麗狄婭·R．芭斯塔·弗萊納(Lidija R. Basta FleinerPh.D.) （Belgrade University）, Permanent Guest Professorof Constitutional Law and Political Theory, BelgradeUniversity; former Professor, University of Fribourg（CH）; founder and former Director of the InternationalResearch and Consulting Centre of its Institute ofFederalism.
She is the author or co-author of many books,including Politics under Law （1984） and Theory ofSocialist Constitutionalism （1986） - both in Serbian.With Thomas Fleiner she wrote Allgemeine Staatslehre（2004） and Constitutional Government and Democracyin a Multicultural Globalized Worm （2009）. Co-editorof: Federalism and Multiethnic States: The Case ofSwitzerland （1996）, Rule of Law and Organisation ofthe State in Asia: The Multicultural Challenge （2000）,Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Centraland Eastern Europe （2002）. For the China Forum of theRule of Law, co-editor with Xia Yong and Li Lin and oneof the authors of The Rule of Law and the 21st Century（2004）; co-editor with Xie Pengcheng of the Chinese -English Constitutional Concepts Bilingual Series （2009）;with Thomas Fleiner wrote the book on The Rule of Law.
She was also Secretary General of the InternationalAssociation of Constitutional Law （2002-2005） andFirst Vice-President of the Advisory Committee on theFramework Convention for the Protection of NationalMinorities, Council of Europe （2004-2006）.
