Law degree and PhD in law at Universidad Central de Venezuela (1964 and 1974). LlM Harvard 1972. Professor of Law and former Law Dean at Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, and frequent visiting professor since 1998 at Stanford Law School.  He has also taught in Mexico, Spain, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Member of the National Academy of History of Venezuela and Honorary Member of the Peruvian Academy of Law.

Professor Findlay has held chairs in law, international criminal justice and criminology in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore and established the law school at the University of the South Pacific.  He is the author of 27 books and over 150 articles and chapters.   Mark has consulted for the UN, the World Bank and the ILO.  Most recently he worked on issues of crime, corruption and culture in Papua New Guinea.  Professor Findlay recently published ‘Law’s Regulatory Relevance; Property, power and market economies