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Poland and the EU rule of law framework
June 20th 2017, by Samantha Renssen
Last month the Council of Ministers debated in its meeting of 16 May 2017 the rule of law situation in Poland. It was the first time that the EU ministers discussed the rule of law in a Member State. -
Am I a citizen of the Union?
June 19th 2017, by Guayasén Marrero González
This is one of the questions that people affected by an eventual State succession within an EU Member State need an answer to. June 29th 2017 Phd defense by Guayasén Marrero González. -
Patents and climate change
June 12th 2017, by Ana Paula Gomes Pinto
The world faces the growing problem of global warming. This phenomenon leads to unprecedented social effects in human history. Consequently, it is imperative to mitigate this problem.
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Bookreview: Update to the UN practical manual
June 15th 2017, by Rainer Prokisch
Rainer Prokisch informs you about a new edition of 'UN Practical Manual on Transfer Pricing for Developing Countries'. (German blog)
Patents and climate change
June 12th 2017, Ana Paula Gomes Pinto
The world faces the growing problem of global warming. This phenomenon leads to unprecedented social effects in human history [...]
New law reinforcement position of curators: will it be successful?
June 6th 2017, by Samantha Renssen
From different angles it was called to finance public duties from the curator differently than from the estate [...]
End of a journey
May 8th 2017, by Prashant Sabharwal
While the world was looking towards Paris, there was another election that was taking place on Germany’s coast. [...]
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Last month the Council of Ministers debated in its meeting of 16 May 2017 the rule of law situation in Poland . It was the first time that the EU ministers discussed the rule of law in a Member...
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Theresa May’s gamble backfired badly. Now, everything is up in the air – including Brexit.
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Towards an electronic data exchange within the EU: removing administrative obstacles The increasingly developed electronic data exchange within the European Union could remove the administrative hurdles to the exercise of the European freedoms of movement and the cross-border mobility, such as the...
In focus
Commentary on the ECtHR Grand Chamber case Ibrahim v. United Kingdom
June 19th 2017
Commented upon by Anna Pivaty and Anneli Soo.
Advanced introduction to Private Law
Video Book review
In this video, Jan Smits takes you on an intellectual journey through different [...]
Corrupting football, the beautiful game
May 5th 2017
These blogs were written as part of a series on “Corruption in Football''.
Do we know what law is?
May 9th 2017
A little bit of provocation sharpens the mind. Let me therefore start with a provocative thesis [...]
Excusing illegal use of force
April 25th 2017
From illegal but legitimate to legal because it is legitimate? This post argues [...]
The ecological function paradigm of ownership
April 27th 2017
When should the State intervene on ownership to guarantee [...]
Recent Books
Punish, Seduce or Persuade
Doctoral thesis. An empirical assessment of anti-piracy interventions, interesting book for organisations and individuals that are in [...]
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Punish, Seduce or Persuade
Flawed strategies to reducing labor exploitations
Doctoral Thesis on reassessing the role of private actors in the global supply chain [...]
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Flawed strategies...
Research-Based Learning: Case Studies from Maastricht University
This book describes lessons learned from the implementation of research based learning at Maastricht University.
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Research-Based Learning
The ballot box
Right to vote, which is not that bad at all. About hundred years of universal suffrage and proportional representation.(Dutch only) [...]
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De Stembus
Civil liability and financial security for offshore oil and gas activities
This book provides insights into the liability and compensation for offshore-related [...]
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Civil liability
Information asymmetries in EU VAT
Doctoral Thesis about the phenomenon of tax information asymmetries between the taxable person and his [...]
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Asymmetries in EU VAT
Preventing medical malpractice and compensating victimised patients in China
First English book on the legal remedies for preventing medical errors [...]
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Preventing medical malpractice
Between Flexibility and Disintegration
This book will be essential reading for students and academics in EU law or anyone interested in the future of EU integration.
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Between Flexibility and Disintegration
State aid uncovered
This fourth volume of State Aid Uncovered reviews the main developments in the field of State aid in 2016. The past 12 months have been full of surprising twists and turns [...]
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State aid uncovered
The Competence of the EU in Copyright Lawmaking
Discusses the intersection between EU law and copyright law, encompassing [...]
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Copyright Lawmaking
Advanced Introduction to Private Law
This new book takes up the challenging question what is the role of private law [...]
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Advanced Introduction to Private Law
Maastricht Law Talk audio blogs
Contract Law
April 19th 2017, by Benedikt Schmitz
This episode, an interview with Jan Smits, covers the law of contract. Contracts are everywhere: we rent apartments, subscribe to Netflix, and buy coffees.
BREXIT It is not easy
March 23th 2017, by Benedikt Schmitz
Episode about the UK leaving the European Union. With me for a second time is Aalt Willem Heringa - an expert in his field.
