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CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW

ANNUAL REPORT 2011

Universiteit van Amsterdam

CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW

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ANNUAL REPORT 2011

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 1 2. CSECL’s aim and research theme…………………………………………… 3 3. Research group……………………………………………………………………… 7 4. Collaborations……………………………………………………………………… 15 5. Organisation………………………………………………………………………… 17 6. Teaching……………………………………………………………………………… 19 7. PHD research……………………………………………………………………… 21 8. Publications………………………………………………………………………… 23 9. Activities……………………………………………………………………………… 71 10. Funds…………………………………………………………………………………… 85 11. Projects………………………………………………………………………………… 87

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1. Introduction

The year 2011 was another a colourful and fruitful year for the Centre for the

Study of European Contract Law.

Important highlights in the life of the Centre in 2011 included: the inaugural

lectures held by Evelyne Terryn and Aukje van Hoek; the successful defence of

her doctoral thesis by Joasia Luzak; the conference organised bij Jaap Baaij, on

‘The Role of Legal Translation in Legal Harmonisation’, and a workshop,

organised together with the Amsterdam Center for International Law and the

Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, on ‘Framing and

Taming Postnational Rulemaking’.

Two members of the Centre, Hugh Beale and Martijn Hesselink, were

members of a European Commission Expert group that published a Feasibility

Study which became the basis, later that year, for the European Commission's

proposal for a regulation on a Common European Sales Law (CESL). Moreover,

Chantal Mak and Marco Loos, together with researchers of the Institute for

Information Law, published a report for the European Commission on ‘digital

content’, that also had an important impact, specifically with regard to digital

content, on the Commission’s proposal for a CESL.

Finally, in 2011 the CSECL was happy to welcome two new PhD candidates

(Josse Klijnsma and Candida Leone) and one new post-doc (Marija Bartl).

Amsterdam, July 2012

Martijn W. Hesselink

Director, Centre for the Study of European Contract Law

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2. CSECL’s mission and research theme

Mission The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) was founded in

2006. Its research programme focuses on the interplay between the European,

national and international laws of contract. Contract law is understood in a

broad sense, namely the law governing economic transactions in Europe. The

research group aims to play a leading role in the academic debate on

European contract law.

General research theme The theme of CSECL’s research is European contract law. This includes both

commercial and consumer contracts, and both general and specific contract

law. It also includes the relevant aspects of general patrimonial law and the

general law of obligations. Moreover, it also includes important aspects of

property law and insolvency law, and, albeit to a lesser extent, of tort law.

European law is understood here as the law which is applicable in Europe. The

definition is based on the concept of multi-level governance: the research

focuses on the interplay between the relevant national (civil code, common

law), European (current and new acquis) and international (eg CISG) law.

Finally, law is understood here also in a broad sense including not only ‘soft

law’ but also the ‘context’ in which the ‘black letter’ rules operate. As a result,

research will often be multi-disciplinary combining insights from comparative

law, economic analysis, legal theory, political analysis, constitutional analysis,

sociology and psychology.

CSECL’s specific focus is on four specific themes: 1) the interaction between

national and community (consumer) private law, 2) economic transactions,

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property law and Europe, 3) European contract law, social justice and

democracy, and 4) European private law and legal method.

CSECL’s research also includes other subjects within the general theme of

European contract law as defined above, than those relating to the four

themes.

1. The interaction between national and community (consumer)

private law (directed by Marco Loos) This theme deals, in particular, with the impact of Community law on

the national private laws of the Member States. Specific subjects

include: the different strategies for transposing directives; the spill-

over effects of specific directives; the consequences of harmonization

for the systematic character of private law and for the ideal of

codification. In view of its predominance in EC private law, the focus

will be mainly, though not exclusively, on consumer law. This theme

includes, in particular, the work of Hugh Beale, Diana Dankers-

Hagenaars, Aukje van Hoek, Bram Duivenvoorde, Jeroen Kortmann,

Marco Loos, Joasia Luzak, Sacha Tamboer and Gerard de Vries.

2. Economic transactions, property law and Europe (directed by

Arthur Salomons) As said, the main object of our research is the law of contract

understood in a very broad sense, i.e. as the law of economic

transactions. Clearly, property law is an important part of the private

law concerning economic transactions, not only because many

transactions (notably sales) aim at the transfer of property but also

because contracts are often secured by property or similar interests.

Therefore, this research theme explores, in the first place, the

possibility of convergence, harmonisation or even unification of

property law in Europe. Moreover, it analyses the implications and

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spill-over effects of the Europeanization of the law of contract

(understood in a strict sense) on property law. Finally, it also addresses

certain fundamental questions which property law and contract law

have in common and where contract law research could learn from

property law research. This theme includes, in particular, the work of

Selma de Groot, Dewi Hamwijk, Arthur Salomons, and Rolef de Weijs.

3. European contract law, social justice and democracy (directed

by Martijn Hesselink) In this stage, we will both broaden and deepen our research. In

particular, we will further explore the implications of different social

justice theories for questions of European private law; the specific role

of the courts in delivering social justice; and the relationship between

the Europeanization of private law and the democratic deficit in

Europe. This theme includes, in particular, the work of Tim de Booys,

Guido Comparato, Martijn Hesselink, Josse Klijnsma, Chantal Mak and

Lyn Tjon Soei Len.

4. European private law and legal method (directed by Martijn

Hesselink) Legal method plays an crucial role in both the development of

European private law and its analysis. Surprisingly, however,

methodological issues in European private law are not so often studied.

Our aim is to contribute to the theory and practice of European private

law methodology. This theme includes, in particular, the work of

Marieke Oderkerk on the methodology of comparative legal research

and of Martijn Hesselink on the idea of a European legal method and its

implications. Moreover, in all PhD projects methodological choices are

explicitly addressed and justified, which contributes to the

methodological state of the art in the field. In some cases, including

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notably Jaap Baaij, Guido Comparato and Lyn Tjon Soei Len, developing

an own analytical framework (on law & language, nationalism and

capabilities respectively), is a central part of the research.

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3. Research group

The research staff consisted in 2011 of 12,33 full time equivalent (fte), of

which 6,53 fte was available for PhD research.

Director

Prof. dr. Martijn Hesselink

Coordinator Dr. Chantal Mak

Management Assistant LLM Yvonne ter Horst

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SENIOR RESEARCHERS

Prof. Hugh Beale

Contract (including European contract law) and commercial law.

Dr. Odavia Bueno Díaz

European contract law; franchising contracts; empirical method.

Dr. drs. Diana Dankers-Hagenaars

The borderline of private and public law; question of codification; contract law.

Prof. dr. Martijn Hesselink

European private law, private law theory and legal methodology.

Prof. dr. Aukje van Hoek

Private International Law and Civil Procedure.

Prof. dr. Jeroen Kortmann

European tort law.

Prof. dr. Marco Loos

Contract law, consumer law and European private law.

Dr. Joasia Luzak

Contract law, consumer law, consumer behaviour and European private law.

Finishing her PhD thesis Contractual duty to warn in European contract law

Dr. Chantal Mak

European contract law, the constitutionalisation of this field of law and the

role of the judiciary in the harmonisation process.

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Dr. drs. Marieke Oderkerk

General theory and methodology of comparative law, international family law.

Prof. dr. Edgar du Perron

Financial Law, Tort Law and Contract Law.

Prof. dr. Arthur Salomons

Dutch and European property law.

Dr. Gerard de Vries

Contract law.

Dr. Rolef de Weijs

European Property Law and Insolvency Law.

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Marija Bartl LLM

Legitimacy in postnational constellations; the ‘market-re-embedding’ role of

private law in the postnational setting, and its link to the democracy in private

law debate; the constitutional aspects of (European) private law, and in

particular the correlation between social justice and democracy in European

Private Law.

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PhD STUDENTS

Jaap Baaij LLM

Law, Language and a ‘European Contract Law’: On the Feasibility of

Multilingual Harmonization

Guido Comparato LLM

National resistance against the Europeanisation of private law

Bram Duivenvoorde LLM

The notion of the ‘average consumer’ in European consumer law

Selma de Groot LLM

The interplay between the security transfer and the right of pledge

Dewi Hamwijk LLM

In search of a suitable publicity instrument. Publicity in future European private

law with regard to non possessory security rights in tangibles: towards ‘notice

filing’?

Josse Klijnsma LLM

SMEs in European Contract Law: A Rawlsian Perspective

Candida Leone LLM Unfair terms in labour contracts

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Rafal Manko LLM

Culture of Private Law in Poland: from Socialism to Europeanisation

Sacha Tamboer LLM

De klachtplicht bij non-conformiteit

Lyn Tjon Soei Len LLM

Externalities and European contract law: the capabilities approach as the social

justice standard in ECL

EXTERNAL FELLOWS

Prof. dr. Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

The economic analysis of fundamental areas of the law, such as tort, contract,

property and litigation, as well as the evolution of law and legal institutions,

ancient law, and slavery.

Dr. drs. Matthias Haentjens

Harmonisation of Securities Law, Custody and Transfer of Securities in

European Private Law.

Dr. Bas van Zelst

(Inter)national commercial arbitration, European consumer law, European

private law.

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Dr. Kai Purnhagen LL.M.

The interplay of law and regulation on regulated markets in Europe, in

particluar the role of systematisation within the emerging law of EU risk

regulation.

VISITING PROFESSORS

Prof. Evelyne Terryn

Evelyne is a professor at the KULeuven, where she teaches commercial law. As

of 1st of September 2010 she held the 'Wisselleerstoel voor Privaatrecht' of the

Dutch-Belgian Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht. Her research i.a. focuses on

consumer law and European private law. While in Amsterdam, her research

focused on the enforcement of consumer law and she was involved in the

course "Consumentenrecht", taught by Prof. Marco Loos, who was hosting

the Wisselleerstoel.

RESEARCHERS

Ronan Tigner

Ronan specializes in the field of new technologies law. As of 1st of August

2010 he joined the CSECL to work on a study funded by the European

Commission on the "legal framework for digital content services to

consumers," which is led by Prof. Marco Loos.

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CSECL staff in fte

2009 2010 2011

Professor 1,76 2,05 2,09

(Senior) University Lecturer 1,90 3,10 2,98

PhD-student 5,34 6,20 6,53

Post-doc and researcher 0,58 0,73

Total research staff 10,43 11,93 12,33

Administrative staff 0,63 0,63 0,63

Total staff 11,06 12,56 12,96

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4. Collaborations

Members of the research group participate in the following international

research groups and collaborations:

The Common Core of European private Law (‘Trento Project’) The aim of this project is to establish common rules with respect to certain

fields of private law of the different members of the European Union,

although their methods of research are totally different.

European Law Institute The Joint Network on European Private Law (Co-PECL) has been

concluded. Several members of the CSECL have become members of the

European Law Institute that was founded in 2011.

The Study Group on Social Justice in European Private Law Within the Social Justice Group CSECL researchers co-operate with

researchers of the Paris I, the London School of Economics, the European

University Institute (Florence), the University of Helsinki, ZERP (Bremen),

the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and the University of Catania. This

group conducts common research of social justice and regulatory

legitimacy within the European Contract Law.

The Ius Commune Research School CSECL co-operates with the Faculties of Law of the University of Utrecht,

the University of Maastricht, the Catholic University Leuven (Belgium) and

with individual researchers of the University Stellenbosch (South Africa),

the University of Edinburg (Scotland), the Free University in Amsterdam,

Tilburg University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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Several specific research projects by members of the research group are

carried out within the framework of one or more of these international

collaborations. The aim is to intensify and extend international collaboration

and exchange.

Moreover, CSECL is partner of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in the

Foundations of European Law and Polity Research.

Furthermore, there are numerous international collaborations on an

individual basis with scholars from many leading European and American

universities including Harvard, EUI, LSE, Oxford and Sciences Po.

Locally, the CSECL collaborates with other academics outside the Faculty of

Law, especially with the Amsterdam Centre for Law and Economics (ACLE),

through joint research projects and seminars.

Inside the Faculty CSECL participates in the Research Priority Area (RPA)

‘European Private and Public Law’, launched formally in 2009. The RPA

includes three research groups, each with their own specific research

programmes and research centres (the Amsterdam Centre for European Law

and Governance (ACELG), the Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law (ACTL) and the

Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL)). Although there are

no common research activities planned for the area as a whole, there have

been important collaborations between certain researchers from different

groups. The most prominent example is the project ‘The Architecture of Post-

National Rulemaking: Views from Public International Law, European Public

Law and European Private Law’ (see www.jur.uva.nl/architecture/about.cfm)

that is directed by Deirdre Curtin (ACELG) and Martijn Hesselink (CSECL)

together with André Nollkaemper (Public International Law).

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5. Organisation

Management Prof. dr. Martijn W. Hesselink is Director of the Centre for the Study of

European Contract Law (CSECL). He is assisted by Coordinator dr. Chantal

Mak and Management Assistant LLM Yvonne ter Horst.

The specific (four) themes within the research programme are led by the

senior researchers prof. dr. Arthur Salomons, prof. dr. Marco Loos and prof. dr.

Martijn Hesselink.

The CSECL consists of a diverse research group where researchers interact

with other researchers from different backgrounds in terms of nationality,

gender, education et cetera. By creating attractive positions for assistant

professors (more research time), occasionally in combination with the

possibility of a ‘tenure track’ to become associate professor, the CSECL has

managed to attract and retain talented researchers.

All researchers, including PhD students, participate in the Ius Commune

research school. Moreover, all researchers are facilitated to excel in their work

by showing confidence in their capacities to be innovative while at the same

time showing a real interest in their ideas and projects.

