Dr. Nicole Kornet BA LL.B.(Hons) LL.M. (Assistant Professor of Commercial Law)
Bouillonstraat 1-3
Room D0.224
Maastricht
P.O. Box 616
NL-6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)43 3884811
Fax: + 31 (0)43 3884907
E-mail: n.kornet@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 09.00-17.00. Appointments via e-mail or phone.
Appointments: Please email Mrs Kornet for an appointment, or contact the secretariat of private law.
List of publications: Metis
Curriculum vitae
Nicole Kornet is Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at Maastricht University. She graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1997 with a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours and a Bachelor of Arts. In 1999, she graduated from Maastricht University with a master’s degree in Comparative and European Law (cum laude) after participating in the Magister Iuris Communis programme.
In September 1999, Nicole joined the private law department of Maastricht University as a junior lecturer. She taught a variety of courses on Dutch private law, the common law, international and European law and European contract law. From 2002 to 2006, she was a PhD researcher. She defended her doctoral dissertation entitled ‘Contract Interpretation and Gap Filling: Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives’ (Intersentia, 2006) in September 2006. In May 2006, Nicole was appointed Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at Maastricht University.
Nicole Kornet coordinates and teaches courses on international commercial law at bachelor’s and master’s level, she is also the co-coordinator of the Law Honours Programme.
Nicole is a fellow at the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) and a member of its coordinating team. She is also a fellow at the Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation (IGIR). Nicole’s research focuses on the impact of globalisation on international commercial contract law and practice, in particular on cross-cultural dimensions of international contracting.
Research Interests
- Globalisation of contract law and contract practice
- Cross-cultural dimensions of international contracting
- International business transactions (international sale of goods, carriage of goods, payment mechanisms)
- European and comparative contract law
- Private regulation in commercial transactions
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Globalisation and Legal Education
