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MAASTRICHT EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW INSTITUTE

HIGHLIGHTS REPORT 2014

Foreword

People

Debate

Recognition

Quality output

Community

Foreword

This is the 2014 highlights report of the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI). M-EPLI conducts fundamental research in the field of European private law, covering the law of contract, property and tort, but also European procedural law, European legal theory and European legal history. MEPLI was established by the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University in late 2010 to mark the importance the Faculty attaches to the international study of law and its commitment to facilitate both internationally leading academics and young scholars in pursuing high quality academic work.

This fourth annual report highlights the main events that were undertaken in 2014 under the MEPLI-umbrella. It does not contain a complete overview of all meetings, publications and other noteworthy information, but merely provides a taste of what we have been doing. The headings in the report reflect what we find important in doing academic work: people, debate, quality output and academic community.

After four years of activities and cooperation, we are proud to say that M-EPLI has clearly carved out its own place in international legal academia. We are known for our fundamental work and for the community that we built through academic meetings and social media. We published again in all major peer-reviewed journals in our field, lectured extensively and took the initiative for a number of different activities. Our blog (www.mepli.eu) is widely read and our Facebook page has a high number of ‘likes’. In addition, I am proud to say that many of our researchers and activities are externally funded, which we also see as a sign of recognition.

If anything, this report should convey the message how much we enjoy the academic cooperation within M-EPLI. As always, we are open for any comments and questions you may have.

On behalf of the entire M-EPLI team,

Jan Smits,

M-EPLI Academic director

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People

This is a list of our resident fellows, all located in Maastricht. We also very much value the cooperation with our invited fellows abroad and with our advisory board. In addition, we are working with a number of student fellows who have a special interest in the research that we do.

Academic director

Prof. dr. Jan Smits

Secretariat

Jose Crijnen

Coordinating team

Dr. Bram Akkermans

Dr. Caroline Cauffman

Dr. Nicole Kornet

Janwillem Oosterhuis

Resident and Invited Fellows (in alphabetical order)

Anna Beckers

Anna Berlee

William Bull, LLM

Prof. dr. Sjef van Erp

Prof. dr. Michael Faure

Jiangqiu Ge

Catalina Goanta, LLM, MSc.

Prof. dr. Jaap Hage

Prof. dr. Jaakko Husa

Prof dr. Nils Jansen

Hester van der Kaaij

Mark Kawakami

Wenqing Liao

Willem Loof, LLM

Liuhu Luo

Julieta Marotta

Dr. Niels Philipsen

Prof. dr. Mathias Siems

Prof. dr. Ralf Michaels

Adela Ognean, LLM

Daniel On

Agustin Parise

Prof. dr. Jacques du Plessis

Eveline Raemakers, LLM

Dr. Rudolf Rijgersberg

Prof. dr. Remco van Rhee

Kristel de Smedt

Serban Vacarelu, LLM

Dr. Lars van Vliet

Prof. dr. Andre van der Walt

Debate

One of the main aims of M-EPLI is to provide an environment that is conducive to academic discussion. To this end, we have set up two types of events: M-EPLI Round Tables, that focus on discussion around a specific theme and of which we organize two or three each year, and the bi-weekly M-EP LI Talks focused on presenting research by colleagues from Maastricht or elsewhere. In addition to this, a number of other events were organised. A selection of events in 2014 can be found below.

M-EPLI Round Tables & Conferences

22 August 2014: ‘Setting the Contract Aside: Comparative Perspectives’ Workshop (Shanghai)

The aim of this workshop was to take stock of the different ways in which a contract can be set aside. Different legal doctrines exist to help a ‘disappointed’ party. These doctrines range from the age-old mistake and misrepresentation and incapacity to newer techniques such as avoidance for undue influence and withdrawal rights. The topic has regained importance as a result of the recent enactment of the new Chinese Consumer Code (in China) and the consolidation of consumer rights in the new Consumer rights directive (in Europe). On the background is the lingering tension between contractual autonomy and protection of a supposedly weaker party. At this one-day workshop, colleagues from both China and Europe discussed present developments. The workshop was organised by MEPLI in cooperation with East China University of Politics and Law (ECUPL). 10 October 2014: 200 Years Savigny and Thibaut: The Codification Debate Revisited, MEPLI Round Table (Maastricht)