Weekly meetings In this respect bi-weekly seminars are organized on Mondays and are

dedicated to discuss each others’ research during internal seminars and to

discuss recent developments in the field of (European) regulation and

literature during lunch meetings. In a series of CSECL Seminars, which take

place twice-monthly on Mondays and which are public, invited leading

scholars from across the world present and discuss their working papers.

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Interaction with teaching The Master’s programme in European Private Law is directed and co-

ordinated and, for the most part, taught by members of our research group.

Students in that programme are invited to participate in CSECL seminars,

conferences, and, where possible, research.

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6. Teaching

Private law in Europe has undergone rapid transformation over the last two

decades. From being a branch of law that was hardly affected by European

Community (EC) legislation, it has become the object of a multitude of

harmonisation measures, to the point that the idea of a European civil code is

now a priority on the political agenda. This development has given rise to a

growing demand within the legal profession, within national and EC

institutions and in academic research for lawyers with a thorough

understanding of both existing European private law and the ongoing

Europeanisation process and its dynamics.

The Master's programme in European Private Law gives students a thorough

understanding of this developing multilevel system of private law in Europe.

Relevant insights from other disciplines such as Economics and Political

Science are integrated into the discussion of legal questions, thereby

broadening and deepening the debate.

The Master’s programme in European Private Law is directed and co-

ordinated and, for the most part, taught by members of our research group.

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7. PhD research

The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law supervises PhD students

and so-called JUDOOZ.1 PhD students are appointed during three years and

they have no teaching obligation, unless this is relevant to their research.

PhD students and JUDOOZ are supervised by a supervisor and co-supervisor.

They receive training offered by the Ius Commune research school and/or the

Faculty of Law. In addition they attend relevant conferences and the CSECL

seminars.

The CSECL actively searches for talented PhD students. All PhD positions are

widely advertised in the CSECL’s international networks. PhD students spend

some time at a foreign university (mostly at Harvard, Columbia, NYU and the

MPI in Hamburg). They are stimulated to develop their own research profiles

which are visibly distinct from that of the research leaders.

On 29 November 2011 Joasia Luzak defended her PhD thesis The implied duty

of a service provider to warn about a risk of construction defects resulting from

a contract with a third party, with emphasis on defects resulting from design

failures. Supervisor: prof. dr. M.B.M. Loos, co-supervisor: dr. G.J.P. de Vries

In 2011 the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law supervised 10 PhD

students (see Chapter 3), of whom 2 are JUDOOZ (Baaij and Tamboer). 2 PhD

students whose PhD appointment has expired (De Groot and Manko) are

working on their thesis and it is expected that they will finish it soon.

1 JUDOOZ are Junior researchers who are appointed during six years and who teach 40% and conduct PhD research 60% of their appointment.

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8. Publications

The research group aims to play a leading role in the academic debate on

European contract law, on the four research themes, and on the subject in

general. For that purpose, it is required that the permanent staff members

(full-time employed, having a 60% research task)2 publish either,

A. two articles per year (i.e. six articles in three years), on a subject within

our research theme as defined above, in one of the leading

international journals (notably European Review of Private Law,

European Review of Contract Law, European Law Journal, Zeitschrift für

Europäisches Privatrecht, Common Market Law Review, Journal of

Consumer Policy3) (‘A publication’), or, alternatively,

B. one such international A publication plus two other articles, on a

subject within our research theme as defined above, in leading national

journals (in the Netherlands: WPNR, NTBR, Themis, NJB4) or

international journals or books of good quality but with a lower degree

of international competition and impact than the top international

journals5 (eg national reports and other invited contributions) (‘B

publication’).

For the same reason it is required that junior researchers complete their

doctoral theses within the agreed three years. In addition, the members of the

research group (especially seniors) are also expected to organise international

2 The main benefit that the CSECL hopes to derive from the Faculty and University onderzoekszwaartepunten policy is a shift from 40 to 60% as the normal research task. Today, the reality is, however, that most staff still have a classical 40% research position. 3 The list of journals will be revised every year. 4 The list of journals will be revised every year. 5 Admittedly, this is a rather vague test. However, uncertainty about the requirements for individual researchers will be avoided by communicating about the issue with the research leader before submitting the paper for publication.

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conferences and seminars, and to publish books (text books, conference

proceedings, monographs). A monograph in English may count as up to three

A publications, depending, inter alia, on the international reputation of the

publisher and on the referee system adopted by the publisher.6

6 Here also uncertainty about the requirements for individual researchers will be avoided by communicating about such long-term research plans with the research leader before starting the research project.

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Research output CSECL 2011

2009 2010 2011

Scientific publications

Books 4 3 0

PhD-theses 1 1 0

Refereed articles 12 16 35

Non-refereed articles 2 2 1

Book chapters 16 22 23

Book editorships 2 3 3

External reports 8 5 6

TOTAL 45 52 68

Non-scientific publications Books 0 1 0

Articles 8 18 12

Book editorships 0 3 1

Annotations 6 11 11

Publications aimed at the general public 0 0 1

TOTAL 14 33 25

Other research output Presentations and lectures 19 50 37

Inaugural lectures and PHD-defenses 0 1 3

Editorships 14 11 14

Memberships 12 11 12

PhD-oppositions / supervisions 2 3 1

Organisation / chairships conferences 2 5 4

Other 13 31 31

TOTAL 62 112 102

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8.1 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

8.1.3 Articles

A. International refereed

Hamwijk, D.J.Y

- Public filing with regard to non-possessory security rights in tangible assets

as contemplated by the DCFR: of no benefit to unsecured (trade) creditors,

European Review of Private Law 19(5), pp. 613-629.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (together with F. Dorssemont) Collective action in labour conflicts under the

Rome II regulation (Part II), European Labour Law Journal ( 2), pp. 101-119.

Hesselink, M.W.

- A Toolbox for European Judges, European Law Journal 17(4), pp. 441-469.

- Five political ideas of European Contract law, European Review of Contract

Law 7(2), pp. 295-313.

Loos, M.B.M.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & C. Mak) The regulation of digital

content contracts in the Optional Instrument of contract law, European Review

of Private Law 19(6), pp. 729-758.

Mak, C.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & M.B.M. Loos) The regulation of

digital content contracts in the Optional Instrument of contract law, European

Review of Private Law 19(6), pp. 729-758.

B. International non-refereed

Beale, H.

- The Common Frame of Reference and the work of the Expert Group,

Internationaler Rechtsverkehr, pp. 15-18.

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Haentjens, M.

- Clearing and Settlement – Ways Forward, Journal of International Banking

Law and Regulation (5), pp. 243-247.

Loos, M.B.M.

- (together with J.A. Luzak) Nowa dyrektywa w sprawie praw konsumentów,

Kwartalnik Prawa Prywatnego XX(4), pp. 1019-1041.

Luzak, J.A.

- (together with M.B.M. Loos) Nowa dyrektywa w sprawie praw konsumentów,


Purnhagen, K.P.

- Zur Auslegung der Nacherfüllungsverpflichtung - Ein Paukenschlag aus

Luxemburg, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (16), pp. 626-630.

- Zum Verbot der Risikodifferenzierung aufgrund des Geschlechts – Eine Lehre

des EuGH zur Konstitutionalisierung des Privatrechts am Beispiel des

Versicherungsvertragsrechts?, Urteilsbesprechung und Anmerkung EuGH –

Rs. C-236/09, Test Achats, Europarecht (5), pp. 690-704.

- (together with Julius Goldmann) EIOPA – Die neue europäische

Versicherungsaufsicht, Versicherungsrecht (63), pp. 29-33.

- Die Auswirkungen der neuen EU-Richtlinie auf das Verbraucherrecht,

Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik (45), pp. 36-39.

Weijs, R.J. de

- Towards an Objective European Rule on Transaction Avoidance in

Insolvencies, International Insolvency Review 20(3), pp. 219-244.

C. National refereed

Duivenvoorde, B.B.

- Purely Creative - over oneerlijke handelspraktijken in het Verenigd

Koninkrijk, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht & handelspraktijken (3), pp. 89-

93.

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Groot, S. de

- (tezamen met A.F. Salomons) Zekerheidsoverdracht in het Nederlandse BW,

de Franse Code civil en de Europese DCFR, Ars Aequi, pp. 383-390.

Haentjens, M.

- DCFR en goederenrecht in de praktijk – over zekerheid en rafelranden,

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Burgerlijk Recht (54), pp. 375-380.

Hamwijk, D.J.Y.

- Kenbaarmaking en feitelijke macht - Over het “statische” aspect van het

publiciteitsbeginsel, Weekblad voor privaatrecht, notariaat en registratie

(6874), pp. 133-140.

- Een openbaar register voor bezitloze zekerheidsrechten op roerende zaken:

in ieder geval niet van belang voor de concurrente (handels)crediteur,

Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht (1), pp. 6-13.

- Art. 3:90 lid 2 BW: geen kwestie van rechtvaardigheid, maar van

rechtszekerheid, Weekblad voor privaatrecht, notariaat en registratie (6883),

pp. 356-361.

Hesselink, M.W.

- Facultatief wetboek of gereedschapskist?, Nederlands Juristenblad (1), pp. 21-

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- Kroniek van het Europees privaatrecht, Nederlands Juristenblad (15), pp.

1006-1014.

- Naar een gemeenschappelijk Europees kooprecht of in de nationale

loopgraven?, Nederlands Juristenblad (37), p. 2515.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- Noot bij European Court of Justice (Heiko Koelzsch tegen Groothertogdom

Luxemburg), Ars Aequi (9), pp. 650-659.

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Klijnsma, J.G.

- Harmonisatie van menselijke waardigheid in het Europees privaatrecht?,

Nederlands Juristenblad (28), pp. 1870-1876.

Loos, M.B.M.

- Harmonisatie van het consumentencontractenrecht, Nederlands Juristenblad

86(7), pp. 408-414.

- (tezamen met J.A. Luzak) Ontwikkelingen betreffende het voorstel voor een

Richtlijn consumentenrechten: de positie van de Raad en het Europees

Parlement, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht 17(5), pp. 168-177.

- (tezamen met J.A. Luzak) Richtlijn consumentenrechten in eindfase,

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht 17(7), pp. 249-252.

- Consumentenbescherming en het Optionele Instrument van contractenrecht,

Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht 21(7/8), pp. 191-201.

- Individuele handhaving van het consumentenrecht bij de burgerlijke rechter,

Tijdschrift voor Civiele Rechtspleging, 19(1), pp. 1-11.

- (tezamen met J.A. Luzak) De nieuwe Richtlijn consumentenrechten, Tijdschrift

voor Consumentenrecht & Handelspraktijken (5), pp. 184-191.

- De Wet-Van Dam en de stilzwijgende verlenging van lidmaatschappen en

abonnementen, Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht & Handelspraktijken(6), pp.

225-228.

- Overeenkomsten tot levering van digitale inhoud, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor

Burgerlijk Recht (6), pp. 591-594.

Luzak, J.A.

- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos) Ontwikkelingen betreffende het voorstel voor een



- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos) Richtlijn consumentenrechten in eindfase,


- (together with M.B.M. Loos) De nieuwe Richtlijn consumentenrechten,

Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht & Handelspraktijken (5), pp. 184-191.

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Mak, C.

- Europa en het privaatrecht: de doorwerking van fundamentele rechten in de

civiele rechtspraak, Ars Aequi 60(10), pp. 696-702.

Oderkerk, A.E.

- Rome III: geen geünificeerd Europees conflictenrecht op het terrein van de

echtscheiding voor Nederland, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht

17(4), pp. 122-126.

Salomons, A.F.

- (tezamen met S. de Groot) Zekerheidsoverdracht in het Nederlandse BW, de

Franse Code civil en de Europese DCFR, Ars Aequi, pp. 383-390.

- Beschikkingsonbevoegdheid bij de verkoop van een tweedehands auto:

derdenbescherming nu geheel uitgesloten?, Weekblad voor Privaatrecht,

Notariaat en Registratie 142(6907), pp. 939-940.

D. National non-refereed

Haentjens, M.

- (tezamen met J.W. Meijer) Contracteren onder voorwaarden, Tijdschrift voor

de ondernemingsrechtpraktijk (2), pp. 63-70.

8.1.4 Book chapters

A. International

Beale, H.

- The Content of the political CFR – how to prioritise, in: J. Kleineman (ed.), A

Common Frame of Reference for European Contract Law (Centrets skriftserie,

14), Stockholm: Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, pp. 27-32.

Bueno Díaz, O.

- (together with L.M. Martinez Velencozo) Spain, in: E. Hondius & H. C. Grigoleit

(eds.), Unexpected Circumstances in European Contract law (The Common Core

of European Private Law), Oxford: Cambridge University Press, pp. 126-132.

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Hesselink, M.W.

- Unfair terms in contracts between businesses, in: J. Stuyck & R. Schulze (eds.),

Towards a European Contract Law, München: Sellier European law publishers,

pp. 131-148.

- If you don’t like our principles we have others. On core values and underlying

principles in European private law: a critical discussion of the new ‘Principles’

section in the draft CFR, in: R. Brownsword, H. Micklitz, L. Niglia & S.

Weatherill (eds.), The Foundations of European Private Law, Oxford: Hart

Publishing, pp. 59-72.

- The concept of good faith, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C.

Mak & C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp.

ed, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 619-649.

- An optional instrument on EU contract law: can it increase legal certainty and

foster cross-border trade?, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos &

A.F. Salomons (red.), Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een

optioneel instrument?, Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, pp. 9-23.

Loos, M.B.M.

- Service contracts, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak &

C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. Ed,

Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 757-785.

- Individual private enforcement of consumer rights in civil courts in Europe,

in: R. Brownsword, H. Micklitz, L. Niglia & S. Weatherill (eds.), The

Foundations of European Private Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 487-511.

