Background
Erasmus, Gavin M. was born on August 17, 1958 in Durban, South Africa.
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Gavin M. Erasmus
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University of Natal (Bachelor of Commerce, 1978. Bachelor of Laws, 1981. Master of Laws, Eminent Domain, 1983).
Harvard Law School (Visiting Researchership in Eminent Domain, 1985-1986).
Oxford University (Doctor of Philosophy, Comparative Eminent Domain Law, 1995).
Career
Worked at O"Neill, Huxtable & Abelson (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Eminent Domain, Inverse Condemnation, Regulatory Takings, Property Taxation and Assessment Appeals, Real Property Litigation, Trusts and Estates, Probate and Probate Litigation, Civil Litigation and Trial Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Supreme Court of South Africa. 1986, California; 1987, United States.
District Court, Central District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1990, United States. Supreme Court.
1991, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1996, United States. District Court, Southern District of California. Member: United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law.
Eminent Domain Faculty of American Law Institute of the American Bar Association (American Language Institute -American Bar Association). Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London.
Lecturer: Chairman, World Conference on Eminent Domain, University of Oxford, 1990.
Lecturer on eminent domain to National Conferences of American Language Institute -American Bar Association (New Orleans, 1993 and Phoenix 1994), Los Angeles County Bar Association (1995), American Society of Appraisers (1996), International Society of Land Economics (1996), and California Society of Certified Public Accountants"s (1996). Author: Doctoral Thesis "Comparative Compensation Systems for Eminent Domain," Oxford 1994. General Editor, "Compensation for Expropriation," two volumes, Oxford, 1990.
Masters Thesis, "Eminent Domain and the Social Contract," 1983.
"Eminent Domain Worldwide," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, Florida, 1997. "Eminent Domain Globally," American Statistical Association, California, 1996.
"The Jurisprudence of Eminent Domain," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, New Orleans 1993 and Phoenix 1994. Nichols, Chapter 1A, "Comparative Eminent Domain," 1996.
Nichols, Chapter 1B, "Eminent Domain Law-and-Economics," 1995.
Nichols, Chapter 13A, "Eminent Domain and Environmentally Contaminated Properties," 1994. Nichols, Chapter 26, "Eminent Domain, Powerlines, and Electromagnetic Field," (1993). Member: State Bar of California.
American Bar Association.
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Membership
Member: United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law. Eminent Domain Faculty of American Law Institute of the American Bar Association (American Language Institute -American Bar Association). Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London.