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2014 marked the 200th anniversary of the famous debate between Von Savigny and Thibaut about the need for and feasibility of private law codification. This debate has made a lasting contribution to our thinking about the sources of private law and still shapes present-day discussions about European private law. Thibault gave three main reasons in favour of codification: to facilitate the market by way of unification of law, to promote the transparency of the legal material, and to adjust the law to the ‘modern times.’ All three motives seem to have a universal value: they were not only relevant in 19th century Germany, but still shape today’s private law in whichever part of the world – just as Von Savigny’s rebuttal of these arguments seems just as relevant today as it was then. This Round Table revisited the Savigny-Thibaut controversy and links it to current views about how the legal materials are best organised. The main issues that were on the table 200 years ago were discussed by legal historians, experts in modern law and colleagues in related areas. In each of the four sessions, both a historical and a modern perspective was also provided. The Round Table was organised by the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (MEPLI) at Maastricht University in cooperation with the Molengraaff Institute of Private Law at Utrecht University. 17 October 2014: ‘Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility: Transforming voluntary corporate codes into private law obligations?’ – A MEPLI/HiiL conference (Maastricht) Corporate codes are voluntary policies that companies frequently develop in order to show the public their commitment to respect human rights, to improve workplace standards, and to protect the environment in their global operations. The research conducted by the UM- HiiL-Visiting Chair on the Internationalisation of Law has focussed in one of its research projects on these codes. As one of the core outcomes, the argument has been developed that such voluntary corporate codes, in order to be successful in the long run, would need to be transformed into private law obligations. This result has been reached by engaging in an interdisciplinary socio-legal analysis, which suggests treating the codes as unilateral declarations that reveal a serious effort of companies to regulate public interest matters in the absence of global government. It is this specific character that private law is accordingly called upon to support by enforcing these codes. This workshop aimed to discuss and critically evaluate the outcome of this research in general and this core suggestion in particular.

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M-EPLI Talks M-EPLI’s bi-weekly seminars are called ‘M-EPLI Talks’. These one-hour sessions feature invited guests who present papers related but not limited to the institute’s research fields, and also incubate or showcase papers from the institute’s members. As such, they provide an opportunity both for external speakers to introduce work connected to the interests of M-EPLI’s fellows, and for scholars within the institute to exhibit their respective projects to a wider audience. For further information about the M-EPLI Talks including upcoming sessions please contact the series coordinators, Dr Caroline Cauffman and Dr Bram Akkermans at [email protected]. Below you can find some of the MEPLI Talks organized in 2014 include:

15 January 2014: Villy de Luca spoke about the CISG, EU consumer law and conformity of goods

2 April 2014: MEPLI Talk with Martijn van Kogelenberg from the Erasmus School of Law on 'Remedying deliberate breach of contract: is disgorgement of profits a good solution?’

16 April 2014: Katri Havu gave a MEPLI talk on EU competition law: ‘’Distant' EU Law in Disputes before National Courts - A Research Agenda’.

7 May 2014: Jeroen Ermens’ MEPLI talk covered 'Estoppel from a civil law perspective'.

18 June 2014: MEPLI Talk with Elizabeth Yu on public policy in Chinese and US law.

1 October 2014: MEPLI talk with Mark Kawakami on ‘The Role of private actors in reducing labour exploitation’.

29 October 2014: Kate O’Reilly former MEPLI student fellow giving a presentation on the uniform application of European private law – ‘When Law and Culture Collide’.

5 November 2014: Agustin Parise, ‘Shifting Paradigms: From a Liberal to a Social Function Formulation of Ownership in American Civil Law Jurisdictions’.

19 November 2014: MEPLI Talk with Wim Decock on - 'Paying debts, keeping promises: on the moral roots of contract law’.

3 December 2014: William Bull MEPLI talk on ‘Defining Optional Instruments in the European Union’.

17 December 2014: Catalina Goanta MEPLI talk on ‘Legal convergence in European consumer contract law’.

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Recognition Selected Presentations at Conferences

Sjef van Erp and Bram Akkermans organized a series of trainings on the EU Succession Regulation for Netwerk Notarissen (Network Notaries). In January, Niels Philipsen spoke at the FP7 meeting, EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime, Ecologic (Berlin, Germany). In January, Jan Smits gave the introductory presentation at the KNAW-minisymposium ‘Wie doet wat? Naar een optimale verdeling van bevoegdheden in de EU’ (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). In February, Remco van Rhee presented on ‘Recent developments in Civil Procedure: Towards European Union Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure?’ at the City University of Hong Kong. In March, Remco van Rhee spoke about ‘Control of the Supreme Courts in the Low Countries in the Early-Modern Period’ at the workshop ‘Control of the Supreme Courts in Europe in the 16th and 17thth Century’, Freie Universität Berlin, (Germany). In March, Janwillem Oosterhuis attended the Romanistendag 2015 (Leiden University, the Netherlands) presenting on ‘Max Weber en zijn invloed op de beoefening van het Romeinse recht’. In April, Remco van Rhee presented on ‘E-Justice: New Developments and Best Practices in the Netherlands’ (Conference European Civil Justice as E-Justice, University of Zagreb, Croatia). In April, Jan Smits gave a presentation on ‘The Future of Private Law’ at the University of Helsinki’s Law Spring Lecture (Helsinki, Finland). In April, Daniel On presented on ‘Revision and Translation. The Louisiana Experience’, delivered at the international conference “The Louisiana Civil Code Translation Project: Enhancing Visibility and Promoting the Civil Law in English” (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). In April, Janwillem Oosterhuis presented at the Forum Junge Rechtswissenschaft (Universität Tübingen, Germany) on ‘Naturalerfüllung im Zeitalter der Industrialisierung’. In May, Niels Philipsen co-organized and spoke at the conference “State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union”, Maastricht, the Netherlands. In May, Niels Philipsen co-organized and spoke at the conference “Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform in China”, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Haidian Garden Hotel, Beiing (China).

