'It is now three years since Lawrence departed. I knew Lawrence when both of us were students at the University of Zimbabwe. Apart from his academic excellence, Lawrence was a jovial character whose hearty, deep and genuine laughter continues to reverberate to this day. It was such a sad loss', Fortune Chasi.

'Lawrence was such a nice person... It is just sad that this could happen to a person at the most academically productive time of his life'.
Chris Maina Peter, Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam.

'Lawrence was such a bright and pleasant person, many people all over the world will be saddened to hear his life has been cut short so tragically. . . . [He was] an outstanding and committed scholar'.
Prof. Sol Picciotto, Department of Law, Lancaster University.

'The death of Lawrence Tshuma is a great loss to all of us who knew him. I say to all of you his friends, comrades: yes, let us mourn Lawrence, but lets us all pick up the spear of that young warrior and continue the struggle. A luta continua. REST IN PEACE WARRIOR'.
Monageng Mogalakwe, University of Arizona.

'I lack the words with which to express how great a loss this is to me... Lawrence is a great loss to Africa as a whole, and to the African academic community in particular'.
Alhagi Marong, McGill University.

'It is terrible news about Lawrence. He is a great loss as a person, and also as a colleague and scholar'.
Prof. Alan Norrie, School of Law, King's College London.

'It was very, very sad to hear of Lawrence's passing away. Death has snatched away from us and the progressive African scholarly community a fine academic and sensitive soul'.
Prof. Issa G. Shivji, Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam.

'What a great loss to all of us that knew Lawrence'.
Pepsi Chibanda, Botswana.

'He represented the hitherto unknown cord which tied most of us together, though we are unknown to one another. I would like to suggest that most of us, meaning the various African scholars and those who have affinity to the intellectual growth of our continent, should refuse to allow Lawrence's passage to terminate this tentative relationship he had created with us around him. I would like to suggest that as a way of keeping his commitment to us and to our continent alive, we should generate a list of those who wish to correspond with one another on various subjects'.
Enos Banda, non-executive Chairman of the South African National Electricity Regulator.

'I am shocked by the news of Lawrence's death... I was a great admirer of Lawrence's work, and I was very fond of him'.
Dr. Edesio Fernandes, International Research Group on Law and Urban Space.

'I believe that all those who knew him feel the pain of the loss of a charming, warm, caring and bright person. He won the respect and love of all those who were fortunate to meet him. Dr. Lawrence Tshuma was our most influential editor. His contributions to the setting up of the journal will remain invaluable and highly appreciated. He helped to shape the focus and the scope of the journal with enthusiasm and unending devotion . . . and strove to see a high quality electronic journal published. He was a scholar and most pleasant colleague to work with. He shall be sadly missed'.
Yael Kahn, University of Warwick.

'This was a terrible loss in so many ways'.
Prof. Julie Stewart, Women's Law Programme, University of Zimbabwe

'Both [Dr. Bernard Kao] and I miss Lawrence a lot and I am also very grateful to him for what he did for the journal'.
Prof. Amy Shee, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.

'We are sure you will share our grief, for we have lost a respected and valued friend and colleague'.
Katie Grassi, Assistant, International Development Law Institute (IDLI), Rome, Italy.

'Lawrence was a great man and an excellent academic. He was always very nice to people and he enriched the lives all those that came in contact with him. He will be widely missed by his many friends all over the world. To me he was what I would call a true human being. A colleague, teacher, researcher, a truly great man has passed away'.
Prof. Muna Ndulo, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, USA.

'The news of Lawrence's death came as an enormous shock since we had been close colleagues while working on English language programmes at IDLI, Rome. I recall Lawrence as an intelligent and perceptive scholar with a strong commitment to the pursuit of knowledge. As a teacher and facilitator, he was a gifted communicator. But, it is above all as a person that I shall remember him. Lawrence was a kind, thoughtful and inspirational man, equally open and lively to intellectual debate as to practical cooperation. A better colleague and human being one could not have wished for'.
Mary Footer, Faculty of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam; former colleague at IDLI, Rome (1996-1999).

'I met Lawrence through my teaching at the International Development Law Institute in Rome. He acted as my course organiser during my two visits there. Through this contact we became good colleagues and new friends. I was very much looking forward to Lawrence joining the Law School at Warwick. Only last summer we were discussing ways of co-operating and developing new projects. His loss to our field is a very heavy one. Our field is still relatively small so the loss of any one member of it is that much greater. Lawrence's wide experience and knowledge would have undoubtedly contributed greatly to the evolution of international economic law and law and development scholarship in the UK. His tragic and premature death has deprived all of us of this. He will be much missed'.
Prof. Peter Muchlinski, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK.