Dr. Muharem Kianieff

Biography

Muharem Kianieff is a Professor at the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law, a position he has held since August 2008. He teaches and conducts research primarily in corporate commercial law, particularly focusing on the role of regulation in applying innovations to payment mechanisms in financial technology. With a background in economics and political science, he utilizes economic historical analyses to propose reforms aimed at enhancing consumer safety and improving access to justice. Kianieff achieved his legal education at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he also completed his PhD, focusing on Consumer Retail Electronic payments during the early dot-com era. He has served as a Grotius Research Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School, a prestigious program that allows selected scholars to conduct research in law. In 2020, he developed and taught a new course on Blockchain Technologies in Commercial Law, addressing the legal consumer protection issues that arise from the development of distributed ledgers in commercial applications. Kianieff is actively involved in cutting-edge research, including a new monograph on the legal implications of blockchain technology, originally intended to support digital currency such as Bitcoin.

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