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In May, Anna Berlee gave a presentation at the EULIS Conference 2014 on ‘Mapping the Law – Legal and Cadastral borders in Dutch & German Law’, in Copenhagen, Denmark. In June, Anna Berlee presented at the ‘Ius Commune Masterclass’: ‘The Transparency Principle in European Property Law’ in Leuven, Belgium. In June, Remco van Rhee spoke about ‘Organization of the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Supreme Court of the Netherlands)’ at the Colloquium ‘The Functions of the Supreme Court: Issues of Process and Administration of Justice’, University of Warsaw & Supreme Court of Poland. In June, Caroline Cauffman organized a conference on procedural rights in competition law in the EU and China in Beijing (China). In June, Remco van Rhee spoke about ‘The Supreme Court of the Netherlands and its History’ at the International Workshop on Supreme Courts, Peking University Law School (Beijing, China). In June, Jan Smits presented on ‘What are the methods of legal scholarship?’ at University of Antwerp. In June, Jan Smits gave a presentation on ‘Reform of private law: on civil codes and the rule of law’, and Catalina Goanta spoke about ‘Unfair contract terms in consumer contracts’ at the conference ‘Reformele privind consolidarea statului de drept in tarile europene’, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (Sibiu, Romania). Anna Beckers delivered a presentation at the University of Siegen ('Unternehmen als globale Regulatoren) in July. In July, Jan Smits gave a keynote lecture on ‘Complexity of Law and Size of Jurisdictions: an Experiment’, at the Juris Diversitas annual conference (Aix-en-Provence, France). Anna Beckers delivered a presentation at the Free University Berlin ('Die Methode einer rechtsvergleichenden soziologischen Jurisprudenz – Der Fall Doe v. Wal-Mart Stores', Presentation on the conference 'Die Fälle der Gesellschaft. Praxis einer soziologischen Jurisprudenz) in July 2014. In July, Jan Smits gave a presentation for the KNAW series ‘Recht in geding’, on ‘Bestaat de rechtswetenschappelijke methode?’ (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). In July, Julieta Marotta presented on ‘Tailor-Made Public Policies for Women Victims of Domestic Violence: An Empirical Study on Legislation and Legal Aid Offices in Argentina’, (Panel: Gender and Public Policy: Legislation, Discourse, Institutions and Actors), IPSA – AISP 23rd World Congress of Political Science, Challenges of Contemporary Governance, Montréal, Canada. In July, Janwillem Oosterhuis and Agustin Parise attended the Third Biennial Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History (Macerata, Italy) and presented on ‘Will the CESL really stimulate Cross-Border Trade? The

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Effect of the 1861 Common German Commercial Code on Cross-Border Trade’ and respectively on “Breaking with Tradition by Welcoming Change: The Reception of the Social Function Paradigm in American Civil Law Jurisdictions during the early Twentieth Century”. In August, Jan Smits gave a presentation on ‘Avoidance for legal incapacity, lecture conference Setting the Contract Aside: Comparative Perspectives’, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China. Mark Kawakami, William Bull, Jianqiu Ge, Willem Loof and Catalina Goanta also held presentations at the workshop. In August, Julieta Marotta presented on ‘Access to Leal Aid Offices that Legally Empower Vulnerable Groups: the Case of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009-2014)’, (Panel: Legal Profession) at LSE Social Justice in the Next Century, London School of Economics, London, UK. In September, Anna Berlee delivered a presentation at the ‘Young Property Lawyers Forum’ on ‘Access to Land Registries. Balancing Publicity and Privacy’, in Oxford, England. In September, Wenqiang Liao gave a presentation at the 31st European Association of Law and Economics Conference on “The boundary of Punitive Damages in Contract Law” (Aix-en-Provence, France). In September, Jan Smits gave a presentation on ‘International legal education: the Maastricht experience’, with the occasion of the conference ‘The Transnationalisation of Legal Education’, University of Luxembourg. In September, Julieta Marotta gave a presentation on ‘Means to Improve Access to Justice and Legally Empower Victims of Domestic Violence: An Empirical Legal Study on Legislation and Legal Aid Offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina’, (Panel: International Perspectives on Access to Justice & the Empowerment of Women Affected by Family/Domestic Violence) 7th IACA Conference, Sydney, Australia. In October 2014 Sjef van Erp and Bram Akkermans delivered the key-note address to the Royal Association of Notaries (KNB) on the EU Succession Regulation. In October, Remco van Rhee gave a presentation on ‘Superior Courts in the Dutch Republic (1581-1795): An Independent “Judiciary” controlled by the “Executive”’ at the University of Stockholm (Sweden). In October-November 2014, Serban Vacarelu prepared a national report on service of documents for the European Law Institute (Working Group on Service and Due Notice of Proceedings) for a project aimed at formulating principles of European Rules of Civil Procedure in cooperation with ALI/UNIDROIT. In October, Mark Kawakami presented at the MEPLI/HiiL workshop on ‘Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility’.

