M-EPLI Talks

M-EPLI Talks offer a forum to share academic work and ideas. These meetings take place twice a month during the academic year at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University. Guest speakers are invited to:

  • Present work in progress, including papers and PhD dissertations.
  • Present academic projects to M-EPLI Fellows, including book or conference projects.
  • Critically comment on recent developments in the law, either at national or European levels, including changes in legislation, doctrine, and case law that might trigger future work in progress. 
     

M-EPLI Talks are coordinated by Daniel On and Kate O'Reilly. Please contact the current coordinators if you are interested in presenting at our M-EPLI Talks.

In past years, these talks were coordinated by Agustín Parise (2016-2023), Bram Akkermans and Caroline Cauffman (2015-2016), and Nicole Kornet (2011-2015). 

M-EPLI Talks 2025

M-EPLI Talks Fall 2024

2 Oct. 2024Víðir Smári Petersen

Preventing Cross-Contamination Between Expropriations and Regulatory Excess

 

5 Nov. 2024 Mindy Duffourc

Tort Liability for AI-driven Technologies in Surgery

 

27 Nov. 2024Deimante Rimkute

Justifying AI-related Rights and Obligations within the EU: A Study of European Safety Regulations and Tort Law

 

11 Dec. 2024Aleydis NissenGlobal Value Chain Regulation in the Era of Geopolitics

M-EPLI Talks Spring 2024

6 Feb. 2024 Vanessa Mak

Who is the Consumer? The Transformation of Consumer Law and Policy in the EU in Light of the Twin Challenges of Digitalisation and Sustainability.

 

28 Feb. 2024
 
Eva Vermeulen

''Dimensions of Inequality and Property Law Design – a capability 
perspective on Dutch housing”

 

13 Mar. 2024
              
Giovanni Tuzet*Organised in conjunction with the Foundations group.
24 Apr. 2024Lorna Fox O'Mahony

The Future of Housing: Resilient Property Theory, Systemic Methodology and Sustainable Solutions

 

8 May 2024Melvin Tjon Akon

Valuing ‘Value for money’: the wins and fails of the product governance approach to regulating consumer credit prices

 

M-EPLI Talks 2023

Tuesday
23/05/2023
13:00hs
Valerio D’AlessandroPrivate Law in the Time of Personalization: Toward a New Imaginary of the Legal Subject?C0.311B
& Zoom
Wednesday
10/05/2023
11:00hs
Klaas EllerThe Price of Human Rights. Confronting Price Squeeze in the Regulation of Global Value ChainsKAP2 0.028 & Zoom
Tuesday
02/05/2023
13:00hs
Eline CouperusThe Role of the Fundamental Freedom to Conduct a Business in a “Social” EuropeC0.311B
& Zoom
Tuesday
25/04/2023
13:00hs
Antoine LouisAI for Law: Bridging the Gap between People and the Law with Language ModelsKAP2 3.028 & Zoom
Tuesday
14/03/2023
13:00hs
Wen-Ting YangData-driven Nudges in Investment Apps ― An Opportunity to Develop a Healthy and Sustainable Financial Environment Amidst the Retail Investment BoomC 0302
& Zoom
Wednesday
08/02/2023
12:00hs
Francesco ZappatorePrivate Law, Public Goals: Comparative Reflections on Punitive DamagesC – 1.310
& Zoom
Tuesday
24/01/2023
13:00hs
Vageesh SaxenaCyberCrime-Linker: Analyzing Behavorial Patterns to Link and Identify Vendors in Online Criminal SpacesD2.215
& Zoom

M-EPLI Talks 2022

Wednesday
07/12/2022
13:00hs

Livia Solaro

Issues of Prescription in the Art Market: A Journey between Italy and New York

D2.225 and Zoom

Tuesday
30/11/2022
13:00hs

Arthur Willemse

Law and the Other: Jurisprudential Methodology in Derrida, Rose, and Agamben

KAP 2 1.034 and Zoom

Wednesday
09/11/2022
13:00hs

Raúl Lafuente Sánchez Artificial Intelligence, Automated Vehicles and Private International Law Zoom
Tuesday
18/10/2022
12:30hs
Agustín Parise Emergence and Contours of the Ecological Function of Ownership Paradigm (EFOP) 

