Luca C.M. Melchionna

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.