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In October, Jan Smits gave a presentation on ‘Corporate codes and promissory language’ for the HiiL-MEPLI Conference Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility (Maastricht, the Netherlands). In October, Jan Smits gave a presentation on ‘Towards an alternative way of presenting legal materials’, for the MEPLI Round Table ‘200 Years Savigny and Thibaut: the Codification Debate Revisited’ (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Anna Berlee presented together with Bram Akkermans on ‘Access to Land Information’ at the 19th Ius Commune Conference (Workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Edinburgh), November 2014. In November 2014, Jan Smits attended and presented at the ‘Nationale wetgeving en andere normstelsels, lezing Seminar Wetgeving in een veranderende wereld’, Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie, Den Haag 24 November 2014. Anna Beckers spoke about 'From Shareholders to Consumers: The Role of Corporate Promises and Statements in relation to Sustainability, at the 19th Ius Commune Conference (Workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Edinburgh), November 2014. In November, Niels Philipsen participated in the EDLE seminar (European Doctorate in Law and Economics): ‘The Future of Law and Economics’ (Maastricht). In November, Agustin Parise presented on “On Reforms, Debates, and Institutes: Implementing Changes in the Private Law of the US State of Louisiana (1900-1950)”, 19th Ius Commune Conference, University of Edinburg (Edinburg, Scotland). In November, Remco van Rhee gave a presentation on ‘De rol van de procesrechtsgeschiedenis bij de vormgeving van de Transnational Principles of European Civil Procedure (ELI/UNIDROIT)’ at the Dispuut Forum Romanum, (University of Amsterdam), Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In November, Niels Philipsen participated in the FP7 meeting, EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime, IEEP, Brussels (Belgium). In November, Remco van Rhee gave a presentation on ‘Getting the Message Across’ at the Workshop ‘Publishing Internationally in Legal Science’ (University of Bergen, Norway). Anna Beckers delivered a presentation at the European Law Conference Sustainable Public Procurement: New Perspectives of the State as a Stakeholder, (University of Oslo): 'Public Procurement as a Driver for Sustainable Companies?', December 2014. In December, Janwillem Oosterhuis attended the Belgisch-Nederlands Rechtshistorisch Colloquim (VUB Brussels, Belgium) and delivered a presentation on ‘Onvoorziene omstandigheden tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog en zijn nasleep:

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De rol van rechters in het creëren van ‘open’ versus ‘gesloten’ systemen’. Prizes, Appointments and Distinctions Caroline Cauffman was appointed assessor to the Belgian competition authority. Bram Akkermans and Caroline Cauffman were appointed Associate Professors at Maastricht University. In April, a team of 4 bachelor students coached by Catalina Goanta won third prize in the International Commercial Mediation Competition held in Paris by the International Chamber of Commerce. In September, Daniel On was appointed as PhD researcher. In November, a team of 4 bachelor students coached by Catalina Goanta won the first edition of the International Commercial Mediation Competition held at Houthof Buruma in Amsterdam by the Centrum voor Conflicthantering. PhD Defenses Anna Beckers defended her PhD thesis on ‘Taking Corporate Codes Seriously: Towards Private Law Enforcement of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Codes’ on 16 October. Lotte Meurkens defended her PhD thesis on ‘Punitive Damages: The Civil Remedy in Amerian Law, Lessons and Caveats for Continental Europe’ on 19 December. Teaching This is a selection of lectures by MEPLI fellows given to students at foreign universities or institutions: In January, Jan Smits gave a lecture on ‘Is there a future for legal doctrine?’ at Universität Würzburg. In February, Wenqiang Liao gave a workshop for the European Master in Law and Economics Midterm Meeting, Workshop in Law and Economics, “Efficient Breach and the Common European Sales Law”, Bologna (Italy). In February, Catalina Goanta gave a lecture on Comparative Law at the University of Poitiers, for Master’s students studying law and languages. In March, Jan Smits gave a guest lecture on ‘Nederland recht in vergelijkend perspectief’, University of Leuven (Belgium). In March, Julieta Marotta gave a course on ‘Comparative Regionalism’ for the Master in Public Policy & Human Development, MGSoG, Maastricht University. In May, Jan Smits delivered a lecture on European Contract law at Ghent University (Belgium).

