How To Write A Book On Fundamental Rights

Transcription

1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Chantal Mak Date and place of birth: 16 March 1979, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Address: Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 1030, 1000 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands Telephone: Web pages: ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Sept present April present Oct present June Aug Oct March 2010 Oct Sept June present April Sept Oct Sept HIGHER EDUCATION Sept Aug RESEARCH PROJECTS Feb present April present April 2011 Jan Nov Dec deputy director of the Amsterdam Research Institute for Legal Studies, associate professor at the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, research fellow at the Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands deputy director of the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, assistant professor at the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, researcher at the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; research on the constitutional aspects of European Private Law for the CoPECL project (FP6, Network of Excellence), under supervision of prof. dr. M.W. Hesselink (associate) member of the Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Diritti e Regole (Lider- Lab), Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy researcher in the project Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union (FP5, Research Training Network) at the Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy, under supervision of prof. dr. G. Comandé PhD researcher at the Amsterdam Institute for Private Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; research on the effects of fundamental rights in Dutch, German, Italian and English contract law, under supervision of prof. dr. C.E. du Perron and prof. dr. M.B.M. Loos; thesis successfully defended on 26 September 2007 LL.M. Dutch law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; specialisations in the fields of private law and international law (cum laude) co-editor of a volume on Immorality of contracts in the context of the international project The Common Core of European Private Law (with A. Colombi Ciacchi and Z. Mansoor, Groningen Centre for Law & Governance) senior researcher in project The Architecture of Postnational Rulemaking: Views from International Public Law, European Public Law and European Private Law, co-ordinated by prof. dr. P.A. Nollkaemper, prof. dr. D.M. Curtin and prof. dr. M.W. Hesselink, organisation of a workshop on Principles of private law and fundamental rights in Europe, EUI, Fiesole, Italy, 12 April 2011 (with prof. dr. H.-W. Micklitz) co-ordinator and researcher in EU-funded project Digital content services for consumers: The applicable legal framework (joint project CSECL and IViR, University of Amsterdam) national reporter on Dutch law for the EU-funded project Fundamental Rights Action Plan, co-ordinated by prof. dr. H. Schulte-Nölke, European Legal Studies Institute, University of Osnabrück, Germany 1

2 Dec Dec national reporter on Dutch law for the EU-funded project Protection of Purchasers in the Case of Cross-Border Purchases of Real Property in Europe, co-ordinated by prof. dr. C. Amato, University of Brescia, Italy OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES Referee/editorial work Jan present July present Nov present March present June present May present Nov Aug Nov May 2001 editor of NTM/NJCM-Bulletin (Dutch law journal on human rights) referee Osservatorio di diritto civile e commerciale (Italian law review on the evolution of private law in Europe) editor of European Human Rights Cases (Dutch review on human rights cases of ECtHR and CJEU, general editor prof. dr. J.H. Gerards) contributor to blog Recent developments in European consumer law ( co-editor of comments to Articles 6:2 and 6:248 of the Dutch Civil Code (reasonableness and equity) for the loose-leaf edition Verbintenissenrecht (law of obligations) published by Kluwer editor of the text edition of the Dutch Civil Code published yearly by Ars Aequi Libri (with dr. R.J.Q. Klomp) student assistant to prof. dr. K.F. Haak (professor of commercial law, Erasmus University Rotterdam) editor of Ars Aequi (monthly issued law review, with a student board of editors) Membership of professional organisations Ius Commune Research School, Offerhauskring, Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA), Nederlandse Juristen-Vereniging (NJV; Dutch Lawyers Organisation), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Rechtsvergelijking (NVvR; Dutch Association for Comparative Law), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Burgerlijk Recht (VBR; Dutch Association for Civil Law), European Law Institute (ELI), Société de Législation Comparée (SLC) Teaching and supervision Aug present co-supervisor of four PhD researchers (supervisor prof. dr. M.W. Hesselink) 26 June 2013 co-supervisor, PhD defence Lyn Tjon Soei Len, The effects of contracts beyond frontiers. A capabilities perspective on externalities and contract law in Europe, 23 Oct co-supervisor, PhD defence Guido Comparato, Nationalism and private law in Europe, 2 July 2013 member of the doctoral committee, PhD defence Louwrens Kiestra, The impact of the ECHR on private international law. An analysis of Strasbourg and selected national case law, 14 June 2012 member of the doctoral committee, PhD defence Ilaria Carmassi, L ambiente tra regolamentazioni pubblicistiche e responsabilità civile, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy 29 Nov member of the doctoral committee, PhD defence Joanna A. Luzak, The implied duty of a service provider to warn about a risk of construction defects resulting from a contract with a third party, with emphasis on defects resulting from design failures, 14 Oct member of the doctoral committee, PhD defence Bart J. de Vos, Horizontale werking van grondrechten. Een kritiek, Leiden University, the Netherlands Feb May present Sept Sept obtained teaching qualification BKO (basiskwalificatie onderwijs) supervision of Master theses (ca. 10 per academic year) co-ordination Master s programme European Private Law, University of Amsterdam (with dr. O. Bueno Díaz) 2