- Sales law in the DCFR, in: E. Terryn, V. Sagaert & M. Storme (eds.), The Draft

Common Frame of Reference: a national and comparative perspective [Series

Ius Commune Europaeum, volume 94], Antwerp/Oxford: Intersentia, pp. 451-

487.

Mak, C.

- Constitutional aspects of a European civil code, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W.

Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil

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code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed., Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp.

333-352.

Purnhagen, K.P.

- Competition of Agencies at European and International Level: Switching the

Perspective in International Economic Law, in: K. Reddy, V. Kumar & V. Reddy

(eds.), Global Perspectives in Consumer Law, Hyderabad: S. Gogia & Company,

pp. 114-153.

Salomons, A.F.

- Good faith acquisition of movables, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H.

Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th

rev. and exp. ed, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 1065-

1082.

- National report on the transfer of ownership of movables in The Netherlands,

in: W. Faber & B. Lurger (eds.), National reports on the transfer of movables in

Europe. - Vol. 6: The Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta,

Latvia (Schriften zur Europaischen Rechtswissenschaft = European legal

studies = E� tudes juridiques europeenes, 15), Munchen: Sellier European Law

Publishers, pp. 1-158.

B. National

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- Hoe functioneel is functionele immuniteit? Een commentaar op de zaak

Bertrand v. European Patent Office, in: Th.M. De Boer, J.W. Fokkens, P. Vlas,

M.J. Vos & C.L. de Vries Lentsch-Kostense (eds.), Strikwerda's Conclusies -

Opstellen aangeboden aan mr. L. Strikwerda ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid

als advocaat-generaal bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, Deventer: Kluwer, pp.

185-198.

- Staatsimmuniteit in het privaatrecht, in: A.A.H. van Hoek & et al. (eds.),

Making choices in public and private international immunity law: preadviezen

(Mededelingen van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht,

138), Den Haag: T.M.C. Asser Press, pp. 1-35.

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Loos, M.B.M.

- Naar een optioneel instrument, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M.

Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een


- Algemene voorwaarden bij consumentenovereenkomsten, in: E.H. Hondius &

G.J. Rijken (red.), Handboek Consumentenrecht: een overzicht van de

rechtspositie van de consument – 3e druk, Zutphen: Paris, pp. 69-114.

Mak, C.

- Instrumentalisme, legitimiteit en de onderstroom van het Europees

contractenrecht, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons

(red.), Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel

instrument?, Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, pp. 41-52.

Oderkerk, A.E.

- Het doel van het recht gediend - 'rechtsvinding' of 'rechtsvorming' in twee

conclusies van A-G Strikwerda, in: Th.M. De Boer, J.W. Fokkens, P. Vlas, M.J.

Vos & C.L. de Vries Lentsch-Kostense (eds.), Strikwerda's Conclusies - Opstellen

aangeboden aan mr. L. Strikwerda ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid als

advocaat-generaal bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, Deventer: Kluwer, pp.

325-336.

Salomons, A.F.

- Een optioneel vermogensrechtelijk instrument voor Europa: een

noodzakelijke omweg?, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F.

Salomons (red.), Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel


- Over de verbergende dief, gebrekkig bezit en eigendomsverkrijging uit hoofde

van art. 3:105 BW, in: W. Kernkamp (red.), Stof tot overpeinzing: liber

amicorum voor Floris Bannier, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, pp. 113-122.

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Vries, G.J.P.

- Remedies voor een tekortkoming onder het Weens Koopverdrag, in: B.

Wessels en T.H.M. van Wechem (red.), Contracteren in de internationale

praktijk, Deventer: Kluwer, pp. 341-361.

- Dienstverlening: de overeenkomst van opdracht, in: E.H. Hondius en G.J.

Rijken (red.) Handboek Consumentenrecht, Zutphen: Paris, pp. 171-190.

8.1.5 Book editorships

Beale, H.

- General editor and editor of chapters 5-7, 26 and part of 43: Chitty on

Contracts, Third Supplement to the 30th ed. (The common law library), London:

Sweet & Maxwell Ltd., 562 p.

Hesselink, M.W.

- (together with A.S. Hartkamp, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron) Towards a

European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed., Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law

International, 1125 p.

- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos, A.A.H. van Hoek & A.F. Salomons) Het Groenboek

Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel instrument? (CSECL reeks 2),

Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 186 p.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons) Het Groenboek



Loos, M.B.M.

- (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & A.F. Salomons) Het

Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel instrument? (CSECL

reeks 2), Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 186 p.

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Mak, C.

- (together with A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, & C.E. du Perron)

Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed., Alphen aan den Rijn:

Kluwer Law International, 1125 p.

Perron, C.E. du

- (together with A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius & C. Mak)



Salomons, A.F.

- (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & M.B.M. Loos) Het Groenboek



8.1.6 External reports

Beale, H.

- (together with the other members of the Commission Expert Group on

European Contract Law) Feasibility study for a future instrument in European

Contract Law, 3 May 2011, 93 p.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (together with M.S. Houwerzijl) Comparative study on the legal aspects of the

posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the European

Union, report for the European Commission, 21 March 2011, VT/2009/0541,

Nijmegen: Radboud University Nijmegen, 363 p., available through

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=471&langId=en

- (together with M.S. Houwerzijl) Complementary study on the legal aspects of

the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the

European Union, report for the European Commission, November 2011,

VC/2011/0096, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 321 p., available

through http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=471&langId=en


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Loos, M.B.M.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K.J. Cseres, B. van

der Sloot & R. Tigner) Digital content contracts for consumers: analysis of the

applicable legal frameworks and suggestions for the contours of a model system

of consumer protection in relation to digital content contracts - Comparative

analysis, law & economics analysis, assessment and development of

recommendations for possible future rules on digital content contracts,

Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, Centre for the Study of European

Contract Law, Institute for Information Law & Amsterdam Centre for Law and

Economics, Final report for the European Commission, 320 p.

Mak, C.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, M.B.M. Loos, L. Pessers, K.J. Cseres, B.

van der Sloot & R. Tigner) Digital content contracts for consumers: analysis of

the applicable legal frameworks and suggestions for the contours of a model

system of consumer protection in relation to digital content contracts -

Comparative analysis, law & economics analysis, assessment and development of





Tigner, R.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, M.B.M. Loos, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K.J.

Cseres & B. van der Sloot) Digital content contracts for consumers: analysis of








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Hesselink, M.W.




Perron, C.E. du

- (tezamen met leden Commissie Stagiaire-Opleiding o.l.v. B. Kortmann) Met

recht advocaat. Een nieuwe opleiding: de Stagiaire-Opleiding, advies van de

Commissie Stagiaire-Opleiding aan de Nederlandse orde van Advocaten, 20

oktober 2010.

8.2 PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

8.2.2 Articles

A. International

Hesselink, M.W.

- (together with C.E. du Perron, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & A.S. Hartkamp) Preface

to the Fourth Edition, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak

& C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed,

Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. xlv-xlvi.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (together with M.J.J.P. Luchtman) Chapter XIX. The European Convention On

Human Rights And Transnational Cooperation In Criminal Matters, in: Jansen

& Schöndorf-Haubold (eds.), The European Composite Administration,

Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland: Intersentia, pp. 467-533. [Reprint of 2006].


Rome II regulation (Part I), European Labour Law Journal (2), pp. 48-75.

[Reprint of F. Dorssemont & A. van Hoek, Collective action in labour conflicts

under the Rome II regulation, in: E. Ales & T. Novitz (eds.), Collective Action

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and Fundamental Freedoms in Europe, Antwerp/Oxford/Portland: Intersentia

2010, pp. 213-255].

Loos, M.B.M.

- Book review of H.W. Micklitz, N. Reich & P. Rott, Understanding EU Consumer

Law, Antwerp: Intersentia (2009), 378 p., Zeitschrift für Europäisches

Privatrecht 19(2), pp. 447-448.

Mak, C.

- (together with C.E. du Perron, A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink & E.H. Hondius)

Preface to the Fourth Edition, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius,

C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and

exp. ed, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. xlv-xlvi.

- Book review of B.J. de Vos, Horizontale werking van grondrechten. Een kritiek

(dissertatie Leiden), Apeldoorn/Antwerpen: Maklu Uitgevers (2010), 416 p.,

Tijdschrift voor Constitutioneel recht (maart 2011), pp. 233-236.

Perron, C.E. du

- (together with M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & A.S. Hartkamp) Preface




Purnhagen, K.P.

- (together with M. Keller) Anfechtung eines Computerkaufs im Internet,

Juristische Arbeitsblätter (43), pp. 894-900.

- Book review of S. Loidolt, Einführung in die Rechtsphänomenologie, Tübingen:

Mohr Siebeck (2010), 411 p., Juristenzeitung, pp. 947 - 948.

- Book review of L. Antoniolli & F. Fiorentini, A Factual Assessment of the Draft

Common Frame of Reference, München: Sellier (2010), Common Market Law

Review, pp. 438-439.

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Vries, G.J.P.

- Book review of L.A.D. Keus, Europees privaatrecht, Deventer: Kluwer (2010),

European Review of Contract Law 7(3), pp. 454-459.

B. National

Hesselink, M.W.

- (tezamen met A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons ) Voorwoord, in:

M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Het

Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel instrument?, Den

Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, pp. 5-6.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos, M.W. Hesselink & A.F. Salomons) Voorwoord, in:

M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Het



Loos, M.B.M.

- (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & A.F. Salomons) Voorwoord,

in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Het



Oderkerk, A.E.

- Art. 1-9 Boek 10 BW: Titel 1 Algemene Bepalingen, in P. Vlas e.a. (ed.),

Hoofdlijnen Boek 10 BW (internationaal privaatrecht), Den Haag: Sdu

Uitgevers, pp. 11-19.

Salomons, A.F.

- (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & M.B.M. Loos) Voorwoord, in:




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Weijs, R.J. de

- Faillissementswet 42 Fw - 51 Fw, Groene Kluwer (losbladig), pp 1-120.

8.2.3 Book editorships

Dankers-Hagenaars, D.L.M.T.

- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos) Jurisprudentie aansprakelijkheidsrecht &

contractenrecht 2011/2012 (Boom jurisprudentie en documentatie), Den

Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 553 p.

Loos, M.B.M.

- (tezamen met D.L.M.T. Dankers) Jurisprudentie aansprakelijkheidsrecht &



8.2.4 Annotations


- Noot bij Hof `s-Gravenhage (26-10-2010), Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids- en

Verzekeringsrecht (2), nr. 18, pp. 158-159.

- Noot bij Rechtbank Zutphen (22-10-2010), Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids-

en Verzekeringsrecht (4), nr. 41, pp. 389-391.

- Noot bij HR (08-10-2010), Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids- en


- Noot bij Hoge Raad (22-04-2011), Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids- en




Oderkerk, A.E.

- Noot bij Hoge Raad (18-02-2011), (Perpetuatio fori beginsel, internationale

bevoegdheid Nederlandse rechter), Jurisprudentie Burgerlijk Procesrecht (5),

47, pp. 414-419.

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Loos, M.B.M.

- Noot bij Hof Amsterdam (23-02-2010) (Zaaknr. 200.000.925/01), Tijdschrift


- Noot bij Hof Amsterdam (03-08-2010) (Rolnr. 200.058.886/01), Tijdschrift


Purnhagen, K.P.

- Noot bij Bundesgerichtshof (11-11-2010), (III ZR 57/10, IV A. § 626 BGB 1.11,

2011), Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht.

- Noot bij European Court of Justice (16-12-2010), (Josemans), Europäische

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, pp. 224-226.

Zelst, B. van

- Noot bij Raad van Arbitrage voor de Bouw (30-10-2009) (no. 6440:

arbitrageovereenkomst in internationale geschillen I), Tijdschrift voor

Bouwrecht (2), 34-35, tevens noot bij: Raad van Arbitrage voor de Bouw. (05-

08-2010) (no. 71.414: arbitrageovereenkomst in internationale geschillen II),

pp. 163-173.

8.2.5 Publications aimed at the general public

Hesselink, M.W.

- Consumers need more than protection, European Voice, 9 June 2011, p. 12.

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Other research output

8.3 PRESENTATIONS

A. International

Bueno Díaz, O.

- (together with F. van Wijk) (4 April 2011) Comaternidad matrimonial en

España y Holanda: el caso de la reproducción asistida con donante anónimo,

Madrid (Spain), International conference on family law 'Filiación, patria

potestad y relaciones familiares en el siglo XXI'.

- (11 November 2011) El control de cláusulas abusivas en el derecho holandés de

contratos, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Conference 'Las cláusulas abusivas

en los contratos con consumidores'.

Comparato, G.

- (16 December 2011) Europe vs. the nation State in Private Law? Legal cultures

and their community-building function, Oxford (United Kingdom), Conference

'European Legal Culture'.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (4 April 2011) Rethinking transnational collective bargaining; 'The private

international law solution', Stockholm University, Conference on Remark Lab.

- (12 May 2011) Presentation of the results of the study on the legal aspects of

the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the EU,

Brussels, Working group meeting of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee

on "Construction".

- (2 June 2011) Maritime Law and the Europeanization of Private International

Law: the Dutch Experience, University of Rijeka, Brijuni (Croatia), Conference

on The Resolution of International Maritime Disputes within the European

and International Legal Framework.

- (together with M. Houwerzijl) (27 June 2011) Implementation and application

of the Posting of Workers Directive (presentation of a comparative legal study),

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Brussels, Conference on Fundamental Social Rights & the Posting of Workers

in the Framework of the Single Market, European Commission.