Agustin Parise lectured at the Université Panthéon-Assas over ‘Grands Systèmes

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de droit contemporains’ (Master Degree, Year 1 - B. Fauvarque-Cosson, course organizer). Caroline Cauffman and Niels Philipsen taught European competition law at the China-EU School of Law in November 2014. From July to August, Mark Kawakami was the internship coordinator for 5 Masters Students for a paid internship at MVO Nederland. In October, Jan Smits gave two lectures on European private law at Koc University (Istanbul, Turkey).

In November 2014, Jan Smits gave a presentation Innovating private law: on law and technology, lecture Collegio Ghislieri, University of Pavia, 21 November 2014. As of December 2014, Mark Kawakami, William Bull and Catalina Goanta were Project Coordinators for the User Based Law research program on European consumer law, bringing together 11 bachelor students. Between December 2014 and May 2015, Mark Kawakami and Catalina Goanta were Project Mentors for a PremiUM project on International Commercial Mediation. Quality output The following list is a selection of publications of our fellows. Publications Akkermans, B. (2014). Comparative property law. Property Law Review, 203-211. Akkermans, B. (2014). Property law. In J.C. Hage & B. Akkermans (Eds.), Introduction to law (pp. 71-99). Heidelberg-New York-Deventer-Londen: Springer. Akkermans, B. (2014). Comparative property law. Property Law Review, 203-211. (article) Akkermans, B. (2014). Property law. In J.C. Hage & B. Akkermans (Eds.), Introduction To Law (pp 71-99). Heidelberg-New York-Deventer-London: Springer. (chapter) Cauffman, C. (2014). Review of 'Invloed van het Europese recht op het Belgische privaatrecht' [Book review Invloed van het Europese recht op het Belgische privaatrecht]. Rechtskundig Weekblad, 77(30), 1199-1200. Cauffman, C. (2014). [Book review Commercial contract law: transatlantic perspectives]. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. Cauffman, C. (2014). Competition litigation in Belgium and Luxembourg between 2000 and 2012. Global Competition Litigation Review, 1, 39-63.

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Cauffman, C. (2014). Consumentenkoop 2012-2013. Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht en Handelspraktijken, 3, 122-135. Cauffman, C. (2014). De ene onderneming is de andere niet. De interpretatie van het begrip "onderneming" in de Richtlijn oneerlijke handelspraktijken en de verhouding tot het gelijkluidende begrip in het mededingingsrecht. Droit de la consommation / Consumentenrecht, 64-75. Cauffman, C. & Croes, P. (2014). Commentaar bij Artikel 6:75 BW. In E. Hondius & R. Klomp (Eds.), Verbintenissenrecht (Groene Serie, losbladig). Deventer: Kluwer. Cavusoglu, Damla & Meurkens, Lotte (2014). ‘Conference Report: ‘The Citizen in European Private Law: Norm-Setting, Enforcement and Choice’, Conference Held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, 18 October 2013’, European Review of Private Law, 2014, p. 469-480. Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B. (2014). Comparative and concluding remarks. In M.G. Faure, N.K.S. Dharmawan & I.M.B. Arsika (Eds.), Sustainable tourism and law (pp. 325-330). The Hague: Eleven International publishing. Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B. (2014). Introduction. In M.G. Faure, N.K.S. Dharmawan & I.M.B. Arsika (Eds.), Sustainable tourism and law (pp. 1-8). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. Faure, M.G. (2014). Woord vooraf. In M.G. Faure (Ed.), De toekomst van de letselschadepraktijk (Letselschadereeks, 25) (pp. xi-xix). Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers. Faure, M.G. & Liu, J. (2014). Compensation for environmental damage in China: theory and practice. Pace Environmental Law Review, 31 (1), 226-309. Faure, M.G. & Heine, K. (2014). Insurance as a remedy against financial crisis. The Dovenschmidt Quarterly, 1, 35-41. Faure, M.G. (2014). The complementary roles of liability, regulation and insurance in safety management: theory and practice. Journal of Risk Research, 17 (5-6), 689-707. doi: 10.1080/13669877.2014.889199 Faure, M.G. & Mot, J. de (2014). Verzekering van onverzekerbare risico's in België en Nederland. Aansprakelijkheid verzekering en schade, 3, 65-76. Faure, M.G. & Gouritin, A. (2014). Blurring boundaries between administrative and criminal enforcement of environmental law. In F. Galli & A. Weyembergh (Eds.), Do labels still matter? Blurring boundaries between administrative and crimnal law. The influence of the EU (Etudes Européennes) (pp. 109-135). Bruxelles: Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles. Faure, M.G. & Lefevere, J.G.J. (2014). Compliance with global environmental policy: climate change and ozone layer cases. In R.S. Axelrod & S.D. VanDeveer (Eds.), The global environment. Institutions, law, and policy (4th ed.) (pp. 110-132). Lonon/Thousand Oaks: Sage/CQ Press.

