di Comparazione e Storia Giuridica, Giappichelli,
(Ed.s M. Cerami; P. Serio)
2010 Global
Legal Education and Comparative Visa Regulations, 19 Transnational
Law and Contemporary Problems 2 (2010), 515.
2009 Column: US
International Tax, (co-authored) Quarterly 1, 2 and 3 Diritto e
Pratica Tributaria Internazionale.
2008: Transnational
Study programs and the Global Law School,
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1331609.
2007: Italy's Tax Administration Granted Access to Taxpayer
Register, (co-authored), Tax Analyst, November 23, 2007 reprinted
Tax Notes International, Nov. 23, 2007.
2007 Rubrica: U.S. International Tax (co-authored). Quarterly. 3
Diritto e Pratica Tributaria Internazionale, 2007, 110.
2006 Several New Tax Amendments Take effect, 41 Tax Analyst 2,
January 16, 2006, reprinted Tax Notes International, January 16,
2006, 175.
2005 Hybrid Entities negli Stati Uniti. Giano Bifronte? 1
Diritto e Pratica Tributaria Internazionale 107
2004 Arbitrability of Tax Disputes, 9 Arbitration and ADR,
International Bar Association Section on Business Law, Newsletter
1, May 2004, 22-25.
2003 Tax Disputes and International Commercial Arbitration, 3
Diritto e Pratica Tributaria Internazionale 2003, 769.
2003 Codice di Diritto Internazionale
Tributario, (Code of International Tax Law) Casa Editrice La
Tribuna (CELT), Piacenza, Italy.
2002 La Concorrenza Fiscale
Internazionale e il Diritto Internazionale Tributario: Spunti e
Riflessioni, 1 Rivista di Diritto Internazionale Tributario
205-263
2000 Commentario alle convenzioni contro le doppie Imposizioni,
(Commentary to the European Tax Treaties) (Co-authored). Cacucci
Editore, Bari, Italy.