- (9 December 2011) Private International Law as governance: from conflicts

justice to politics?, Vredespaleis Den Haag, Commemorative Conference on

Inspiration and Innovation in International law and politics - 100 years Nobel

Peace Prize Tobias Asser.

Hesselink, M.W.

- (15 January 2011) Who’s afraid of the Optional Instrument?, Leuven, Secola

Conference 'A European Optional Contract Law: Policy Choices'.

- (3 June 2011) Unfairness and non-negotiated terms, Leuven, Conference

'Towards a European Contract Law'.

- (28 September 2011) The Political Philosophy of General Principles of Civil

Law, Oxford, Conference 'The Involvement of EU Law in Private Law

Relationships'.

- (9 November 2011) How to opt into the CESL, Warsaw (Poland), Conference

on European Contract Law – unlocking the internal market potential for

growth.

- (25 November 2011) How Many Systems of Private Law are there in the

European Union? Nationalist, Dualist/Pluralist and Europeanist Perspectives,

Utrecht, keynote speaker 16th Ius Commune conference.

Loos, M.B.M.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, L. Pessers, B. van der Sloot, & R.G.B.

Tigner) (25 February 2011) Draft provisions on Digital content contracts.

Suggestions by the University of Amsterdam for future legislation, Amsterdam,

workshop Digital Content Services.

- (17 June 2011) Sales and Services under the Draft for the Optional Instrument,

Lille (France), conference 'Towards a European law of specific contracts'.

- (27 June 2011) Digital content contracts, Uxbridge (United Kingdom),

International Academy for Consumer Law.

- (9 November 2011) Legal elements of the proposal - content of the contract law

instrument, Warschau (Poland), joint conference of the Polish Presidency and

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the European Commission on ‘European Contract Law – unlocking the

internal market potential for growth’.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & C. Mak) (16 November 2011)

Consumer legislation for digital products, Brussels (Belgium), Stakeholder

meeting organised by the European Commission, DG Justice.

Luzak, J.A.

- (29 November 2011) The implied duty of a service provider to warn about a

risk of construction defects resulting from a contract with a third party, with

emphasis on defects resulting from design failures, Universiteit van Amsterdam,

promotie (promotor prof. dr. M.B.M. Loos co-promotor dr. G.J.P. de Vries).

Mak, C.

- (25 February 2011) European Contract Law and the Digital Agenda, Oslo

(Norway), Conference on A new Consumer Directive - new rights for

consumers?

- (7 April 2011) Principi generali del diritto privato e diritti fondamentali in

Europa, Brescia (Italy), Seminar.

- (25 May 2011) Principles of European private law and fundamental rights,

Utrecht, Symposium 'Principles & Law'.

- (12 July 2011) The development of European contract law, European

University Institute, Fiesole (Italy), Summer School 'The constitutionalization

of European private law'.

- (13 July 2011) Principles of private law and fundamental rights in Europe,

European University Institute, Fiesole (Italy), Summer School 'The

constitutionalization of European private law'.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & M.B.M. Loos) (16 November 2011)



- (16 December 2011) Fundamental Rights as Constitutive Elements of a

European Private Law Culture, Oxford (United Kingdom), Conference


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Oderkerk, A.E.

- (26 October 2011) Methods of Comparative Legal Research, Amsterdam,

invited lecture Netherlands China Law Centre.

Perron, C.E. du

- (18 January 2011) Cleaning up the Mess before it is Made; bank insolvency and

recovery plans, Centrum voor Marktorderning, Universiteit van Amsterdam,

Symposium on The Future of Financial Regulation.

- (21 January 2011) Financial supervision and the retail market, European and

national perspectives, TISCO, Tilburg University, Conference on Banking,

Finance, Services: shared responsibility.

Salomons, A.F.

- (17 June 2011) Comparative law and the quest for optimal rules on the transfer

of movables, Maastricht, M-Epli Round Table Meeting on The Use of the

Functional Method in European and Comparative Property Law.

Terryn, E.

- (17 February 2011) Nulla poena sine lege, sine poena nulla lex, Universiteit van

Amsterdam, inaugural lecture.

Tigner, R.G.B.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, M.B.M. Loos, L. Pessers & B. van der

Sloot) (25 februari 2011) Draft provisions on Digital content contracts.



Tjon Soei Len, L.

- (21 January 2011) Capabilities Approach and Contract Law, Amsterdam,

Conference on Dutch Society for Philosophy of Law.

- (7 September 2011) The Capabilities Approach and Contract Law, The Hague,

Human Development and Capabilities Approach Conference.

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B. National

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (18 maart 2011) Managing legal diversity: over de rol van het internationaal

privaatrecht in de moderne samenleving, Universiteit van Amsterdam,

inaugurele rede.

- (7 april 2011) Ambtshalve toepassing van Europees recht, Gerechtshof

Amsterdam.

- (4 november 2011) Staatsimmuniteit in het privaatrecht, Den Haag,

verdediging preadviezen tijdens Jaarvergadering NVIR.

- (tezamen met A. Nollkaemper) (17 november 2011) Multinationals en

Aansprakelijkheid, Universiteit van Amsterdam, NVIR Collegecarrousel,

actualiteitencollege ter gelegenheid van 100 jaar NVIR.

Loos, M.B.M.

- (8 juli 2011) Het herroepingsrecht naar geldend en toekomstig recht, Den Haag,

Thuiswinkel organisatie.

Mak, C.

- (21 september 2011) Draagmoederschapscontracten en kinderrechten,

Amsterdam, Seminar 'Rechten van het kind & kunstmatige

voortplantingstechnieken'.

- (18 november 2011) Convergentie en divergentie van fundamentele rechten en

materieel burgerlijk recht, Utrecht, Ars Aequi lustrumsymposium

'Convergentie en divergentie van publiek- en privaatrecht'.

Perron, C.E. du

- (9 februari 2011) Lessen uit de financiële sector, Centrum voor

Energievraagstukken, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Symposium Financieel

toezicht op de energiesector.

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8.4 ACTIVITIES

Baaij, C.J.W.

- Organiser conference on The Role of Legal Translation in Legal Harmonisation,

Amsterdam, 21 January 2011.

- Co-founder and interviewer LEaP, the podcast-series on Law, Economics and

Philosophy (www.jur.uva.nl/leap).

- Volume editor Interpretation of Contracts study of the Common Core of


- Founder Amsterdam Circle for Law & Language (www. Lawandlanguage.eu)

- Associate editor Language and Law (http://www.languageandlaw.de)

Dankers, D.L.M.T.

- Voorzitter Nederlandse afdeling Association Henri Capitant.

- Raadsheer-plaatsvervanger Gerechtshof Amsterdam.

- Annotator Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids- en Verzekeringsrecht.

- Medewerker losbladige serie Verbintenissenrecht, Groene Serie, Kluwer.

Duivenvoorde, B.B.

- Editorial board secretary Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht &

handelspraktijken.

Hesselink, M.W.

- Teaching at the Católica Global School of Law, Lisbon (Portugal), March 2011.

- Visiting professor Gide Loyrette Nouel chair at the law school of Sciences Po,

Paris (France), February 2011.

- Editor European Review of Contract Law.

- Editor Global Jurist.

- Editor Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law.

- Editor Schriften zur Europäischen Rechtswissenschaft/European Legal

Studies/Études juridiques européennes.

- Editor SSRN European Private Law.

- Member Advisory board European Review of Private Law.

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- Onderzoeksleider ‘Algemeen verbintenissen- en Contractenrecht’, research

school Ius Commune.

- Fellow member Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics.

- Lid boekenraad Ars Aequi Libri, sectie Rechtsvergelijking, i.p.r., internationaal

handelsrecht en Europees Privaatrecht.

- Honorary judge Court of Appeal of Amsterdam.

- Associate Member International Academy of Comparative Law.

- Member Offerhaus Circle.

- Member Trento Group 'The Common Core of European Private Law'.

- Member European Law Institute.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- Organisation expert meeting ‘Complementary study on the legal aspects of

posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the

European Union’ (contract VC/2011/0096), Amsterdam, 28 & 29 April 2011.

- Editor Arbeidsovereenkomst (losbladig).

- Editor NIPR - Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht.

- Raadsheer-plaatsvervanger Hof Den Bosch.

- Deelnemer Werkgroep vereniging voor arbeidsrecht – de toekomst van het

Nederlandse cao-systeem, subwerkgroep internationale aspecten.

Loos, M.B.M.

- Moderator panel II ‘Legal elements of the proposal – content of the

instrument’ (panel discussion), joint conference of the Polish Presidency and


internal market potential for growth’, Warschau (Poland), 9 November 2011.

- Editor Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht & handelspraktijken.

- Rechter-plaatsvervanger Rechtbank 's-Hertogenbosch.

- Coordinating program leader Contract Law, Research school Ius Commune.

- Secretaris Offerhaus Circle.

- Lid redactiecommissie Beter Burgerlijk Recht, ter gelegenheid van het

twintigjarig jubileum van de Vereniging voor Burgerlijk Recht.

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Luzak, J.A.

- Founder and Editor Blog Recent Developments in European Consumer Law.

Mak, C.

- Organization workshop 'Principles of private law and fundamental rights in

Europe', European University Institute, Fiesole (Italy), 12 April 2011.

- (tezamen met R.J.Q. Klomp) Editor: Burgerlijk Wetboek 2011/2012 - 20e

herziene wetseditie (Ars Aequi wetsedities), Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri, 862 p.

- Research fellow Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics.

- Associate member Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Diritti e Regole (Lider-Lab),

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.


Oderkerk, A.E.

- Board member Amsterdam Centre for Children’s Rights.

- Treasurer Offerhaus Circle.

Perron, C.E. du

- Chairman Complaints Committee, Financial Services Complaints Institute.

- Chairman Dutch Securities Institute.

- Dean Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam.


- Supervisor S.E. Yimer 'Financial Market Development, Policy and Regulation:

The International Experience and Ethiopia's Need for Further Reform',

Universiteit van Amsterdam (public defense 5 April 2011).

- Lid Commissie Stagiaire-Opleiding onder leiding van Prof. B. Kortmann

(Beroepsopleiding Advocatuur).

Purnhagen, K.P.

- Associate editor European Journal of Risk Regulation.

Salomons, A.F.


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- Secretaris M.H. Bregstein Stichting.

- Medewerker Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Handelsrecht.

- Medewerker Vermogensrechtelijke analyses.

- Medewerker Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notariaat en Registratie.

Vries, G.J.P.


- Medewerker Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht & handelspraktijken.

Weijs, R.J. de

- Attorney Houthoff Buruma, Amsterdam, Financial Markets Group.

- Fellow Insolad.

- Member Insol Europe.

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Publications per staff member Beale, H. (Distinguished Professor; 0,08 fte)

- The Common Frame of Reference and the work of the Expert Group,

Internationaler Rechtsverkehr, pp. 15-18.

- The Content of the political CFR – how to prioritise, in: J. Kleineman (ed.), A

Common Frame of Reference for European Contract Law (Centrets skriftserie,

14), Stockholm: Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, pp. 27-32.

- General editor and editor of chapters 5-7, 26 and part of 43: Chitty on

Contracts, Third Supplement to the 30th ed. (The common law library), London:

Sweet & Maxwell Ltd., 562 p.




Bueno Díaz, O. (University Lecturer; 0,32 fte)

- (together with L.M. Martinez Velencozo) Spain, in: E. Hondius & H. C. Grigoleit

(eds.), Unexpected Circumstances in European Contract law (The Common Core

of European Private Law), Oxford: Cambridge University Press, pp. 126-132.

Dankers, D.L.M.T. (Senior University Lecturer; 0,33 fte)

- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos) Jurisprudentie aansprakelijkheidsrecht &



- Noot bij Hof `s-Gravenhage (26-10-2010), Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids- en


- Noot bij Rechtbank Zutphen (22-10-2010), Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids-

en Verzekeringsrecht (4), nr. 41, pp. 389-391.

- Noot bij HR (08-10-2010), Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids- en




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Duivenvoorde, B. (PhD Student; 1,00 fte)

- Purely Creative - over oneerlijke handelspraktijken in het Verenigd

Koninkrijk, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht & handelspraktijken (3), pp. 89-

93.

Groot, S. de (PhD Student; 0,00 fte)

- (tezamen met A.F. Salomons) Zekerheidsoverdracht in het Nederlandse BW,

de Franse Code civil en de Europese DCFR, Ars Aequi, pp. 383-390.

Haentjens, M. (External Fellow; 0,00 fte)

- Clearing and Settlement – Ways Forward, Journal of International Banking

Law and Regulation (5), pp. 243-247. - DCFR en goederenrecht in de praktijk – over zekerheid en rafelranden,

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Burgerlijk Recht (54), pp. 375-380. - (tezamen met J.W. Meijer) Contracteren onder voorwaarden, Tijdschrift voor

de ondernemingsrechtpraktijk (2), pp. 63-70.

Hamwijk, D.J.Y (PhD Student; 1,00 fte)

- Public filing with regard to non-possessory security rights in tangible assets

as contemplated by the DCFR: of no benefit to unsecured (trade) creditors,

European Review of Private Law 19(5), pp. 613-629.

- Kenbaarmaking en feitelijke macht - Over het “statische” aspect van het

publiciteitsbeginsel, Weekblad voor privaatrecht, notariaat en registratie

(6874), pp. 133-140.

- Een openbaar register voor bezitloze zekerheidsrechten op roerende zaken:

in ieder geval niet van belang voor de concurrente (handels)crediteur,

Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht (1), pp. 6-13.

- Art. 3:90 lid 2 BW: geen kwestie van rechtvaardigheid, maar van

rechtszekerheid, Weekblad voor privaatrecht, notariaat en registratie (6883),

pp. 356-361.