3 April present several courses in the field of private law at the University of Amsterdam, including: seminars and co-ordination European Contract Law (Master course, English); lectures and co-ordination EC Private International Law and Private Law and the Internal Market (Master courses, English); lectures and coordination European Contract Law and European Private Law (Master courses, Dutch); lectures Contract Law (Bachelor course, Dutch); seminars Tort Law and Contract Law (Bachelor courses, Dutch) Sept present several post-graduate in-company courses on developments in contract law 1 June 2013 seminar The constitutionalisation of European private law, Master diritto privato europeo (prof. G. Alpa), La Sapienza, Rome, Italy 12 and 13 July 2011 two seminars in EUI Summer School The Constitutionalization of European Private Law, Fiesole, Italy Between Jan seminars on European Contract Law, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, April 2011 Italy (2006, Italian); University of Brescia, Italy (2010/2011, Italian) Research and teaching stays abroad Planned Jan. - May 2014 teaching two courses at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies, London, UK March - June 2013 research stay at Paris II-Assas University and Société de Législation Comparée, Paris, France May - June 2012 research stay at the Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Diritti e Regole (Lider-Lab), Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy March - April 2011 research stay at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy April - June 2010 research stay at the Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Diritti e Regole (Lider-Lab), Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy Nov Aug several research visits to the Bodleian Law Library, Oxford, UK Feb research stay at the University of Heidelberg, Germany Nov research stay at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg, Germany Invited lectures - (27 June 2013) Freedom of contract and non-discrimination law, workshop (Il)legitimate differential treatment, Maastricht University, the Netherlands - (11 Feb. 2013) presentation study Towards identifying safe and fair contract terms and conditions for consumers and small firms using cloud computing services, workshop DG Connect, Brussels, Belgium (with dr. N. Helberger) - (3 Dec. 2012) A matter of principle? Coordinating EU and national contract laws, workshop The future of European contract law, University of Oslo, Norway - (9 Nov. 2012) The DCFR and commercial contracts. An uncommon frame of reference?, presentation at DCFR moot court, Warsaw, Poland - (27 Oct. 2012) Europe-building through private law. Individual interests, judicial deliberations and the common good, conference Public policy, good morals and social justice in European private law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands - (26 Oct. 2012) European private law values as sources of fundamental rights, conference EU law in the private sphere, Maastricht University, the Netherlands - (20 Sept. 2012) Fundamental rights as deliberative principles in transnational private law, workshop Postnational Rulemaking Between Authority and Autonomy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands - (17 Sept. 2012) Fundamental Rights in European Contract Law, annual seminar for Norwegian PhD researchers, Oslo, Norway - (28 April 2012) In Defence of CESL, conference European Contract Law: A Law-and-Economics Perspective, University of Chicago Law School, USA - (18 April 2012) Fundamental rights as deliberative principles in European contract law, Groningen Centre for Law and Governance, Groningen, the Netherlands - (29 Feb. 2012) Digitale inhoud, symposium Gemeenschappelijk Europees Kooprecht, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands - (3 Feb. 2012) Private Law and European Constitutionalism, seminar Nationalism and Private Law, HiiL seminar, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 3

