Luz M. Martínez Velencoso is Professor of Civil Law at Universitat de València, Spain. She is doctor of Universitat de València and Magister Legum of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is also a member of the Humboldt Foundation Network. Her research and teaching interests are in comparative law, property law, contract law, land law and law and economics. She has been a participant of the Common Core of European Private Law project since 2003.