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Hesselink, M.W. (Professor; 0,70 fte)

- A Toolbox for European Judges, European Law Journal 17(4), pp. 441-469.

- Five political ideas of European Contract law, European Review of Contract

Law 7(2), pp. 295-313.

- Facultatief wetboek of gereedschapskist?, Nederlands Juristenblad (1), pp. 21-

23.

- Kroniek van het Europees privaatrecht, Nederlands Juristenblad (15), pp.

1006-1014.

- Naar een gemeenschappelijk Europees kooprecht of in de nationale

loopgraven?, Nederlands Juristenblad (37), p. 2515.

- Unfair terms in contracts between businesses, in: J. Stuyck & R. Schulze (eds.),

Towards a European Contract Law, München: Sellier European law publishers,

pp. 131-148.

- If you don’t like our principles we have others. On core values and underlying

principles in European private law: a critical discussion of the new ‘Principles’

section in the draft CFR, in: R. Brownsword, H. Micklitz, L. Niglia & S.

Weatherill (eds.), The Foundations of European Private Law, Oxford: Hart

Publishing, pp. 59-72.

- The concept of good faith, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C.

Mak & C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp.

ed, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 619-649.

- An optional instrument on EU contract law: can it increase legal certainty and

foster cross-border trade?, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos &

A.F. Salomons (red.), Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een


- Editor: (together with A.S. Hartkamp, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron)



- Boekredactie: (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos, A.A.H. van Hoek & A.F. Salomons)

Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel instrument?

(CSECL reeks 2), Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 186 p.

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- (together with C.E. du Perron, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & A.S. Hartkamp) Preface




- (tezamen met A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons ) Voorwoord, in:




- Consumers need more than protection, European Voice, 9 June 2011, p. 12.

Hoek, A.A.H. van (Professor; 0,33 fte)


Rome II regulation (Part II), European Labour Law Journal ( 2), pp. 101-119.

- Noot bij European Court of Justice (Heiko Koelzsch tegen Groothertogdom

Luxemburg), Ars Aequi (9), pp. 650-659.

- Hoe functioneel is functionele immuniteit? Een commentaar op de zaak

Bertrand v. European Patent Office, in: Th.M. De Boer, J.W. Fokkens, P. Vlas,

M.J. Vos & C.L. de Vries Lentsch-Kostense (eds.), Strikwerda's Conclusies -

Opstellen aangeboden aan mr. L. Strikwerda ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid

als advocaat-generaal bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, Deventer: Kluwer, pp.

185-198.

- Staatsimmuniteit in het privaatrecht, in: A.A.H. van Hoek & et al. (eds.),

Making choices in public and private international immunity law: preadviezen

(Mededelingen van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht,

138), Den Haag: T.M.C. Asser Press, pp. 1-35.

- Boekredactie: (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons)



- (together with M.S. Houwerzijl) Comparative study on the legal aspects of the

posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the European

Union, report for the European Commission, 21 March 2011, VT/2009/0541,

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Nijmegen: Radboud University Nijmegen, 363 p., available through


- (together with M.S. Houwerzijl) Complementary study on the legal aspects of

the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the

European Union, report for the European Commission, November 2011,

VC/2011/0096, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 321 p., available

through http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=471&langId=en

- (together with M.J.J.P. Luchtman) Chapter XIX. The European Convention On

Human Rights And Transnational Cooperation In Criminal Matters, in: Jansen

& Schöndorf-Haubold (eds.), The European Composite Administration,

Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland: Intersentia, pp. 467-533. [Reprint of 2006].


Rome II regulation (Part I), European Labour Law Journal (2), pp. 48-75.

[Reprint of F. Dorssemont & A. van Hoek, Collective action in labour conflicts

under the Rome II regulation, in: E. Ales & T. Novitz (eds.), Collective Action

and Fundamental Freedoms in Europe, Antwerp/Oxford/Portland: Intersentia

2010, pp. 213-255].

- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos, M.W. Hesselink & A.F. Salomons) Voorwoord, in:

M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Het



Klijnsma, J.G. (PhD Student; 1,00 fte)

- Harmonisatie van menselijke waardigheid in het Europees privaatrecht?,

Nederlands Juristenblad (28), pp. 1870-1876.

Loos, M.B.M. (Professor; 0,40 fte)

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & C. Mak) The regulation of digital

content contracts in the Optional Instrument of contract law, European Review

of Private Law 19(6), pp. 729-758.

- (together with J.A. Luzak) Nowa dyrektywa w sprawie praw konsumentów,



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- Harmonisatie van het consumentencontractenrecht, Nederlands Juristenblad

86(7), pp. 408-414.

- (tezamen met J.A. Luzak) Ontwikkelingen betreffende het voorstel voor een



- (tezamen met J.A. Luzak) Richtlijn consumentenrechten in eindfase,


- Consumentenbescherming en het Optionele Instrument van contractenrecht,

Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht 21(7/8), pp. 191-201.

- Individuele handhaving van het consumentenrecht bij de burgerlijke rechter,

Tijdschrift voor Civiele Rechtspleging, 19(1), pp. 1-11.

- (tezamen met J.A. Luzak) De nieuwe Richtlijn consumentenrechten, Tijdschrift


- De Wet-Van Dam en de stilzwijgende verlenging van lidmaatschappen en

abonnementen, Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht & Handelspraktijken(6), pp.

225-228.

- Overeenkomsten tot levering van digitale inhoud, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor

Burgerlijk Recht (6), pp. 591-594.

- Service contracts, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak &

C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. Ed,

Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 757-785.

- Individual private enforcement of consumer rights in civil courts in Europe,

in: R. Brownsword, H. Micklitz, L. Niglia & S. Weatherill (eds.), The

Foundations of European Private Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 487-511.

- Sales law in the DCFR, in: E. Terryn, V. Sagaert & M. Storme (eds.), The Draft

Common Frame of Reference: a national and comparative perspective [Series

Ius Commune Europaeum, volume 94], Antwerp/Oxford: Intersentia, pp. 451-

487.

- Naar een optioneel instrument, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M.

Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een


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- Algemene voorwaarden bij consumentenovereenkomsten, in: E.H. Hondius &

G.J. Rijken (red.), Handboek Consumentenrecht: een overzicht van de

rechtspositie van de consument – 3e druk, Zutphen: Paris, pp. 69-114.

- Boekredactie: (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & A.F.

Salomons) Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel

instrument? (CSECL reeks 2), Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 186 p.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K.J. Cseres, B. van

der Sloot & R. Tigner) Digital content contracts for consumers: analysis of the

applicable legal frameworks and suggestions for the contours of a model system

of consumer protection in relation to digital content contracts - Comparative

analysis, law & economics analysis, assessment and development of





- Book review of H.W. Micklitz, N. Reich & P. Rott, Understanding EU Consumer

Law, Antwerp: Intersentia (2009), 378 p., Zeitschrift für Europäisches

Privatrecht 19(2), pp. 447-448.

- (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & A.F. Salomons) Voorwoord,

in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Het



- Boekredactie: (tezamen met D.L.M.T. Dankers) Jurisprudentie

aansprakelijkheidsrecht & contractenrecht 2011/2012 (Boom jurisprudentie

en documentatie), Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 553 p.

- Noot bij Hof Amsterdam (23-02-2010) (Zaaknr. 200.000.925/01), Tijdschrift


- Noot bij Hof Amsterdam (03-08-2010) (Rolnr. 200.058.886/01), Tijdschrift


Luzak, J.A. (University Lecturer; 0,50 fte)

- (together with M.B.M. Loos) Nowa dyrektywa w sprawie praw konsumentów,


58

- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos) Ontwikkelingen betreffende het voorstel voor een



- (tezamen met M.B.M. Loos) Richtlijn consumentenrechten in eindfase,


- (together with M.B.M. Loos) De nieuwe Richtlijn consumentenrechten,

Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht & Handelspraktijken (5), pp. 184-191.

Mak, C. (Senior University Lecturer; 0,60 fte)

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & M.B.M. Loos) The regulation of

digital content contracts in the Optional Instrument of contract law, European

Review of Private Law 19(6), pp. 729-758.

- Europa en het privaatrecht: de doorwerking van fundamentele rechten in de

civiele rechtspraak, Ars Aequi 60(10), pp. 696-702.

- Constitutional aspects of a European civil code, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W.

Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil

code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed., Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp.

333-352.

- Instrumentalisme, legitimiteit en de onderstroom van het Europees

contractenrecht, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons

(red.), Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel


- Editor: (together with A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, & C.E. du

Perron) Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed., Alphen aan den

Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 1125 p.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, M.B.M. Loos, L. Pessers, K.J. Cseres, B.

van der Sloot & R. Tigner) Digital content contracts for consumers: analysis of






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- (together with C.E. du Perron, A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink & E.H. Hondius)

Preface to the Fourth Edition, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius,

C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and

exp. ed, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. xlv-xlvi.

- Book review of B.J. de Vos, Horizontale werking van grondrechten. Een kritiek

(dissertatie Leiden), Apeldoorn/Antwerpen: Maklu Uitgevers (2010), 416 p.,

Tijdschrift voor Constitutioneel recht (maart 2011), pp. 233-236.

Oderkerk, A.E. (Senior University Lecturer; 0,49 fte)

- Rome III: geen geünificeerd Europees conflictenrecht op het terrein van de

echtscheiding voor Nederland, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht

17(4), pp. 122-126.

- Het doel van het recht gediend - 'rechtsvinding' of 'rechtsvorming' in twee

conclusies van A-G Strikwerda, in: Th.M. De Boer, J.W. Fokkens, P. Vlas, M.J.

Vos & C.L. de Vries Lentsch-Kostense (eds.), Strikwerda's Conclusies - Opstellen

aangeboden aan mr. L. Strikwerda ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid als

advocaat-generaal bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, Deventer: Kluwer, pp.

325-336.

- Art. 1-9 Boek 10 BW: Titel 1 Algemene Bepalingen, in P. Vlas e.a. (ed.),

Hoofdlijnen Boek 10 BW (internationaal privaatrecht), Den Haag: Sdu

Uitgevers, pp. 11-19.

- Noot bij Hoge Raad (18-02-2011), (Perpetuatio fori beginsel, internationale

bevoegdheid Nederlandse rechter), Jurisprudentie Burgerlijk Procesrecht (5),

47, pp. 414-419.

Perron, C.E. du (Professor; 0,00 fte)

- Editor: (together with A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius & C. Mak)



- (tezamen met leden Commissie Stagiaire-Opleiding o.l.v. B. Kortmann) Met

recht advocaat. Een nieuwe opleiding: de Stagiaire-Opleiding, advies van de

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Commissie Stagiaire-Opleiding aan de Nederlandse orde van Advocaten, 20

oktober 2010.

- (together with M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & A.S. Hartkamp) Preface




Purnhagen, K.P. (External Fellow; 0,00 fte)

- Zur Auslegung der Nacherfüllungsverpflichtung - Ein Paukenschlag aus

Luxemburg, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (16), pp. 626-630.

- Zum Verbot der Risikodifferenzierung aufgrund des Geschlechts – Eine Lehre

des EuGH zur Konstitutionalisierung des Privatrechts am Beispiel des

Versicherungsvertragsrechts?, Urteilsbesprechung und Anmerkung EuGH –

Rs. C-236/09, Test Achats, Europarecht (5), pp. 690-704.

- (together with Julius Goldmann) EIOPA – Die neue europäische

Versicherungsaufsicht, Versicherungsrecht (63), pp. 29-33.

- Die Auswirkungen der neuen EU-Richtlinie auf das Verbraucherrecht,

Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik (45), pp. 36-39.

- Competition of Agencies at European and International Level: Switching the

Perspective in International Economic Law, in: K. Reddy, V. Kumar & V. Reddy

(eds.), Global Perspectives in Consumer Law, Hyderabad: S. Gogia & Company,

pp. 114-153.

- (together with M. Keller) Anfechtung eines Computerkaufs im Internet,

Juristische Arbeitsblätter (43), pp. 894-900.

- Book review of S. Loidolt, Einführung in die Rechtsphänomenologie, Tübingen:

Mohr Siebeck (2010), 411 p., Juristenzeitung, pp. 947 - 948.

- Book review of L. Antoniolli & F. Fiorentini, A Factual Assessment of the Draft

Common Frame of Reference, München: Sellier (2010), Common Market Law

Review, pp. 438-439.

- Noot bij Bundesgerichtshof (11-11-2010), (III ZR 57/10, IV A. § 626 BGB 1.11,

2011), Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht.

- Noot bij European Court of Justice (16-12-2010), (Josemans), Europäische

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, pp. 224-226.

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Salomons, A.F. (Professor; 0,50 fte)

- (tezamen met S. de Groot) Zekerheidsoverdracht in het Nederlandse BW, de

Franse Code civil en de Europese DCFR, Ars Aequi, pp. 383-390.

- Beschikkingsonbevoegdheid bij de verkoop van een tweedehands auto:

derdenbescherming nu geheel uitgesloten?, Weekblad voor Privaatrecht,

Notariaat en Registratie 142(6907), pp. 939-940.

- Good faith acquisition of movables, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H.

Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th

rev. and exp. ed, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 1065-

1082.

- National report on the transfer of ownership of movables in The Netherlands,

in: W. Faber & B. Lurger (eds.), National reports on the transfer of movables in

Europe. - Vol. 6: The Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta,

Latvia (Schriften zur Europäischen Rechtswissenschaft = European legal

studies = E� tudes juridiques europeenes, 15), München: Sellier European Law

Publishers, pp. 1-158.

- Een optioneel vermogensrechtelijk instrument voor Europa: een

noodzakelijke omweg?, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F.