4 - (16 Dec. 2011) Fundamental Rights as Constitutive Elements of a European Private Law Culture, conference Towards a European Legal Culture, Institute of European and Comparative Law, Oxford, UK - (18 Nov. 2011) Europa en het privaatrecht, lustrumsymposium Ars Aequi 60 jaar, Utrecht, the Netherlands - (16 Nov. 2011) presentation report Digital Content Contracts for Consumers, DG Justice, Brussels, Belgium (with prof. dr. M.B.M. Loos, dr. N. Helberger and dr. L.M.C.R. Guibault) - (25 May 2011) Principles of European private law and fundamental rights, international symposium Principles & Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands - (25 Feb. 2011) European Contract Law and the Digital Agenda, seminar A new Consumer Directive. New rights for consumers?, European Consumer Centre Norway, Oslo - (10 Nov. 2010) Meerdere antwoorden mogelijk? De verhouding tussen de (D)CFR en een optioneel instrument voor Europees contractenrecht, symposium Groenboek Europees contractenrecht, - (17 May 2010) Omega and Beyond: Balancing Freedoms and Rights in European Contract Law, seminar of the working group on European private law, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy - (29 April 2010) Consumer Protection Policies in European Contract Law, conference La proposta di direttiva CE sui diritti dei consumatori e il suo impatto sul codice del consumo, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy - (18 March 2010) Consumer Rights Directive and CFR: a Synopsis, ERA conference on European Contract Law, Trier, Germany - (5 June 2009) Fundamental Rights and the Politics of Long-Term Contractual Relationships, annual conference of the Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA), Florence, Italy - (13 May 2009) The Constitutional Momentum of European Contract Law, working group of the conference The Many Constitutions of Europe, University of Helsinki, Finland - (12 Jan. 2009) Harmonising Effects of Fundamental Rights in European Contract Law, seminar Fundamental Rights and Private Law: a Means of Harmonisation?, University of Helsinki, Finland - (27 November 2008) Fundamental Rights and the Judicial Harmonisation of Contract Law in Europe, annual conference of the Ius Commune Research School, Amsterdam, the Netherlands - (20 March 2007) Diritti fondamentali e tutela della parte debole nel diritto contrattuale olandese, tedesco, italiano e inglese, seminar, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy - (22 Sept. 2006) Contratto, prevenzione e diritti fondamentali. L esempio della clausola penale, conference Insurance, risks and precaution(ary) approach: trans-national and interdisciplinary issues, Pisa, Italy - (23 Feb. 2005) Effects of Fundamental Rights in European Contract Law, seminar, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy - (20 June 2003) Persoonlijkheidsbescherming in het contractenrecht: een afweging van belangen, conference Doorwerking van grondrechten in het privaatrecht, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands - (25 Oct. 2002) Personality Rights in the Dutch and German Law of Obligations. An Analysis of Personality Rights in the light of Autonomy and Solidarity, conference Epistemology and Methodology of Comparative Law in the Light of European Integration, Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Membership of committees Nov present June present Dec April 2004 June April 2004 Nov April 2004 board member of the Offerhauskring board member of the Bregstein Foundation board member of Foundation Ars Aequi (publishing house) member of the executive council of Ars Aequi Libri (book publishing branch of Foundation Ars Aequi); private law section representative of the University of Amsterdam in the PhD council of the Ius Commune Research School SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND PRIZES - (with prof. dr. M.B.M. Loos, prof. dr. P.B. Hugenholtz and dr. N. Helberger) EU tender for project Digital content services for consumers: The applicable legal framework (joint project CSECL and IViR, assigned by Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, contract no. EAHC/2009/CP/02) 4

5 - scholarship as a young researcher in the Research Training Network Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy, honourable mention of paper entitled Personality Rights in the Dutch and German Law of Obligations submitted for the Ius Commune Prize NWO travel grant for research stays at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg and at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, Nov and Feb

6 PUBLICATIONS Books - (with L.M.C.R. Guibault, N. Helberger, L. Pessers, B. van der Sloot & M.B.M. Loos) Digital Consumers and the Law. Towards a Cohesive European Framework, Alphen a/d Rijn: Kluwer Law International (with A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius & C.E. du Perron), Towards a European Civil Code, 4 th edition, Nijmegen/Alphen aan den Rijn: Ars Aequi Libri/Kluwer Law International Fundamental Rights in European Contract Law. A comparison of the impact of fundamental rights on contractual relationships in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and England (PhD thesis University of Amsterdam), Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International 2008 reviewed: G. Comandé, Overcoming Münchhausen in the interplay between contract law adjudication and fundamental rights protection, European Review of Contract Law 2009, p (with J.H. de Graaf, F.K. van Wijk & L.A. Mulders), Rechten van het kind en autonomie, Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri 2010 [Children s rights and autonomy] - (with J.H. de Graaf & F.K. van Wijk) Rechten van het kind en ouderlijke verantwoordelijkheid, Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri 2008 [Children s rights and parental responsibility] Articles in (refereed) international journals - The One and the Many. Translating Insights from Constitutional Pluralism to European Contract Law Theory, European Review of Private Law (forthcoming), available on - Unweaving the CESL. Legal-Economic Reason and Institutional Imagination in European Contract Law, Common Market Law Review 2013, p , available on - Europe-building through private law. Lessons from constitutional theory, European Review of Contract Law 2012, p , available on - Hedgehogs in Luxembourg? A Dworkinian Reading of the CJEU s Case Law on Principles of Private Law and Some Doubts of the Fox, European Review of Private Law 2012, p , available on - (with N. Helberger, M.B.M. Loos, L.M.C.R. Guibault & L. Pessers) Digital content contracts for consumers, Journal of Consumer Policy 2012 (publication online on 7 July 2012: - (with M.B.M. Loos, N. Helberger & L.M.C.R. Guibault), The Regulation of Digital Content Contracts in the Optional Instrument of Contract Law, European Review of Private Law 2011, p The Constitutional Momentum of European Contract Law (II). The DCFR and the European Constitutional Order, Opinio Juris in Comparatione Vol. 2/2009, Paper n. 3, available on abstract= The Constitutional Momentum of European Contract Law. On the Interpretation of the DCFR in Light of Fundamental Rights, European Review of Private Law 2009, p The Constitution of a Common Frame of Reference for European Contract Law, European Review of Contract Law 2008, p Fundamental Rights and the European Regulation of iconsumer Contracts, Journal of Consumer Policy 2008, p Harmonising effects of fundamental rights in European contract law, Erasmus Law Review 2007, vol. 1, issue 1, available on Articles in (refereed) Dutch journals - Europa en het privaatrecht. De doorwerking van grondrechten in de civiele rechtspraak, Ars Aequi 2011, p [Europe and private law. The effects of fundamental rights in civil law adjudication] - Grondrechten en Europees contractenrecht. Over de rechtspolitieke achtergrond van contractenrechtelijke uitspraken, NJCM-Bulletin 2008, p [Fundamental rights and European contract law] - Het Gemeenschappelijk Referentiekader en de toekomst van het Europees contractenrecht, report of the SECOLA conference of June 2007, Contracteren October 2007, p [DCFR and European contract law] 6

