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Professor Lakshman Marasinghe
Born
Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationUniversity College, London
Royal College Colombo
OccupationEmeritus Professor of Law
Employer(s)Government of Sri Lanka,
University of Windsor
Known forChairman Law Commission of Sri Lanka,
Director of the SCOPP
SpouseRohini Marasinghe
ChildrenLeelan

Sureni Tarini Irantha Granddaughter Maya Avanthi Marasinghe

Daughter in law Ninik Muji Handayani

Professor Lakshman Marasinghe is a Sri Lankan academic and lawyer. An Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of Windsor, he is the current Chairman of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka and was the Legal Director of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process during the Sri Lankan Civil War.[1][2]

Educated at the Royal College, Colombo, he went to study medicine at London Hospital Medical College before switching over to study law at the University College, London, where he gained his LLB with first class honours and LLM with distinction in 1961.

After a long teaching career in several universities, he retired as an emeritus professor of the University of Windsor and went on to briefly work for the Sri Lanka Law College in the formation of new courses of study. He is a council member of the Pemberley International Study Centre. He was an integral part in the formation of the first post Apartheid South African Constitution.

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  1. ^ Members of the present Law Commission Archived 2010-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Law students honour two illustrious law teachers Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine


He was a part of the formation of the post apartheid South African Constitution.

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