Salomons (red.), Het Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel


- Over de verbergende dief, gebrekkig bezit en eigendomsverkrijging uit hoofde

van art. 3:105 BW, in: W. Kernkamp (red.), Stof tot overpeinzing: liber

amicorum voor Floris Bannier, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, pp. 113-122.

- Boekredactie: (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & M.B.M. Loos)



- (tezamen met M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek & M.B.M. Loos) Voorwoord, in:




Tigner, R. (researcher project Digital Content Services; 0,35 fte)7

7 Until 1 August 2011.

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- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, M.B.M. Loos, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K.J.

Cseres & B. van der Sloot) Digital content contracts for consumers: analysis of








Vries, G.J.P. (Senior University Lecturer; 0,40 fte)

- Remedies voor een tekortkoming onder het Weens Koopverdrag, in: B.

Wessels en T.H.M. van Wechem (red.), Contracteren in de internationale

praktijk, Deventer: Kluwer, pp. 341-361.

- Dienstverlening: de overeenkomst van opdracht, in: E.H. Hondius en G.J.

Rijken (red.) Handboek Consumentenrecht, Zutphen: Paris, pp. 171-190.

- Book review of L.A.D. Keus, Europees privaatrecht, Deventer: Kluwer (2010),

European Review of Contract Law 7(3), pp. 454-459.

Weijs, R.J. de (University Lecturer; 0,34 fte)

- Towards an Objective European Rule on Transaction Avoidance in

Insolvencies, International Insolvency Review 20(3), pp. 219-244.

- Faillissementswet 42 Fw - 51 Fw, Groene Kluwer (losbladig), pp 1-120.

Zelst, B. van (External Fellow; 0,00 fte)

- Noot bij Raad van Arbitrage voor de Bouw (30-10-2009) (no. 6440:

arbitrageovereenkomst in internationale geschillen I), Tijdschrift voor

Bouwrecht (2), 34-35, tevens noot bij: Raad van Arbitrage voor de Bouw. (05-

08-2010) (no. 71.414: arbitrageovereenkomst in internationale geschillen II),

pp. 163-173.

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Other research output per staff member

Baaij, C.J.W.

- Organiser conference on The Role of Legal Translation in Legal Harmonisation,

Amsterdam, 21 January 2011.

- Co-founder and interviewer LEaP, the podcast-series on Law, Economics and

Philosophy (www.jur.uva.nl/leap).

- Volume editor Interpretation of Contracts study of the Common Core of


- Founder Amsterdam Circle for Law & Language (www. Lawandlanguage.eu)

- Associate editor Language and Law (http://www.languageandlaw.de)

Bueno Díaz, O.

- (together with F. van Wijk) (4 April 2011) Comaternidad matrimonial en

España y Holanda: el caso de la reproducción asistida con donante anónimo,

Madrid (Spain), International conference on family law 'Filiación, patria

potestad y relaciones familiares en el siglo XXI'.

- (11 November 2011) El control de cláusulas abusivas en el derecho holandés de

contratos, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Conference 'Las cláusulas abusivas

en los contratos con consumidores'.

Comparato, G.

- (16 December 2011) Europe vs. the nation State in Private Law? Legal cultures

and their community-building function, Oxford (United Kingdom), Conference



- Voorzitter Nederlandse afdeling Association Henri Capitant.


- Annotator Rechtspraak Aansprakelijkheids- en Verzekeringsrecht.

- Medewerker losbladige serie Verbintenissenrecht, Groene Serie, Kluwer.

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Duivenvoorde, B.B.

- Editorial board secretary Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht &

handelspraktijken.

Hesselink, M.W.

- (15 January 2011) Who’s afraid of the Optional Instrument?, Leuven, Secola

Conference 'A European Optional Contract Law: Policy Choices'.

- (3 June 2011) Unfairness and non-negotiated terms, Leuven, Conference

'Towards a European Contract Law'.

- (28 September 2011) The Political Philosophy of General Principles of Civil

Law, Oxford, Conference 'The Involvement of EU Law in Private Law

Relationships'.

- (9 November 2011) How to opt into the CESL, Warsaw (Poland), Conference

on European Contract Law – unlocking the internal market potential for

growth.

- (25 November 2011) How Many Systems of Private Law are there in the

European Union? Nationalist, Dualist/Pluralist and Europeanist Perspectives,

Utrecht, keynote speaker 16th Ius Commune conference.

- Teaching at the Católica Global School of Law, Lisbon (Portugal), March 2011.

- Visiting professor Gide Loyrette Nouel chair at the law school of Sciences Po,

Paris (France), February 2011.

- Editor European Review of Contract Law.

- Editor Global Jurist.

- Editor Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law.

- Editor Schriften zur Europäischen Rechtswissenschaft/European Legal

Studies/Études juridiques européennes.

- Editor SSRN European Private Law.

- Member Advisory board European Review of Private Law.

- Onderzoeksleider ‘Algemeen verbintenissen- en Contractenrecht’, research

school Ius Commune.

- Fellow member Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics.

- Lid boekenraad Ars Aequi Libri, sectie Rechtsvergelijking, i.p.r., internationaal

handelsrecht en Europees Privaatrecht.

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- Honorary judge Court of Appeal of Amsterdam.

- Associate Member International Academy of Comparative Law.


- Member Trento Group 'The Common Core of European Private Law'.

- Member European Law Institute.

Hoek, A.A.H. van

- (18 maart 2011) Managing legal diversity: over de rol van het internationaal

privaatrecht in de moderne samenleving, Universiteit van Amsterdam,

inaugurele rede.

- (4 April 2011) Rethinking transnational collective bargaining; 'The private

international law solution', Stockholm University, Conference on Remark Lab.

- (7 april 2011) Ambtshalve toepassing van Europees recht, Gerechtshof

Amsterdam.

- (12 May 2011) Presentation of the results of the study on the legal aspects of

the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the EU,

Brussels, Working group meeting of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee

on "Construction".

- (2 June 2011) Maritime Law and the Europeanization of Private International

Law: the Dutch Experience, University of Rijeka, Brijuni (Croatia), Conference

on The Resolution of International Maritime Disputes within the European

and International Legal Framework.

- (together with M. Houwerzijl) (27 June 2011) Implementation and application

of the Posting of Workers Directive (presentation of a comparative legal study),

Brussels, Conference on Fundamental Social Rights & the Posting of Workers

in the Framework of the Single Market, European Commission.

- (4 november 2011) Staatsimmuniteit in het privaatrecht, Den Haag,

verdediging preadviezen tijdens Jaarvergadering NVIR.

- (tezamen met A. Nollkaemper) (17 november 2011) Multinationals en

Aansprakelijkheid, Universiteit van Amsterdam, NVIR Collegecarrousel,

actualiteitencollege ter gelegenheid van 100 jaar NVIR.

- (9 December 2011) Private International Law as governance: from conflicts

justice to politics?, Vredespaleis Den Haag, Commemorative Conference on

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Inspiration and Innovation in International law and politics - 100 years Nobel

Peace Prize Tobias Asser.

- Organisation expert meeting ‘Complementary study on the legal aspects of


European Union’ (contract VC/2011/0096), Amsterdam, 28 & 29 April 2011.

- Editor Arbeidsovereenkomst (losbladig).

- Editor NIPR - Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht.

- Raadsheer-plaatsvervanger Hof Den Bosch.

- Deelnemer Werkgroep vereniging voor arbeidsrecht – de toekomst van het

Nederlandse cao-systeem, subwerkgroep internationale aspecten.

Loos, M.B.M.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault, L. Pessers, B. van der Sloot, & R.G.B.

Tigner) (25 February 2011) Draft provisions on Digital content contracts.



- (17 June 2011) Sales and Services under the Draft for the Optional Instrument,

Lille (France), conference 'Towards a European law of specific contracts'.

- (27 June 2011) Digital content contracts, Uxbridge (United Kingdom),

International Academy for Consumer Law.

- (8 juli 2011) Het herroepingsrecht naar geldend en toekomstig recht, Den Haag,

Thuiswinkel organisatie.

- (9 November 2011) Legal elements of the proposal - content of the contract law

instrument, Warschau (Poland), joint conference of the Polish Presidency and


internal market potential for growth’.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & C. Mak) (16 November 2011)



- Moderator panel II ‘Legal elements of the proposal – content of the

instrument’ (panel discussion), joint conference of the Polish Presidency and


internal market potential for growth’, Warschau (Poland), 9 November 2011.

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- Editor Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht & handelspraktijken.

- Rechter-plaatsvervanger Rechtbank 's-Hertogenbosch.

- Coordinating program leader Contract Law, Research school Ius Commune.

- Secretaris Offerhaus Circle.

- Lid redactiecommissie Beter Burgerlijk Recht, ter gelegenheid van het

twintigjarig jubileum van de Vereniging voor Burgerlijk Recht.

Luzak, J.A.

- (29 November 2011) The implied duty of a service provider to warn about a

risk of construction defects resulting from a contract with a third party, with

emphasis on defects resulting from design failures, Universiteit van Amsterdam,

promotie (promotor prof. dr. M.B.M. Loos co-promotor dr. G.J.P. de Vries).

- Founder and Editor Blog Recent Developments in European Consumer Law.

Mak, C.

- (25 February 2011) European Contract Law and the Digital Agenda, Oslo

(Norway) Conference on A new Consumer Directive - new rights for

consumers?

- (7 April 2011) Principi generali del diritto privato e diritti fondamentali in

Europa, Brescia (Italy) Seminar.

- (25 May 2011) Principles of European private law and fundamental rights,

Utrecht, Symposium 'Principles & Law'.

- (12 July 2011) The development of European contract law, European

University Institute, Fiesole (Italy), Summer School 'The constitutionalization

of European private law'.

- (13 July 2011) Principles of private law and fundamental rights in Europe,

European University Institute, Fiesole (Italy), Summer School 'The

constitutionalization of European private law'.

- (21 september 2011) Draagmoederschapscontracten en kinderrechten,

Amsterdam, Seminar 'Rechten van het kind & kunstmatige

voortplantingstechnieken'.

- (together with N. Helberger, L. Guibault & M.B.M. Loos) (16 November 2011)


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- (18 november 2011) Convergentie en divergentie van fundamentele rechten en

materieel burgerlijk recht, Utrecht, Ars Aequi lustrumsymposium

'Convergentie en divergentie van publiek- en privaatrecht'.

- (16 December 2011) Fundamental Rights as Constitutive Elements of a

European Private Law Culture, Oxford (United Kingdom), Conference


- Organization workshop 'Principles of private law and fundamental rights in

Europe', European University Institute, Fiesole (Italy), 12 April 2011.

- (tezamen met R.J.Q. Klomp) Editor: Burgerlijk Wetboek 2011/2012 - 20e

herziene wetseditie (Ars Aequi wetsedities), Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri, 862 p.

- Research fellow Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics.

- Associate member Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Diritti e Regole (Lider-Lab),

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.


Oderkerk, A.E.

- (26 October 2011) Methods of Comparative Legal Research, Amsterdam,

invited lecture Netherlands China Law Centre.

- Board member Amsterdam Centre for Children’s Rights.

- Treasurer Offerhaus Circle.

Perron, C.E. du

- (18 January 2011) Cleaning up the Mess before it is Made; bank insolvency and

recovery plans, Centrum voor Marktorderning, Universiteit van Amsterdam,

Symposium on The Future of Financial Regulation.

- (21 January 2011) Financial supervision and the retail market, European and

national perspectives, TISCO, Tilburg University, Conference on Banking,

Finance, Services: shared responsibility.

- (9 februari 2011) Lessen uit de financiële sector, Centrum voor

Energievraagstukken, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Symposium Financieel

toezicht op de energiesector.

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- Supervisor S.E. Yimer 'Financial Market Development, Policy and Regulation:

The International Experience and Ethiopia's Need for Further Reform',

Universiteit van Amsterdam (public defense 5 April 2011).

- Lid Commissie Stagiaire-Opleiding onder leiding van Prof. B. Kortmann

(Beroepsopleiding Advocatuur).

- Chairman Complaints Committee, Financial Services Complaints Institute.

- Chairman Dutch Securities Institute.

- Dean Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam.


Purnhagen, K.P.

- Associate editor European Journal of Risk Regulation.

Salomons, A.F.

- (17 June 2011) Comparative law and the quest for optimal rules on the transfer

of movables, Maastricht, M-Epli Round Table Meeting on The Use of the

Functional Method in European and Comparative Property Law.


- Secretaris M.H. Bregstein Stichting.


- Medewerker Vermogensrechtelijke analyses.

- Medewerker Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notariaat en Registratie.

Terryn, E.

- (17 February 2011) Nulla poena sine lege, sine poena nulla lex, Universiteit van

Amsterdam, inaugural lecture.

Tjon Soei Len, L.

- (21 January 2011) Capabilities Approach and Contract Law, Amsterdam,

Conference on Dutch Society for Philosophy of Law.

- (7 September 2011) The Capabilities Approach and Contract Law, The Hague,

Human Development and Capabilities Approach Conference.

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Vries, G.J.P. de


- Medewerker Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht & handelspraktijken.

Weijs, R.J. de

- Attorney Houthoff Buruma, Amsterdam, Financial Markets Group.

- Fellow Insolad.

- Member Insol Europe.

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9. Activities

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

Conference The Role of Legal Translation in Legal Harmonisation,

Amsterdam, 21 January 2011

On 21 January 2011 the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law and the

Amsterdam Circle for Law & Language (ACLL) hosted an international

interdisciplinary conference on the Role of Legal Translation in Legal Harmonisation.

The conference was sponsored by the University of Amsterdam School of Law.