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Faure, M.G., Mühl, M. & Philipsen, N.J. (2014). Incentives, costs and benefits: a law and economics analysis. In M.G. Faure & N.J. Philipsen (Eds.), Access to justice in environmental matters (pp. 23-74). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. Faure, M.G. & Philipsen, N.J. (2014). Introduction. In M.G. Faure & N.J. Philipsen (Eds.), Access to justice in environmental matters (pp. 1-5). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. Faure, M.G. & Weber, F. (2014). Remedying insolvency situations. Analyzing available mechanisms in the travel sector. In M.G. Faure, N.K.S. Dharmawan & I.M.B. Arsika (Eds.), Sustainable tourism and law (pp. 169-189). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. Faure, M.G. (2014). Smart mixes van beleidsinstrumenten bij nieuwe technologieën: een reactie. In I. Giesen, J.M. Emaus & L.F.H. Enneking (Eds.), Verantwoordelijkheid, aansprakelijkheid en privatisering van publieke taken (pp. 265-281). Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers. Faure, M.G. & Philipsen, N.J. (Eds.). (2014). Access to justice in environmental matters. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. Faure, M.G. (Ed.). (2014). De toekomst van de letselschadepraktijk (Letselschadereeks, 25). Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers. Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B. (Eds.). (2014). Sustainable tourism and law. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. Faure, M.G. & Philipsen, N.J. (2014). Summary and policy recommendations. In M.G. Faure & N.J. Philipsen (Eds.), Access to justice in environmental matters (pp. 103-110). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. Faure, M.G. & Weber, F. (2014). Towards a rapid claims settlement mechanism for disasters? In K. Purnhagen & P. Rott (Eds.), Varieties of European economic law and regulation. Liber Amicorum for Hans Micklitz (pp. 735-755). Cham/Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht/London: Springer. Faure, M.G. (2014). Transboundary Pollution. In R.R. Martella Jr. & J.B. Grosko (Eds.), International environmental law (pp. 235-267). United States: American Bar Association. Faure, M.G., Goodwin, M.E.A. & Weber, F. (2014). The regulator's dilemma: caught between the need for flexibility & the demands of foreseeability. Reassessing the lex certa principle. Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology, 24 (2), 283-364. Ge, Jiangqiu & Yu, Xiaowei (2014). ‘Research on Minor’s Tort of Imitation’, SJTU Law Review, 2014, No. 4, pp. 159-174. Hage, J.C. (in press). Comparative law as method and the method of comparative

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law. In M. Adams & D. Heirbaut (Eds.), The method and culture of comparative law (pp. 37-52). Oxford: Hart Publishing. Hage, J.C. (2014). Recht als rede: een les uit de geschiedenis van het privaatrecht. In G.R. de Groot, T. Hartlief, J.M. Smits & L.P.W. van Vliet (Eds.), Kritiek op recht. Liber amicorum Gerrit van Maanen (pp. 153-176). Deventer: Kluwer. Hage, J.C. (2014). Separating rules from normativity. In M. Araszkiewicz (Ed.), Problems of normativity (pp. 13-30). Springer. Hage, J.C. & Akkermans, B. (Eds.). (2014). Introduction To Law. Heidelberg-New York-Deventer London: Springer. (IX + 344 p p.) (book) Kindji, K. & Faure, M.G. (2014). Shrimp export from Benin vs food safety in Europe: reconcilable interests? European Journal of Risk Regulation, 5 (2), 187-200. Liao, Wenqing (2014). Efficient Breach in the Common European Sales Law, 41 Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce 335. Marotta, Julieta & Parise, Agustín (2014). On Codes, Marriage, and Access to Justice: Recent Developments in the Law of Argentina, 7 Journal of Civil Law Studies 237-269, available at: http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/jcls/vol7/iss1/7/. Meurkens R.C. (2014). Punitive Damages: The Civil Remedy in Amerian Law, Lessons and Caveats for Continental Europe (diss. Maastricht), Deventer: Kluwer 2014, 457 p. Meurkens, Lotte (2014). ‘The Status Quo of Punitive Damages Rejection in Europe: Toward More Liberalness?’, in: G.-R. de Groot et al. (red.), Recht op Kritiek – liber amicorum Gerrit van Maanen, Deventer: Kluwer 2014, p. 267-310. Oosterhuis, J. & Luo, L. (2014). Conference report: ‘Empirical perspectives on the law of contracts’, Ius Commune Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 28 November 2013. European Review of Private Law, 22 (4), 577-582. Oosterhuis, J. (2014). Damages and the Industrial Revolution in England, Germany and the Netherlands: damages as remedy in 18th and 19th Century European Commercial Sales Laws. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, 22 (4), 793-823. Oosterhuis, J. (2014). Unexpected Circumstances arising from World War I and its Aftermath: ‘open’ versus ‘closed’ legal systems. Erasmus Law Review, 7 (2), 67-79. Oosterhuis, J. & Luo, L. (2014). Conference report: ‘Empirical perspectives on the law of contracts’, Ius Commune Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 28 November 2013. European Review of Private Law, 22 (4), 577-582. Oosterhuis, J. (2014). Convergence and unification of 19th Century European commercial sales law. Why the CESL might just be an Intermezzo in the game of unifying European commercial sales law. In J.M. Milo, J.H.A. Lokin & J.M. Smits (Eds.), Tradition, codification and unification: comparative-historical essays on developments in civil law (Ius Commune Europaeum, 128) (pp. 159-173).