D2.221

Tuesday
27/09/2022
13:00hs

Rodrigo Momberg Uribe

Consumer Collective Redress: Voluntary Procedures in Chilean Law

KAP2 1.034
Tuesday
17/05/2022
13:00hs

Julieta Marotta

Judicial Understanding of the Impact of Mental Health in Intimate Partner Violence

Zoom

Tuesday
03/05/2022
13:00hs

Hellen van der Kroef 

The Use of Multilingual Legal Automation to Assist in EU Law-Making

Zoom

Tuesday
26/04/2022
13:00hs

Kate O'Reilly

Rethinking Consumer Empowerment in EU Consumer Law

Zoom

Wednesday
13/04/2022
13:00hs

Cees van Dam

Is it cheaper to lie than to tell the truth? Navigating the challenges of CSR transparency

Zoom

Tuesday
29/03/2022
13:00hs

Pepe Pfad

European regulations and international conventions: The example of art. 25 Rome I and art. 28 Rome II and the Resulting problems

Zoom

Tuesday
22/02/2022
13:00hs

Martin Munu

Trade negotiations on e-commerce: potential impact for micro, small and medium-size enterprises growth in Africa

Zoom

Wednesday
09/02/2022
12:00hs

Thomas Mildner

Shining A Light Into The Darkness - Uncovering Dark Patterns In Social Media

Zoom

Wednesday
26/01/2022
13:00hs
Michiel Poesen

The ‘Crystalline Structure’ of EU Private International Law

Zoom

 

M-EPLI Talks 2021

 


 

 

 

Tuesday
14/12/2021
13:00hs


Tobias Jonkers


Good Faith and Duties to Renegotiate in Contract Law

 

Zoom

Wednesday
08/12/2021
13:00hs


Mariano Vitetta

The Right to Understand: Arguments in Favor of Clarity in the Discourse of the Law, from Consumer Law and Civil Codes to Human Rights

 

Zoom

Wednesday
10/11/2021
13:00hs


Lotte Meurkens

Punitive Damages in Europe: Is the Road Ahead Empty?


Hybrid
B0.118

Wednesday
27/10/2021
13:00hs


Anna Beckers

EU’s Dark Private Legal Space: Theory and Methodology for Researching Private Actors in EU Law


Hybrid
B0.118

Tuesday
12/10/2021
13:00hs


Lucas Miotto Lopes

Duress and the Exercise of Rights


Hybrid
D2.215

Tuesday
21/09/2021
13:00hs


Madalena Narciso

Online Reviews vs Pre-contractual Duties to Inform: A Battle of the Paradigms?

Zoom

Wednesday
08/09/2021
13:00hs


Xiangshun Ding


China’s International Commercial Court: Background, Innovation and Challenges

Zoom

Wednesday
26/05/2021
13:00hs


Mayke Knoben


Compensation for Work-Related Mental Injury: Key Findings and Recommendations


Zoom

Tuesday
11/05/2021
13:00hs


Gijs van Dijck


The Potential and Limitations of Predicting Social Outcomes with AI

Zoom

Wednesday
28/04/2021
13:00hs


Mieke Olaerts

Embedding Sustainability

Zoom

Tuesday
13/04/2021
13:00hs


Agustín Parise


Generations of Civil Codes: A Shift towards a Globalized Conceptualization


Zoom

Tuesday
02/03/2021
13:00hs


Marcus Meyer

How to Unravel Cross-border Corporate Mobility in the EU:
Analysing the Complexity of Cross-border Corporate Mobility and its Determinants

Zoom

Tuesday
23/02/2021
13:00hs


Marco Fabbri and
Michael Faure

The Effect of Land Titling on Litigation


Zoom

Wednesday
10/02/2021
13:00hs

Caroline Cauffman and
Pedro Hernández Serrano


Researching Discrimination in E-commerce and Online Advertising


Zoom

Tuesday
02/02/2021
13:00hs


Rūta Liepiņa and
Kody Moodley


Legal Ontologies - What, Why, and How?