The international, interdisciplinary conference examined the function of legal

translation in the harmonisation of national laws in the European Union.

Legal translation is a necessary and indispensible step in the harmonisation of

national laws in the EU. Legal harmonisation requires the uniform interpretation and

application of EU legislation. Legal translation plays a vital role in aiming for

sufficient legal uniformity of all 23 equally authentic language versions of EU

legislation. The conference speakers examined the role of legal translation in legal

harmonisation and explored from different theoretical and practical perspectives the

ways in which legal translation can be made to contribute to legal harmonisation.

The conference was divided into three sessions. The practices of legal translation in

the EU legislative procedure was analyzed in the first session. The second session

examined various approaches to legal translation best suited for the purpose of legal

harmonisation. The third session examined the the influence of Europe's

multilingualism on the feasibility of harmonised law in the EU.

The papers from the conference will be published in a conference volume.

Workshop: Framing and Taming Post-National Rulemaking. Views from

Public International Law, European Public Law and European Private Law,

Amsterdam, 15 September 2011

Organised within the framework of the project 'The Architecture of Post-National

Rulemaking'.

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The workshop addressed three clusters of questions:

How should we conceptualize post-national rulemaking? How can post-national

rulemaking by public institutions and private or hybrid bodies be compared

within the same conceptual framework? Can rulemaking at the European and

international level be examined under a single conceptual framework?

Is the well-established distinction between public and private law applicable in

the post-national sphere? Can we properly speak of rulemaking by private actors?

Is private autonomy still the only legitimate base for post-national private law

rulemaking?

Which elements of the compound construction of legitimacy are irreplaceable and

can be applied to international and European, public and private law? What are

the core elements necessary to legitimize the effects of post-national rulemaking?

Or does the legitimacy of any type of rulemaking ultimately depend on who is

affected by the resulting norm?

SEMINARS

Prof. Harm Schepel (University of Kent), 7 February 2011

Who’s Afraid of the Total Market? On the horizontal application of the free

movement provisions in EU Law

After Viking and Laval, efforts to limit the direct horizontal application of the EU law

provisions on free movement of services and workers would seem to have lost all

conceptual coherence. For some, this is to be accepted cheerfully as just another

instance of the constitutionalisation of the internal market. After all, 'Who's afraid of

the total constitution?' The trouble with this line of thought, it will be argued, is that,

absent any principled distinction between 'fundamental freedoms' and economic

rights, the horizontal application of the free movement provisions may as easily turn

out to be an instance of the 'marketisation' of the EU constitution.

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Prof. Carla Sieburgh (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), 7

March 2011

How to improve the legitimacy of national case law

influenced by primary EU Law?

Prof. Mathias Siems (University of East Anglia, UK), 21 March 2011

Cross-Citations between Supreme Courts in Europe

Should courts consider cases from other jurisdictions? The use of foreign law

precedent has sparked considerable debate in the United States, and this question is

also controversially discussed in Europe. In this paper and within the larger research

project from which it has developed, the dialogue between different European

supreme courts quantitatively is studied. Using legal databases in Austria, Belgium,

England and Wales, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and

Switzerland, a dataset has been hand-collected of transnational citations between the

highest courts of these countries, in total searching 636,172 decisions decided

between 2000 and 2007. It is showed that citation of foreign law by supreme courts is

not an isolated phenomenon in Europe, but happens on a regular basis. 1,426

instances were found in which these courts have cited the supreme courts of the

other nine countries. The majority (1,077) of these citations have been made for

purely comparative reasons. A regression analysis was also undertaken in order to

understand the differences between the cross-citations. Whether such citations take

place and in what quantity depends on the particular legal culture and its relationship

to others. Austria and Ireland, which stand in an asymmetric relationship with

Germany and England respectively, seem to be particularly receptive to foreign

influence on their legal systems. But even controlling for these outliers, it has been

possible to identify that the population of the cited country and a low level of

corruption, native languages and language skills, legal origins and families, and

cultural and political factors all matter for which courts are likely to be cited. Two

papers deriving from this project are available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1722721

and http://ssrn.com/abstract=1719183.

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Dr. Andrew Steven (University of Edinburgh), 4 April

2011

Security rights: Scotland and The Netherlands compared

This paper will compare and contrast the main forms of asset

security in Scotland and the Netherlands. Security over immovable

property and corporeal and incorporeal movable property will be

considered. Reference will be made to particular rules which are different in the two

jurisdictions, as well as fundamental principles such as accessoriness and specificity.

The paper will conclude by looking at what lessons there are for the future

development of security rights law in Europe, with Book IX of the Draft Common

Frame of Reference also being considered.

Prof. Fryderyk Zoll (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland), 18 April

2011

Optional Instrument and the Service Contracts

Prof. Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Monday, 9

May 2011

What is "Law and Governance"?

In the last decade, a number of academic institutions, research groups and chairs for

“Law and Governance” have been established in the Netherlands and other countries

of the world. Does this mean that “Law and

Governance” has become a new scientific

discipline? Or is “Law and Governance” simply

a nice etiquette, a trendy catchword for a better

marketing of research activities in virtually all

fields of legal and social science?

It is submitted that taking “Law and Governance” seriously is a scientific necessity. To

date, several discourses on governance in relation to specific areas of law and policy

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take place: Governance and the public administration, Governance and legal theory,

Governance and the European Union, Governance and European private law,

Corporate governance, etc. These discourses run to a large extent separately from

each other. An in-depth analysis of the relationship between law and governance in

general, linked to a comparison of the governance dimensions of many different fields

of law, is arguably still missing.

A good definition of “governance” could be “societal organisation and policy-making”.

It is about “governing with or without the government”, policy-making with or

without (traditional) politics. It is about organising institutions, or relationships

between human beings and/or institutions, by pursuing one or more policy

objectives.

“Law and Governance” is not only about multi-level governance. It is not only about

public-private governance, public and private interests, public and private actors. It is

not only about good governance in the sense of more democracy, transparency,

accountability, and human rights impact. It is submitted that exploring the

governance dimensions of the law also includes the highlighting of the policy

dimension(s) of all legal phenomena, from lawmaking to interpreting, applying and

enforcing the law. Thus a “Law and Governance” perspective could help exploring and

discussing the (latu sensu) political dimension of every field of law, including private

law.

Prof. Gerhard Wagner (University of Bonn, Germany), 16 May 2011

Mandatory Contract Law

Reasoning from the normative underpinnings of contract law, default rules should be

the norm and mandatory rules should be the exception. In the

reality of current European legislation, the relationship is the just

the opposite as mandatory law is not the exception but the rule.

The obvious explanation is that the EU has focused on consumer

law, i.e. on the regulation of transactions between a business and a

consumer. Within B-to-C relationships, the consumer is perceived

as the weaker party which requires protection against the more powerful business

entity. The upcoming presentation challenges the assumption that consumers are

weak and that the ‘weakness’ of consumers forms the normative basis for the

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European law of consumer protection. However, this does not mean that the existing

body of rules of consumer contract law must be done away with entirely. What is

really needed is a principled re-evaluation of the acquis in order to identify the

situations where legal intervention in the mode of mandatory rules is justified. As it

turns out, this is the case with regard to parts of the acquis, but not with regard to all

of the existing directives. In running this evaluation, the presentation reviews the

proposed Directive on Consumer Rights and the relevant provisions within the Draft

Common Frame of Reference.

Dr. Juan Amaya Castro (VU), 23 May 2011

Understanding and Evaluating the Legal Critiques of the Public/Private

Distinction and their Implications

This presentation gives an overview of the various critiques that

have been made of the public-private distinction by legal

scholars over the course of the 20th Century. Situating them in

their various geographical, cultural, and political contexts, the

presentation looks into their (potential) reception and

appropriation in European contexts. This involves making an

analysis of the potential and limitations of the critiques, as well

as some sort of assessment of the contexts of reception. The question pursued is: in

view of the profound nature of the critiques, can they become a structural motive in

the development of legal scholarship in Europe? Or are they to remain at the margins?

Specific elements of Juan Amaya Castro’s thesis are treated.

Prof. Étienne Pataut (Sorbonne (Paris 1), 5 September 2011

Individual and collective labour contracts : choice of law issues?

The aim of the presentation is to address some of the many difficulties arising in

private international law when it comes to collective agreements. Although very

common in labour law, collective agreements are not a PIL category, and therefore,

many questions remain unsolved when it comes to international labour relations.

It will be argued that the present state of law is very confusing and that some

clarification could be made.

Introduction:

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- Substantive law : what is a collective agreement ? National and supra-national

collective agreements. Variety of collective agreements. - Substantive EU law : the specific nature of collective agreements under article 154

TFEU. Collective agreement as a part of EU legislation. - Choice of law : General rules of choice of law under the Rome 1 regulation; specific

rule on labour contract. Characterisation: contract, labour contract, and collective

agreements.

Validity of a collective agreement:

- Collective agreement as a contract – Choice of law issues - Collective agreement as a piece of legislation – Public and European law issues

Applicability of a collective agreement: - Collective agreement as a part of the labour contract - Collective agreement as a part of a company agreement

- Toward a new choice of law rule ?

Jacco Bomhoff (London School of Economics), 19 September 2011

Comparing legal argument: notes toward a research method

This paper offers suggestions for a method for the comparison of legal argument

forms across jurisdictions.

There is a common divide, in comparative legal scholarship,

between projects that focus on what foreign law does (often

called ‘functionalism’) and those focused on what foreign law

means (somewhat less often, but still helpfully, called

‘expressivism’). The former are often accused of ignoring local

context and of having to rely on unwarranted assumptions as to

similarities between specific foreign and domestic legal problems and solutions. The

latter, in turn, are said to lead to depictions of individual legal systems that are

virtually un-comparable for lack of a common framework.

The paper discusses ideas to bridge this divide between doing and meaning through

reliance on basic assumptions as to what foreign law is. Whatever else may be going

on in the foreign setting to be studied, the argument goes, comparative legal

investigations can rely on the fact that at least some of the social practices –

procedures, written materials, institutional structures etc. - under observation are

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recognized by foreign local participants as law. Both the ‘solutions’ and ‘meanings’

sought by functionalists and expressivists, that is, are, at least to some extent,

conditioned by the “internal logic of juridical functioning”. The methodological notes

presented in this paper propose to make strategic use of what we know about this

‘internal logic’ in order to compare the meaning of legal argument among different

(Western) legal systems.

In particular, the paper defends and expands on the following assumptions: (1) An

assumed overriding objective of legitimization which informs the meaning of all legal

argumentation; (2) The assumption that this ‘legitimization problematic’ will always

turn, at least in part, on the management of an appropriate degree of relative

autonomy and ‘closedness’ of the legal order (i.e. of its relative formality), according

to local standards and using local means; and (3) The basic structuralist assumption

that the meaning of elements of legal discourse will always be relative to that of other

elements, so that the elaboration of meaning will always involve a process of

(internal) comparison. Taken together, the paper argues, these elements sustain a

method of comparison that can be beneficially both ‘maximally internal’ and

‘minimally functionalist’.

Prof. Kåre Lilleholt (University of Oslo), 3 October 2011

Passing of risk and the risk of mystification – some drafting issues

The Feasibility study contains one chapter (seven articles) dealing with the passing of

risk in sales contracts. Loss of, or damage to, the goods after the risk has passed to the

buyer does not discharge the buyer from the obligation to pay the price, unless the

loss or damage is due to an act or omission of the seller. In this paper, the author

argues that the Feasibility study’s model of non-performance and remedies would be

more coherent and accessible if the rules on passing of risk were substituted by

minor adjustments of the rules on delivery or by an adjustment of the rules

concerning the effects of the buyer’s non-performance of the obligation to take

delivery. Including rules on passing of risk is only one of several examples of drafting

with traditional notions rather than in descriptive language and self-explaining

formulas.

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Prof. Alan Schwartz (Yale Law School), 17 October 2011

The Myth of Efficient Breach: New Defenses of the Expectation Interest

We defend contract law’s preference to protect

the expectation with a liability rule against

prominent doctrinal and moral critics who

argue that a promisee should have a right to

specific performance or to a restitutionary

remedy. These critics argue that liability rule

protection limited to contractual expectations unjustifiably favors promisors, by

allowing a promisor to capture the entire gain from unilaterally exiting a contract, as

long as she compensates her promisee for the profit he would have realized had he

received the goods or services the contract described. The critics prefer to vindicate

contractual expectations with a property rule or restitution.

We show that a promisee’s gross payoff under the typical contract is invariant to the

remedy the law accords him. Current defenders and critics focus on gross

payoffs. In this analytic universe, no remedy can be shown to be superior to any

other remedy. We argue below that the promisee’s net payoff, for transaction cost

reasons, is higher under a contract that protects his expectation with a liability

rule. This claim supports the dual performance hypothesis, which holds that

promisees typically give their promisors discretion either to trade the goods or

services at issue or to make a transfer to the promisee in lieu of trade. A promisor

who transfers rather than trades therefore does not breach; rather, she breaches only

when she rejects both trade and transfer. On this view of the law, a promisee’s suit to

recover his expectation is a specific performance action to enforce the contract’s

transfer term. We further explain that this approach renders contract law coherent;

it is consistent with the law’s immanent normativity; and it is consistent also with the

morality of promising.

Prof. Steve Smith (McGill University, Quebec), 31 October 2011

Duties, Liabilities, and Damages

This essay defends three propositions about the law of damages in common law

regimes: (1) there is no duty to pay damages; (2) the leading theoretical explanations

of damages law—rights-based and utilitarian explanations—must be rejected

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because each supposes that the law should recognize a duty to pay damages; (3) the

value of damage awards lies fundamentally not in what they do, but what they

represent—and what they represent is the law’s effort to do the

next best thing to actually enforcing legal duties. Stated differently,

the essay argues that damage orders are structurally similar to

judicial orders to pay fines: in neither case does the order give

effect to a pre-existing legal duty and, more generally, in neither

case is the order intended to motivate compliance with a moral

duty.