Scots despise English Law
January 26th 2017, by Benedikt Schmitz
In this episode, Bram Akkermans shares an interesting fact with us: why English and Scottish lawyers are not the best colleagues.
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Jan Smits
Professor of European Private Law and academic director of the Maastricht European Private Law Institute.
Lisa Waddington
Professor in European Disability Law and International and European Law at Maastricht University.
Alexander Hoogenboom
Scientific Coordinator at the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross-border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM), Researcher at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Antonia Waltermann
Assistant Professor at the department of Foundations and Methods of Law at Maastricht University.
Prashant Sabharwal
University tutor, currently contributes to the teaching of the Comparative Government course at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Fons Coomans
Professor of Human Rights at the UNESCO Chair in human rights and peace at Maastricht University.
Aalt Willem Heringa
Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at Maastricht University and director of the Maastricht Montesquieu Institute.
Sofie Wolf
Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Department of Public Law, Maastricht University.
Mark T. Kawakami
Joined MEPLI to research the human rights violations in the global supply chain and the role of the private sector/private law in the quagmire.
Raymond Luja
Professor of Comparative Tax Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Jan Willems
Assistant Professor International and European Law at Maastricht University. Expertise within the field of children's rights.
Marjon Weerepas
Associate Professor in Tax Law and Member of Maastricht Centre for Taxation. She is also connected with ITEM.
Sascha Hardt
Assistant Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law and a fellow of the Montesquieu Institute Maastricht.
Michael Faure
Professor of Comparative and International Environmental Law at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Anne Pieter van der Mei
Associate Professor in EU Law. Director of the master’s Programmes European Law School, Globalisation and Law and International laws.
Thu Nguyen
PhD candidate at the Department of Public Law and a fellow of the Montesquieu Institute.
Matteo Bonelli
PhD researcher at the International and European Law Department of the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Nadine Gorissen
Lecturer at the Tax Law Department at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Arjan Thomassen
Assistent Professor of Tax Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Vigjilenca Abazi
Postdoctoral Researcher at Maastricht University and coordinator of the Centre for European Research in Maastricht.
Bram Akkermans
Associate Professor in European Private Law and Associate Director of the Maastricht European Private Law Institute.
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, post doc researcher at the Open University in Heerlen and a practising lawyer in Belgium.
Constantijn van Aartsen
PhD fellow at the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies (ICGI).
Marcel Schaper
Assistant Professor of Tax Law. Marcel teaches international and European Tax Law in Maastricht University.
Samantha Renssen
Assistant Professor of Corporate and Insolvency Law at Maastricht University.
Andrea Ott
Associate Professor of European Union Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Hans Nelen
Criminologist and since January 2007 he has been working as a Professor of Criminology at the UM.
Sandra Nascimento da Nobrega
Junior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Public Law at at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Elise Muir
Associate Professor and Veni research fellow in European Law. She is associate director of the Maastricht Centre for European Law (MCEL).
Lotte Meurkens
Assistant Professor Private Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Guayasén Marrero González
PhD candidate at the Private Law Department at UM and affiliated to the IUS COMMUNE Research School.
Hans van den Hurk
Started Sustainable Tax Solutions in conjunction with Quantera Global since January 2015.
Jasper Korving
Teaches International and European Tax Law and Cross-border taxation of human capital at Maastricht University.
Eveline van der Linden
Assistent Professor of Public Law at Maastricht University.
Sieb Kingma
Sieb Kingma is junior teacher at the Department of Tax Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Dersim Yabasun
PhD researcher at the International and European Law Department and affiliated to the MACIMIDE research group.
Rankie ten Hoopen
Assistant Professor Healt Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Remy Jorritsma
Lecturer in Public International Law at the department of International and European Law at UM.
Oswald Jansen
Professor of European Administrative Law and Public Administration at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University.
Nicola Gundt
Assistant Professor Labour Law at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Marie-Therese Gold
Marie-Therese Gold is a PhD researcher supervised by Bruno de Witte and Monica Claes at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Malva Driessen
Assistant Professor Social Law at the Departement of Public Law, Maastricht University.
Thera Dieleman
Assistant Professor Private Law at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Sjoerd Claessens
Senior Lecturer in EU Law. He is a member of the board of the joint law curriculum of Maastricht University.
Jacques Claessen
Assistant Professor Criminal Law and Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
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Book review
Advanced introduction to Private Law
In this introduction, one of the world’s leading private law scholars takes you on an intellectual journey through the different facets and dimensions of the field, from the family home to Kuta Beach and from Thomas Piketty to Nina Hagen.
The book stands out as a unique account of how private law allows individuals to optimally flourish in matters of economy, work, leisure, family and life in general.
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Advanced Introduction to Private Law