Zoom

Tuesday
12/01/2021
13:00hs


Anna de Jong

On Ancient Art, Contemporary Terrorism, and Modern Day Money Laundering


Zoom

 

     

M-EPLI Talks 2020

Wednesday
09/12/2020
14:00hs
Kristel de Smedt and Ellen VosReconciling Science, Innovation and Precaution (RECIPES): Lessons from an Ongoing H2020 ProjectZOOM
Monday
30/11/2020
13:00hs
Constanta RoscaDark Patterns: The European Consumer Law PerspectiveZOOM
Wednesday
18/11/2020
13:00hs
Andrea OrtolaniReceptions and Rejections in the Reform of the Japanese Civil CodeZOOM
Wednesday
11/11/2020
13:00hs
Michael Faure and William BullAgents in the Sporting Field: A Law and Economics PerspectiveZOOM
Tuesday
03/11/2020
13:00hs
Julieta MarottaMultidisciplinary Assistance and Family Law: The Case of ArgentinaZOOM
Tuesday
06/10/2020
13:00hs
Pedro Hernández SerranoSleeping Beauties in Case Law: A Computational StudyZOOM
Wednesday
23/09/2020
13:00hs
Bruno Fernandes VieiraPredators and Preys: The Evolution of the Contract of Sale during InvasionsZOOM
Tuesday
08/09/2020
13:00hs
Michel SéjeanThe Code Civil in Arabic, English, and French: Reaching Out instead of Promoting French LawZOOM
Tuesday
09/06/2020
13:00hs

M-EPLI Talk:

Academic Year Finale

ZOOM
Tuesday
02/06/2020
13:00hs

Daniel On

A Neo-Aristotelian Perspective on the Aims of Tort Law

ZOOM
Tuesday
19/05/2020
13:00hs

Andreea Grigoriu

Online Harassment: The Context and Response in Social Media

ZOOM
Tuesday
12/05/2020
13:00hs

Valentina Golunova

Better Safe than Sorry? Algorithmic Content Moderation and Freedom of Expression in Europe

Zoom
Wednesday
06/05/2020
13:00hs

Birgit Rebero
-van Houtert

Jurisdiction in Cross-border Copyright Infringement Cases: Rethinking the Approach of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Zoom
Wednesday
29/04/2020
13:00hs

Katja Zimmermann

Facilitating Cross-Border Real Estate Transactions in Europe: An Exploration

Zoom
Tuesday
21/04/2020
13:00hs
Monika Leszczynska
& Matthias van der Haegen

Judges and Machines: How do ‘Predictive Justice’ Tools affect Judicial Decision-Making?”

Zoom
Tuesday
18/02/2020
13:00hs

Ruta Liepina

Causality, Responsibility and AI: Early Reflections
C0.311B
(Maastricht Zaal)
Wednesday
12/02/2020
12:00hs

Sofia Amaral-Garcia

Consensus and Ideology in Courts: An Application to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 
B1.019
(Bestuurskamer)
Wednesday
29/01/2020
13:00hs

Mark Kawakami

How (Not) to Search for the Truth and (Perhaps) Improve the Human Condition
B0.006
(Aletta Jacobs Kamer)
Tuesday
21/01/2020
13:00hs

Kim Berg

Information Exchange between Board and Shareholders: Exploring the Boundaries of the Dutch Regulatory Framework
B0.006
(Aletta Jacobs Kamer)
    

M-EPLI Talks 2019

Tuesday
10/12/2019
13:00hs
Jaap HageDo we have Duties towards Future Generations? A Utilitarian Perspective on SustainabilityC1.310
Tuesday
3/12/2019
13:00hs
Marilou HubersThe Protection of Social Rights in the context of Cross-border Company Mobility in EuropeB0.115
Tuesday
19/11/2019
13:00hs
Tobias JonkersRestitution of Property: Risk Allocation in Case of Damage or Destruction in Dutch and German LawD0.225
Tuesday
5/11/2019
13:00hs
Elisabetta FiocchiTowards a Global History of Land Registration in the African Territories (19th-20th Century)C1.306