Prof. Denis Mazeaud (Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris,

France), 14 November 2011

The reform project of French contract law

During several years French contract law is subject to different

reform projects. This seminar is dedicated to discuss and criticise

these projects.

Verica Trstenjak (Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the

European Union Luxemburg), 28 November 2011

Consumer protection law relating to online contracts in the case-law of the

CJEU and the role of the Advocate General

The lecture started with a general presentation of

the Court of Justice of the European Union. The

focus was given to the role of the Advocate

General. In continuation, the preliminary ruling

procedure was presented. In this connection, the

lecture illustrated three cases relating to online contracts. All of them deal with

various legal issues that arise in online contracts. The first two (Messner, C-489/07,

and Heinrich Heine, C-511/08) deal with the rights of a seller or a consumer in case

of withdrawal from the contract. The third one (joined cases Pammer and Hotel

Alpenhof, C-585/08 and C-144/09) concerns the question of jurisdiction. The lecture

ended with a presentation of an action for failure to fulfil an obligation. One of such

cases from the field of consumer law (C-177/04, Commission/France) was illustrated.

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Prof. Maurice Adams (Universiteit van Tilburg), 19 December 2011

Comparative legal research and sources of law

The prevalence of debates on the nature and the sources of law

suggest that more fundamental issues may be at stake than is

perhaps generally acknowledged in concrete

presentations/discussions about these topics. The comparatist’s

understanding of law is not simply one question among others

within a comparative method, but relates to a set of background

assumptions and conceptions that inform nearly everything

comparative lawyers do. This point was illustrated by discussing one (more

traditional) research project in which Adams was involved, and subsequently this

was related to a position on the future of comparative legal research.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Inaugural lecture dr. Evelyne Terryn, Amsterdam, 15 february 2011

On Thursday 17 February at 16:00 Prof. Evelyn Terryn held her inaugural lecture

'Nulla poena sine lege, sine poena nulla lex'

Inaugural lecture Prof. Aukje van Hoek, Amsterdam, 18 March 2011

On Friday 18 March at 16:00 Aukje van Hoek held her inaugural lecture ‘Managing

legal diversity”: about the role of International Private Law in the modern society’.

Public defense PhD thesis Joasia Luzak, Amsterdam, 29 November 2011

On 29 November 2011 at 10:00 Joasia Luzak defended her PhD thesis 'The implied

duty of a service provider to warn about a risk of construction defects resulting from a

contract with a third party, with emphasis on defects resulting from design failures' in

de Agnietenkapel, Amsterdam. Promotor: prof. dr. M.B.M. Loos, co-promotor: dr. G.J.P.

de Vries.

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Martijn Hesselink visiting professor at Law School of Sciences Po Paris and

Católica Global School of Law Lisbon , Spring 2011

During Spring 2011 Martijn Hesselink held the newly created ‘Gide Loyrette Nouel’

chair at the law school of Sciences Po in Paris.

In March 2011 he taught two courses in Lisbon at the Católica Global School of Law,

Lisbon (Portugal), being part of the Masters’ programme Law in a European and

Global Context.

Aukje van Hoek national expert EU project ‘Removing obstacles to access

to (e)Justice through mediation in Europe’

Aukje van Hoek (together with Joris Kocken, UvA/Groningen) acts as national expert

in the project “Removing obstacles to access to (e)Justice through mediation in

Europe: ensuring enforcement and a smooth cooperation with judicial and non-

judicial authorities.” This project receives funding from the EU under the programme

JLS/2010/JCIV/10-1AG – Specific transnational projects – “Specific programme Civil

Justice 2007-2013”. The project started on 1 May 2011 and will run till 30 April 2013.

In 2011 a first national report was submitted, which was discussed at a meeting in

Genoa/Imperia on 11 November 2011.

Organisation conference ‘The Role of Legal Translation in Legal

Harmonisation’, Amsterdam, 21 January 2011

On 21 January 2011 Jaap Baaij organised in Amsterdam the conference on The Role of

Legal Translation in Legal Harmonisation.

Organisation expert meeting ‘Complementary study on the legal aspects of


European Union’

On 28 and 29 April 2011 Aukje van Hoek organized an expert meeting related to the

‘Complementary study on the legal aspects of posting of workers in the framework of

the provision of services in the European Union’ (contract VC/2011/0096), which

took place in Amsterdam.

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Organisation workshop 'Principles of private law and fundamental rights

in Europe'

On 12 April 2011 Chantal Mak organised a workshop on Principles of private law and

fundamental rights in Europe at the European University Institute, Fiesole (Italy).

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10. Funds

The research programme is funded, in the first place, by the direct funding

from the University (1e geldstroom). Participating in the research priority area

Private and Public European law, the CSECL receives funds from the university

for a postdoctoral researcher for the project The Architecture of Postnational

rule making.

Moreover, the group applies constantly, where appropriate, for additional

public funding (2e en 3e geldstroom) from the NWO (including HIIL), FP7, the

European institutions et cetera. In particular, the framework contract with the

European Parliament has been renewed in April 2010. Also, submission of

new PhD projects to the MaGW Open Competition is mandatory and passing

the test of eligibility (i.e. admission to the second round) for a Veni scholarship

is a condition for a permanent position as an assistant-professor (universitair

docent) at the CSECL.

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Receipts and expenditure of CSECL In K€; % of total receipts or expenditure 2010 2011

RECEIPTS Direct funding K€ 1.064 1.056

% 89,5

Research funds NWO/HIIL K€ 38 63

% 3 4

EU/Digital Content Services, Posted

Workers

K€ 48 303

% 4 20

Other / internal funds K€ 40 85

% 3,5 6

Total research funds K€ 127 451

% 10,5 30

Contract funding K€ 0

% 0

Other receipts K€ 0

% 0

TOTAL RECEIPTS 1.191 1.507

EXPENDITURE Personnel costs direct

funding

K€ 1.041 1.036

% 87 70

Material & travel costs direct

funding

K€ 23 20

% 2 1

Personnel costs research

funds

K€ 64 179

% 5 12

Material & travel costs

research funds

K€ 67 251

% 6 17

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1.195 1.486

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11. Projects

11.1 HIIL/NWO project National resistance against

Europeanisation of private law: a multi disciplinary

investigation into the roles of nationalist ideology

and the behaviour of firms and consumers This project seeks to explore the resistance that exists against

European integration in the field of private law by looking at two

reasons for such resistance: nationalist ideology and the behaviour of

firms and consumers. It thus proposes an interdisciplinary approach in

trying to answer one of the most fundamental questions about

unification of (private) law: what explains national resistance against

unification? In particular, this project focuses on the role of two

particular factors which can explain national resistance, i.e. nationalist

ideology (expressed in the guise of cultural and economic arguments)

and the behaviour of the actors to be affected by legal unification. The

answer to this question provides fundamental insights into the best

way in which an effective European integration of law is to be achieved

and what the role of the European and national legislator in this

respect should be.

Prof. Martijn W. Hesselink, Professor in European Private Law, and prof.

Jan Smits (University of Tilburg) have obtained a HIIL/NWO grant.

PhD student Guido Comparato has joined the CSECL to write a thesis

about the subject; Gary Low is PhD student at the Tilburg team.

Guido finished his manuscript in September 2012 and then took up a

post-doc position in a research project on European private law of prof.

Hans Micklitz (European University Institute, Fiesole). Guido’s

manuscript was approved by his supervisors at the end of 2011. The

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PhD defense is planned to take place in October 2012.

11.2 EC project The legal framework for digital content

services for consumers In January 2010 the CSECL started, together with the Institute for

Information Law (IVIR), the research project ‘the legal framework for

digital content services for consumers'. The project was assigned by the

Executive Agency for Health and Consumers and financed by the

European Commission. The project concluded in August 2011.

In February 2011, report 2 was submitted to the Commission and discussed

in an expert workshop in Amsterdam on 25 February 2011. This report

contained the comparative analysis of the country report as well as a

recommendations for draft rules on digital content contracts that could be

included in a possible future EU instrument for European contract law. In

June 2011, the third and final report was submitted to the EAHC and the

Commission. This report consisted of a revised version of report 2,

including a Law & Economics analysis of selected aspects pertaining to

digital content contracts. The report was presented during a stakeholder

meeting, organised by the European Commission on 16 November 2011.

11.3 EC Expert Group on a Common Frame of Reference in the

area of European Contract Law Prof. dr. Martijn W. Hesselink and prof. dr. Hugh Beale have been

appointed by the European Commission as a member of an Expert

Group on a Common Frame of Reference in the area of European

contract law. The group's task will be to assist the Commission in the

preparation of a proposal for a Common Frame of Reference in the area

of European contract law, including consumer and business contract

law, and in particular in: selecting those parts of the Draft Common

Frame of Reference which are of direct or indirect relevance to contract

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law; and restructuring, revising and supplementing the selected

contents of the Draft Common Frame of Reference, taking also into

consideration other research work conducted in this area as well as the

Union acquis.

On 3 May 2011, after one year's work, the Expert Group published its

report ‘A European contract law for consumers and businesses:

Publication of the results of the feasibility study carried out by the

Expert Group on European contract law for stakeholders' and legal

practitioners' feedback’ which became the basis for the European

Commission's proposal, published a few months later, for a regulation

on Common European Sales Law.

11.4 European Parliament framework contract European

contract law, including consumer law In April 2010 the CSECL has been assigned a tender on ‘European

contract law, including consumer law’, funded by the European

Parliament. Members of the research group will provide their expertise

on European contract law to the Committee on Legal Affairs of the

European Parliament in a form of standard briefing notes and ad hoc

briefing papers. This should strengthen the Committee’s knowledge on

the subject and enable her to respond to proposals made by the

European Commission and provide a solid basis for some of the

Committee’s own initiatives. The framework contract will run until 31

December 2014.

11.5 UVA research priority area project The Architecture of Post-National Rulemaking: Views from Public International Law, European Public Law and European Private Law The University of Amsterdam has granted a funding to the research

priority area Private and Public European law in which the CSECL, the

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Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG) and the

Amsterdam Center for Tax Law (ACTL) participate.

As of 1 January 2010 ACELG, CSECL and Public International Law

conduct together the project The Architecture of Post-National

Rulemaking: Views from Public International Law, European Public Law

and European Private Law.

The CSECL recruits to this end a post-doctoral researcher.

The project aims to provide new reflections and insights into the

discussion on the legitimacy of post-national rulemaking starting from

three distinct but in this project uniquely combined legal perspectives.

The main objective is to relate perspectives from public international

law, European public law and European private law on post-national

rulemaking and to examine through a new lens any legitimacy concerns

that may arise from the new arrangements. The project will further

develop a normative framework for the analysis of post-national

rulemaking applicable across all three areas. This will require

theoretical work on the concepts of rulemaking and legitimacy starting

from the perspectives of the three different areas of law.

After some time having been spent on reconciling concepts and

defining future activities, the project in 2011 experienced a powerful

official start sign with the organisation of a workshop entitled ‘Framing

and Taming Postnational Rulemaking. Views from Public International

Law, European Public Law and European Private Law’. The event,

besides showing that the project’s theme attracts intense interest,

resulted in the formulation of a clear mission statement, available on

the project website that was also launched in 2011. In parallel with the

move from the organisational to the content exemplified by the

workshop, the regularly held project meetings focussed on the

discussion of project member’s papers and resulted in the publication

of working papers and regular papers.

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11.6 EC Complementary study on the legal aspects of the

posting of workers in the framework of the provision of

services in the European Union

In 2011 Prof. Aukje van Hoek was project coordinator of the study

team on the legal aspects of the posting of workers in the framework of

the provision of services in the European Union (contract

VC/2011/0096). She was assisted by dr. Mijke Houwerzijl (University

of Groningen ). Furthermore, the study team consisted of 15 national

experts. A kick-off meeting took place in Amsterdam on 28 and 29 April

2011. The study complements an earlier study undertaken by Van

Hoek & Houwerzijl, which covered the other 12 Member states. The

report of this first study was published in 2011 through

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=471&langId=en.

The Posting of Workers Directive 1996/71/EC aims to reconcile the

exercise of companies' fundamental freedom to provide cross border

services under Article 49 EC with the need to ensure a climate of fair

competition and respect for the rights of workers.

The study examines any questions and difficulties which may arise in

the practical application of the posting of workers legislation, as well in

its enforcement in practice. It carries out further analysis of the main

problems regarding the implementation, application and enforcement

of the Directive 96/71/EC. It also identifies cases of good practice and

outlines suggestions to address such problems and improve the legal

and practical situation in the Member States in that respect. The study

results in a list of 46 recommendations which contributed to the

preparation of and discussion on two draft proposals submitted by the

EC in 2012: COM(2012)130 and COM(2012)131.

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11.7 Common Core: Interpretation of Commercial Contracts

In 2010 Jaap Baaij initiated and launched a new comparative legal

study for the Common Core of European Private Law. It is the most

comprehensive comparative study on interpretation methods to date.

In 2011 twenty-four legal scholars from fifteen European legal systems

and South-Africa joined as ‘national reporters’. In 2011 Jaap and his co-

editors, Laura Macgregor and David Cabbrelli, from the University of

Edinburgh, meticulously crafted a Questionnaire on the basis of which

the national reporters drafted their draft reports. These reports will be

reviewed and revised in 2012, after which the editors will commence

their comparative analyses. The full manuscript is expected to be

finalized late 2013.

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