Claudia Lima Marques holds the Private International Law and Law of International Relation Chair at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul at Porto Alegre, Brazil. She has a phD. from Heidelberg (Germany) and a LL.M. from Tübingen Law School (Germany). She is the author of seven books in consumer law and has written numerous articles on civil law (contracts, torts and family law), on conflicts of laws and consumer law issues.