Our very own Prof. dr. Marta Pertegás delivering her inaugural lecture: “Connectivity in Private International Law”
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Research institutes
Maastricht European Private Law Institute
The Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) conducts fundamental research in the field of European private law, covering not only the law of contract, property and tort, but also European procedural law, European legal theory and European legal history. Special focus is on exploring the consequences of Europeanisation and globalisation in the field of private law.
Fast facts
- MEPLI-researchers lead the European download lists on Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
- two members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- regularaly publishing in top journals and with top publishers
- 12 of the 15 PhD researchers are externally funded
- led by Prof. Jan Smits and Prof. Gijs van Dijck
Research
M-EPLI conducts fundamental research in the field of European private law and related areas. Our belief is that in an age of Europeanisation and globalisation law should be studied as an international phenomenon. M-EPLI crosses borders between both national jurisdictions and the classical areas of law. A post-national legal science cannot take the distinction between public and private law as a starting point, but has to question the relevance of this distinction. Where useful, it also involves other disciplines (such as political science, economics and psychology).
Education
All M-EPLI researchers are involved in teaching, one way or the other. In bachelor’s and master’s programmes, their focus is on European Private Law. Students also have the opportunity to participate in M-EPLI research projects in various ways.
Law Blogs Maastricht
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Blogs
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Studying legal memes is not a usual and unfruitful endeavour but a method to understand the past, present, and future of principles and rules. It is an opportunity to include the mellifluous method of evolution in legal analysis.
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Nowadays, the idea of granting robots legal personhood is considered as a serious political option: Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to the robot Sophia, certain national legislators are drafting legislation on legal personhood for robots and the European Parliament requested that the Commission...
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Yesterday festive drinks were held at the occasion of opening the new Faculty Board Room and Alumni Wall. We also call upon everyone to help us name our tutorial rooms.
Jan Smits
“I always like to tell my students that private law is the ‘law of the people’: everyone in his or her daily life is confronted with questions that relate to this field, ranging from concluding contracts and inheriting to owning property or being liable in damages.”
Bram Akkermans
“At M-EPLI we try to push the boundaries to improve each other’s research. We work on common projects and frequently meet to discuss developments and new ideas. For me the people and the working environment are the primary reason to base my research at M-EPLI”
Mark Kawakami
“My research is on what private actors can do to reduce labor exploitations in the global supply chain. I feel blessed to be surrounded by such lovely folks in Maastricht and I really cannot imagine doing my PhD anywhere else.”
News
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Call for Papers for the 18th Joint Seminar of the European Association of Law and Economics and The Geneva Association
Monday, July 9, 2018Read moreMilan, 13-14 June 2019
Law and economic issues of insurTech
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Bram Akkermans Appointed TPR Visiting Chair
Tuesday, June 6, 2017Read moreM-EPLI associate director and Associate Professor of European Private Law Bram Akkermans has been appointed to the TPR Visiting Chair for the academic year 2017-2018 at the Catholic University of Leuven. During the upcoming academic year Bram will hold several lectures and plan other activities at KU Leuven.
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M-EPLI fellows at the New Civil Rights and the Rule of Law conference in China
Thursday, November 17, 2016Read moreFrom 7-9 November 2016, M-EPLI PhD candidates Jiangqiu Ge and Liuhu Luo presented their papers at the conference New Civil Rights and the Rule of Law in China.
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What is Private Law For? A MEPLI Round Table Conference
Wednesday, October 19, 2016This Round Table conference explores the limits of, and justification for, the exercise of private autonomy in five main fields of private law: the law of contract, tort, property, succession and family relationships.
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New Working Paper on The Reform of the French Law of Obligations
Monday, October 3, 2016A new MEPLI working paper by Jan Smits and Caroline Calomme on 'The Reform of the French Law of Obligations: Lex Jeux Sont Faits'.
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New MEPLI working paper by Fabian Junge on The Necessity of European Harmonization in the Area of Trade Secrets
Thursday, September 29, 2016New MEPLI working paper by Fabian Junge on 'The Necessity of European Harmonization in the Area of Trade Secrets'.
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Part of the MEPLI delegation hosting and attending the ‘Remedying wrongs on a decentralized Internet’ workshop at the Faculty of Law at Oxford University, organized by MEPLI alumnus and Oxford DPhil Felix Pflucke, Prof Isabelle Wildhaber (University of St. Gallen) and Catalina Goanta (Maastricht Law and Tech Lab). Our director Gijs van Dijck and MEPLI fellow Anna Beckers led wonderful discussions on the private law problems of web 2 and 3.0. Interested in the debate? Keep an eye on the upcoming blog post on the day’s discussions, as well as the follow-up event we’ll be co-hosting with Mariolina Eliantonio in Brussels in June!
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Influencer law is an academic Youtube channel supported by researchers at the University of Groningen (Sofia Ranchordás) and Maastricht University (Catalina Goanta) which aims to translate legal knowledge on influencer marketing and content monetization on social media for a wider public, including influencers, brands and agencies. Follow our weekly episodes that discuss tips from legal scholars, findings from academic research, interviews with ad agencies and much much more! New episode every Friday: this week we'll be featuring Mark Leiser, Assistant Professor in Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University! #staytuned
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Meet the members of the ELI working group on online platforms, learn everything about the model rules and contribute to solving the last open questions!
ELI Working Group Online Platforms Meeting
14 March 2019: 11:00-18:00 & 15 March 2019: 9:30-15:00
Venue: Maastricht University Campus Brussels, Avenue de Tervueren 153
1150 BrusselsAttendance is free, but registration is required. Register by sending an email to Caroline.Cauffman[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl.
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Should robots be given legal personhood? A blog post by MEPLI's Caroline Cauffman and Antonia Waltermann following the SSH Synergy Conference on digitalisation: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/blog/2019/02/should-robots-be-given-legal-personhood?fbclid=IwAR0msITuSuDAa-BvZrKSke-4IjCJRB94YycDkDIgpJtNvXowsMA0Jm39i24
Should robots be given legal personhood? - blog - Maastricht University3 weeks 4 days ago -
Spending too much time on social media? Why not put that to good use and learn about the (private) laws applicable to influencers. #teaser
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Monika Leszczyńska has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship - congratulations, Monika! During this three-year fellowship she will be researching how offers for free digital goods and services influence people’s decisions about their personal data and consumer rights. The project will be supervised by Jan Smits. For more details, check her recent MEPLI blog post!
The impact of free digital offers on individual behavior and its implications for consumer and data protection laws | Maastricht European Private Law Institute1 month 4 days ago -
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Agustin Parise Receives Prestigious Book Award1 month 1 week ago -
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Agustín Parise just won the Faculty Award from the University of Buenos Aires for his book on the influence of the civil code of Louisiana on the Civil Code of Argentina. Many congratulations!
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