Wednesday
23/10/2019
13:00hs

Matthias van der HaegenPredictive Justice comes to Court: Opportunities and Challenges for the Legal SystemD0.217
Tuesday
08/10/2019
13:00hs
Gijs van DijckBrainstorm Session on CodingC0.302
Wednesday
2/10/2019
13:00hs
Agustín PariseJohn H. Wigmore (1863-1943) and a Transatlantic Network of Scholars for the Development of Comparative Legal History  D2.215
Tuesday
24/09/2019
13:00hs
Lars van VlietUS Jurisdiction over European Museums regarding Looted ArtB0.113
Wednesday
18/09/2019
13:00hs
Fulvio MaroneExploring the Application of the English Trusts in the NetherlandsC0.311B
Tuesday
10/09/2019
13:00hs
Niels PhilipsenThe Role of Private Insurance in Governing Work-related Risks: A law and Economics PerspectiveC0.311B
Wednesday
19/06/2019
13:00hs
Patrizio MerottoTransfer of Property as Collateral: A Comparative PerspectiveD1.225
Wednesday
12/06/2019
13:00hs
Idoia ElizaldeAutonomous Vehicles: Civil Liability Rules and Insurance LawD0.225
Tuesday
04/06/2019
13:00hs
Rebekah AhrendtThe Laws of Performance, or, Private Law on the Public StageC0.311B
Wednesday
22/05/2019
13:00hs
William BullTackling the Agent rather than the Ball: Private Regulation of Football Intermediaries, Compliance and the Reform of FIFA RegulationsD1.225
Tuesday
14/05/2019
13:00hs
Ruben HollemansACURIA-Project: The Role of the Judge in Insolvency ProceduresB0.006
Wednesday
08/05/2019
13:00hs
Julieta MarottaHow do Victims of Domestic Violence Participate in the Legal Process? An Empirical Approach to the Work of Public Prosecutors in Buenos AiresD1.225
Tuesday
30/04/2019
13:00hs
Cenay AkinValuation of Ecosystem ServicesB0.006
Tuesday
23/04/2019
13:00hs
Monika
Leszczynska
Law in the Lab: What can we Learn from Laboratory Experiments
about the Impact of Law on Human Behaviour?
D1.225
Tuesday
16/04/2019
13:00hs
Michiel VerhulstThe Quantification of EU Antitrust Damages:
A Balancing Act between Accuracy and Reasonableness
B0.006
Tuesday
09/04/2019
13:00hs
Emiliano J.
Buis
Gendered Justice?
Rethinking the Role of Women in Ancient Greek Law
D0.217
Wednesday
27/03/2019
13:00hs
Xi ChenChess Clock Hearing Procedure in International Arbitration:
An Effective ‘Time Saving’ Technique?
D0.225
Wednesday
13/03/2019
13:00hs
Stephan Mulders
and Catalina Goanta
If the Product is Free, You are the Product:
Unfair Commercial Practices and Consent on Social Media
D0.225
Tuesday
19/02/2019
13:00hs
Felipe Oliveira
de Sousa
Reason-Giving as an Expressive Speech ActD1.225
Wednesday
13/02/2019
13:00hs
Patrick 
Naaktgeboren
Private Partnerships in Early Modern Antwerp
(17th - 18th Centuries)
D0.225
Tuesday
05/02/2019
13:00hs
Bregje DijksterhuisA Socio-Legal Perspective on the Challenges
with regard to Determining the Amount of Spousal- and
Child Support after a Divorce
B1.101
Tuesday
15/01/2019
13:00hs
Stefaan DeclercqWhen does a Notification Gain its Effect?C-1.310
Wednesday
09/01/2019
13:00hs
Agnieszka JabłonowskaProtection from the Risks of Contracting in the Collaborative Economy: between Public and Private Regulation?B1.101
    

M-EPLI Talks 2018

12/12/2018
Marta Pertegás Sender
Social Media Users and the Limits of Party Autonomy

21/11/2018
Daniel On
Strict liability Regimes and their Functional Equivalents in France and England

14/11/2018
Bram Akkermans
Sustainable Obligations of Ownership?