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Cambridge, Antwerp, Portland: Intersentia. Oosterhuis, J. (2014). From legislature to Code? Goal-oriented formalism in French and Dutch cases about marriage and parental authority in the 19th Century. In K.M. Staudigl-Ciechowicz, Ph. Klausberger, R. Pils, Ph. Scheibelreiter & C. Schmetterer (Eds.), Recht [durch] setzen: Making things legal. Gesetzgebung und prozessuale Wirklichkeit in den europäischen Rechtstraditionen (Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs, 2/2013) (pp. 528-535). Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Parise, Agustin & Marotta, Julieta (2014). “On Codes, Marriage, and Access to Justice: Recent Developments in the Law of Argentina”, 7 Journal of Civil Law Studies pp. 237-269. Parise, Agustin (2014). “Translators’ Preface to the Laws of Las Siete Partidas which are Still in Force in the State of Louisiana”, 7 Journal of Civil Law Studies pp. 311-353. Parise, Agustin (2014). “Migration and Law. Report on the Republic of Argentina,” in the book: Informes de la Asociación Argentina de Derecho Comparado al XIX Congreso de la Academia Internacional de Derecho Comparado pp. 225-283. Parise, Agustin (2014). “Libraries of Civil Codes as Mirrors of Normative Transfers from Europe to the Americas: The Experiences of Lorimier in Quebec (1871–1890) and Varela in Argentina (1873–1875)” in the book: Entanglements in Legal History: Conceptual Approaches (T. Duve ed.) pp. 315-384. Parise, Agustin (2014). “Civil Law Codification in Latin America: Understanding First and Second Generation Codes”, in the book: Tradition, Codification and Unification (M. Milo, J. Lokin & J. Smits eds.) pp. 183-193 (2014) Philipsen, N.J. (2014). Limiting auditors' liability: the case for (and against) EU intervention. Geneva Papers On Risk and Insurance, 39 (3), 585-597. doi: 10.1057/gpp.2014.3 Rhee, C.H. van (2014). Civil justice in pursuit of efficiency. In A. Uzelac (Ed.), Goals of civil justice and civil procedure in comtemporary judicial systems (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 34) (pp. 61-77). Dordrecht: Springer. Rhee, C.H. van & Tzankova, I.N. (2014). Collective reddress in the Netherlands. In V. Harsagi & C.H. van Rhee (Eds.), Multi-party redress mechanisms in Europe: squeaking mice? (Ius Commune Europaeum, 133) (pp. 209-224) Cambridge: Intersentia. Rhee, C.H. van & Harsagi, V. (2014). Collective redress in the European Union. Comparative perspectives. In V. Harsagi & C.H. van Rhee (Eds.), Multi-party redress mechanisms in Europe: squeaking mice? (Ius Commune Europaeum, 133) (pp. xix-xxxvi) Cambridge: Intersentia. Rhee, C.H. van (2014). Obligations of the parties and their lawyers in Civil Litigation: The ALI/UNIDROIT Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure. In J. Adolphsen & et al. (Eds.), Festschrift für Peter Gottwald zum 70. Geburtstag (pp. 669-679). München: C.H.Beck.

