Background
Germain, Claire Madeleine was born on September 22, 1951 in Chaumont, France.
Germain, Claire Madeleine was born on September 22, 1951 in Chaumont, France.
Licence-es. lettres, University Paris, 1971. Bachelor of Laws, University Paris, 1974. Master in Comparative Law, Louisiana State University, 1975.
Master in Law Librarianship, University Denver, 1977.
Reference librarian, Duke U. Law Library, Durham, North Carolina, 1977-1980; head reference librarian, Duke U. Law Library, Durham, North Carolina, 1982-1984; assistant librarian, senior lecturer comparative law, Duke U. Law Library, Durham, North Carolina, 1984-1989; associate director, senior lecturer comparative law, Duke U. Law Library, Durham, North Carolina, 1989-1993; Edward Cornell law library, professor of law, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1993. Research fellow Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1980.
Member American Bar Association, American Association Law Libraries (chair foreign law section 1985-1986, vice president, president-elect since 2004, chair-elect section libraries since 2003), American Association Law Schools (chairman library and technical committee, chairman elect library section since 2003).
Daughter of Pierre and Jeanne (Despujols) G. M,. Stuart M. Basefsky, August 16, 1976. 1 child, Nicolas.