6/11/2018
Manon Moerman
Private Partnerships in Early Modern Amsterdam: The Law in Books vs. the Law in Action

24/10/2018
Marta dos Santos Silva
The Eyes are the Mirror to the Sold. How Recognition Technologies Impact Consumers' Decision Making and Their Protection

09/10/2018
Giulia Giardi
Questions on Methodology at the Crossroad of Law and Social Sciences

3/10/2018
Hannah Brodersen
'So, How do You Measure Impact?!' Assessing the ICTY's Impact in Bosnia and Serbia

18/09/2018
Dmitry Poldnikov
Reception of European Legal Culture in Russia: How Limited is Freedom of Contract in Contemporary Russian Civil Law?

04/09/2018
Elaine Dewhurst
Is 'Age' Really Different? The Unequal Treatment of Age as a Ground for Discrimination under Employment Discrimination Law

20/06/2018
Gijs van Dijck
You’re Sorry? Then Compensate Me. Empirical Results of When Tort Victims Claim Damages

06/06/2018
Marieke Hopman
The Child’s Right to a Nationality in an Unrecognized State

30/05/2018
Anna Goldberg
Empirical Legal Research and the Criminal Responsibility of Addicted Offenders

16/05/2018
Caroline Cauffman
The Concept “Undertaking” in the Antitrust Damages Directive and its (Potential) Impact on Parent Company Liability in Private Enforcement Cases

09/05/2018
Kate O'Reilly
Rethinking the Role of Consumers in European Private Law

25/04/2018
Ruben Hollemans
Rescue Regimes for Troubled Companies

18/04/2018
Pim Oosterhuis
Grotius and the Secularization of Natural Law

11/04/2018
​Lars van Vliet
The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act: The First Practical Applications

21/03/2018
Samantha Renssen
Preventing Bankruptcy Fraud in the Netherlands: A Failure or a Success?

14/03/2018
Nicholas Mouttotos
Institutional Competition between Common Law and Civil Law: The Case of Cyprus

07/03/2018
Barbara Warwas
The Privatization of EU Law via Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution

21/02/2018
Katja Zimmermann
Cross-border Real Estate Transactions – A Beautiful Complexity

24/01/2018
​Madalena Narciso
What We (Don’t) Know about the Information Paradigm in European Consumer Contract Law

17/01/2018
Phillip Paiement
Transnational Sustainability Standards at a Crossroads: Private Governance and Public Interests

10/01/2018
Bas van Zelst
The Netherlands Commercial Court: Concerns from a European Perspective

M-EPLI Talks 2017

06/12/2017
Raymond Luja
MCT: Tax Law Perspectives on Grand Challenges

22/11/2017
Lotte Meurkens
Punitive damages, A Status Quo

15/11/2017
Susan Rutten
Polygamy: Facts, Fiction, and Alternative Fiction in Criminal and Civil Law

02/11/2017
Daniel Augenstein
Human Rights in Transition? Corporate Accountability and the Frontiers of Transnational Law

25/10/2017
Sofia Ranchordas
Rethinking the Public Interest in the Age of the Platform Economy

18/10/2017
Agustín Parise
Comparative Legal History: Building Blocks and Disciplinary Autonomy

11/10/2017
Jiangqiu Ge
Policing Consumer Contracts in China and the EU: A Comparative Analysis

27/09/2017
Nicole Kornet
Challenges in Legal Education

20/09/2017
Stephan Rammeloo
PIL Ramifications of the 2008 Financial Crisis for Expatriating Greek School Teachers

13/09/2017
Thomas Coendet
Comparative Law as a Means of Legal Reasoning?

06/09/2017
Constantijn van Aartsen
Is Corporate Law Fit for Purpose?

28/06/2017
Eveline Ramaekers
On the Intersection between Property Law and Competition Law

21/06/2017
Ernst Marais
Possession (and Protection) of Incorporeals: An Analysis of Quasi-possessio in South African Law

31/05/2017
Antonia Waltermann
What Justifies the Obligatory Nature of Contracts?