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Rhee, C.H. van & Verkerk, R.R. (2014). The Netherlands: a no-nonsense approach to civil procedure reform. In C.H. van Rhee & Y. Fu (Eds.), Civil litigation in China and Europe. Essays on the role of the judge and the parties (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 31) (pp. 259-280). Dordrecht: Springer. Rhee, C.H. van (2014). The Role of the judge and the parties in civil litigation in China and Europe: an introduction. In C.H. van Rhee & Y. Fu (Eds.), Civil litigation in China and Europe. Essays on the role of the judge and the parties (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 31) (pp. 1-7). Dordrecht: Springer. Rhee, C.H. van (in press). The role of European superiour courts in shaping the law in Early-Modern Period. In G.R. de Groot, T. Hartlief, J. Smits & L.P.W. van Vliet (Eds.), Kritiek op recht. Liber amicorum Gerrit van Maanen (pp. 373-385). Deventer: Kluwer. Smits, J.M. (2014). De rechtskritische benadering: een herwaardering. In G.R. Groot, T. Hartlief, L.P.W. van Vliet & J.M. Smits (Eds.), Kritiek op recht. Liber amicorum Gerrit van Maanen (pp. 401-412). Deventer: Kluwer. http://works.bepress.com/jan_smits/75/ Smits, J.M. (2014). On the vocation of our age against codification: on civil codes in the information society. In J.M. Milo, J.H.A. Lokin & J.M. Smits (Eds.), Tradition, codification and unification (Ius Commune Europaeum, 128) (pp. 245-255). Cambridge-Antwerp-Portland: Intersentia. Smits, J.M. (2014). The law of contract. In J.C. Hage & B. Akkermans (Eds.), Introduction to law (pp. 51-70). Heidelberg: Springer. Smits, J.M. (2014). Who does what? On the distribution of competences among the European Union and the member states. In K. Purnhagen & P. Rott (Eds.), Varieties of European Economic Law and Regulation. Liber Amicorum for Hans Micklitz (Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, 3) (pp. 343-357). Heidelberg: Springer. Smits, J.M. (2014). Adieu bon père de famille. Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notariaat en Registratie, 303-304. Smits, J.M. (2014). Juridische filatelie: de verbeelding van recht en jurist op postzegels. Pro memorie : bijdragen tot de rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden, 16 (2), 146-163. Smits, J.M. (2014). Contract law: a comparative introduction. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Smits, J.M. (2014). Law and interdisciplinarity: on the inevitable normativity of legal studies. Critical Analysis of Law. An International & Interdisciplinary Law Review, 1 (1), 75-86.

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Smits, J.M., Bull, W., Goanta, C. & Kawakami, M. (Eds.). (2014). Ars Aequi Wetseditie European Private Law 2014-2016 (Ars Aequi Wetseditie). Nijmegen: Ars Aequi. Smits, J.M. (2014). [Book review]. Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notariaat en Registratie, 7013, 331-334. Vliet, L.P.W. van (2014). New developments in Dutch company law: The “flexible” close corporation. Journal of Civil Law Studies, 7 (1), 271-286. Vliet, L.P.W. van (in press). Dubbele verkoop van dezelfde onroerende zaak: een opmerkelijke verandering in de Franse rechtspraak. In G.R. de Groot, T. Hartlief, J. Smits & L.P.W. van Vliet (Eds.), Kritiek op recht. Liber amicorum Gerrit van Maanen (pp. 431-448). Deventer: Kluwer. Vacarelu S. Contributor-translator, Dictionary of the Civil Code, Levasseur A. & Cornu M. (Eds.), Paris: LexisNexis/Litec, 2014 (French to English translation of the Vocabulaire juridique by G. Cornu). Working papers 2013 Oliver Cojo Manuel, Third-Party Litigation Funding: Current State of Affairs and Prospects for its Further Development in Spain, No. 2014/20.

Caroline Cauffman and Niels Philipsen, Who Does What in Competition Law: Harmonizing the Rules on Damages for Infringements of the EU Competition Rules?, No. 2014/19.

Janwillem Oosterhuis, Unexpected Circumstances Arising from Word War I and Its Aftermath: 'Open' versus 'Closed' Legal Systems, No. 2014/18. Also published in Erasmus Law Review, volume 7, issue 2, pp. 67-79.

Katri Havu, Fault in EU Law Based Competition Restriction Damages Cases, No. 2014/16.

Willem Loof and Anna Berlee, Case Study: Harmonizing Security Rights, No. 2014/15.

Bram Akkermans, European Union Constitutional Property Law, No. 2014/14.

Jaap Hage, Comparative Law as Method and the Method of Comparative Law, No. 2014/11.

Jaap Hage, The Justification of Value Judgments, No. 2014/9.

Jaap Hage, On Which Level Should Private Law in Europe Be Created?, No. 2014/8.

Bram Akkermans, The Comparative Method in Property Law, No. 2014/7.

Remco van Rhee, The Low Countries until 1800, No. 2014/6.

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Villy De Luca, The Conformity of the Goods to the Contract in International Sales, No. 2014/5.

Remco van Rhee, An Unsuccesful Attempt to Modernise Civil Procedure in the Netherlands in the Early Twentieth Century, No. 2014/4.

Remco van Rhee, Locus Standi in Dutch Civil Litigation in Comparative Perspective, No. 2014/3.

Remco van Rhee, Presumptions in Dutch Private Law (19th and 20th Centuries) Within a European Context, No. 2014/2.

Lotte Meurkens, The Punitive Damages Debate in Continental Europe: Food for Thought, No. 2014/1.

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