Thomas Lundmark studied comparative literature in Uppsala and San Diego before embarking upon the study of law in Berkeley, Freiburg (Fulbright Scholar), and Bonn (Dr jur). After working as a lawyer in California, he served three consecutive years as a Fulbright Senior Professor in Bonn and Rostock before being appointed in 1997 to the Chair of Common Law and Comparative Legal Theory at the University of Münster, where he lectures on comparative law, jurisprudence, and legal methodology. Professor Lundmark has published and lectured widely in German and English.