24/05/2017
Gijs van Dijck and Jan Smits
M-EPLI Perspectives on the Grand Challenges in the Law

03/05/2017
Koen Swinnen
Property Rights in Data Files

26/04/2017
Jaap Hage
Anything Goes: An Apology for Parallel Distributed Legal Science

19/04/2017
Mark Kawakami
Flawed Strategies to Reducing Labor Exploitations in the Global Supply Chain

05/04/2017
Daniel On
The Moral Foundations of Strict Liability

22/03/2017
Jan Smits
Until Death do Us Part? A Plea for a Temporary Marraige

15/03/2017
Bastiaan Leeuw
Big Data and Online Behaviour: Exploring the Possibilities for the Evaluation of E-policy

08/03/2017
Tanja van der Meer
Analysing Skills

08/02/2017
Marcel Schaper
Legal Network Analysis: How to find Order in Chaos

01/02/2017
Tobias Junkers
The Recovery of Money and Immoral Behaviour

25/01/2017
Mieke Olaerts
ICGI Perspectives on the Grand Challenges in the Law

18/01/2017
Julieta Marotta
Rights Awareness through Empirical Legal Research

M-EPLI Talks 2016

07/12/2016
Thera Dieleman
Towards a European Model of ADR for Collective Settlements

23/11/2016
Marius de Waal
The Limits of Freedom of Testation: Discriminatory Provisions in Testamentary Trusts in South African Law
 
16/11/2016
Mayke Knoben
The Concept of Mental Injury as a Cause for Headaches: Complications Regarding the Qualification of Mental Injury as Damage
 
09/11/2016
Matthias Martin
R.I.P. Cause (1804-2016): A Paradigmatic Shift in the French Law of Obligations
 
02/11/2016
Gijs van Dijck
Victim-Oriented Tort Law in Action: An Empirical Examination of Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Cases
 
26/10/2016
Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe
Finding Order in the Morass: The Least-cost-information-gatherer Principle as Explanation of the Dutch Contractual Doctrine of Mistake
 
19/10/2016
Orlin Yalnazov   
Legal Certainty under Precedent and Statute: Metarules and Metastandards
 
12/10/2016
Xi Chen
Two Important Procedural Aspects: Autonomy of the Parties and Time Management of the Tribunal in International Arbitral Proceedings
 
28/09/2016
Michael Faure and Niels Philipsen
METRO Perspectives on the Grand Challenges in the Law
 
21/09/2016
Catalina Goanta
Convergence in European Consumer Sales Law - A Comparative and Numerical Approach
 
14/09/2016
Pablo Bravo Hurtado     
Diagonal Convergence of Supreme Courts: Comparing Functions between France, Italy, US and UK
 
15/06/2006
M-EPLI Talk: Academic Year Finale
 
01/06/2016
Tatiana Machado Alves
Fact-finding in the New Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure
 
25/05/2016
Viviana Kluger  
Derecho Indiano: An Example of a Transatlantic Legal Transplant?
 
18/05/2016
Bram van Hofstraeten  
The Functionality of Private Partnerships in Early Modern Antwerp
 
11/05/2016
Hester van der Kaaij
A Theoretical Concept of the Juridical Act: An Act that Aims to Create New Legal Facts
 
04/05/2016
M-EPLI Book Project
 
26/04/2016
Philipp Hacker
The Ambivalence of Algorithms: Regulation of and with Big Data
 
20/04/2016
William Bull        
Optional Instruments of the European Union
 
13/04/2016
Stefan Somers 
Tort Law and Human Rights
 
23/03/2016
Pauline Kruiniger             
The Tort Action: A Secular Tool for Obtaining a Religious Divorce?
 
16/03/2016
M-EPLI Book Project      
 
02/03/2016
Lars van Vliet    
Law and Art
 
24/02/2016
Agustín Parise and Julieta Marotta
The New Argentine Civil and Commercial Code: Third-Generation Status as Reflected in Contract Law and Access to Justice Provisions