7 - Intervention, in: Verslag van het debat over het preadvies Constitutionalisering van het vermogensrecht van J.M. Smits, op de jaarvergadering van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Rechtsvergelijking 16 december 2003 te Amsterdam, Deventer: Kluwer 2004, p De meerwaarde van grondrechten in het privaatrecht. Een reactie op het preadvies Constitutionalisering van het vermogensrecht van prof. mr. J.M. Smits, NTBR 2004, p [The added value of fundamental rights in private law] - Looking up at the stars. Afwegingen tussen vrije arbeidskeuze en werkgeversbelang in het wetsvoorstel inzake het concurrentiebeding, Rechtshulp 2003, p [Non-competition clauses] - Concurrentiebeding, onrechtmatige concurrentie en vrijheid van arbeidskeuze. Over doorwerking van grondrechten in het verbintenissenrecht, Ars Aequi 2003, p [Non-competition clauses] - Aansprakelijkheid voor afgebroken onderhandelingen. Een vergelijking tussen Nederlands recht en de Principles of European Contract Law, Ars Aequi 2002, p [Liability for breaking off negotiations] Contributions to books - Unchart(er)ed Territory: EU Fundamental Rights and National Private Law, in: A.S. Hartkamp, C.H. Sieburgh & M.H. Wissink (eds), De invloed van het Europese recht op het Nederlandse privaatrecht, 2nd edition, Kluwer (forthcoming), available on - Rights and Remedies. Article 47 EUCFR and Effective Judicial Protection in European Private Law Matters, in: H.-W. Micklitz (ed.), Collected Courses EUI Summer School The Constitutionalization of European Private Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013 (forthcoming), available on - Judges in Utopia. Fundamental Rights as Constitutive Principles of a European Private Legal Culture, in: K.P. Purnhagen & G. Helleringer (eds), Towards a European Legal Culture, Oxford/Baden- Baden/München: Hart/Nomos/Beck 2013 (forthcoming), available on - The Lion, the Fox and the Workplace: Fundamental Rights and the Politics of Long-Term Contractual Relationships, in: S. Grundmann & F. Cafaggi (eds), The Organizational Contract. From Exchange to Long-Term Network Co-operation in European Contract Law, Farnham: Ashgate 2013 (forthcoming), available on - Fundamental Rights and Digital Content Contracts, in: L.M.C.R. Guibault, N. Helberger, C. Mak, L. Pessers, B. van der Sloot & M.B.M. Loos, Digital Consumers and the Law. Towards a Cohesive European Framework, Alphen a/d Rijn: Kluwer Law International 2012, p , available on - Constitutional Aspects of a European Civil Code, in: A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (eds), Towards a European Civil Code, 4 th edition, Nijmegen/Alphen aan den Rijn: Ars Aequi Libri/Kluwer Law International 2011, p Instrumentalisme, legitimiteit en de onderstroom van het Europees contractenrecht, in: M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons (red.), Groenboek Europees Contractenrecht: naar een optioneel instrument?, Boom Juridische uitgevers 2011, p [Instrumentalism, legitimacy and the undertow of European contract law] - (with C. Kraus, F. Jorge Ramos, M.D. Sánchez Galera & S. Wünsch), Italian report, in: G. Brüggemeier, A. Colombi Ciacchi & G. Comandé (eds), Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union. Volume I. A Comparative Overview, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2010, p (with C. Perfumi), The Impact of Fundamental Rights on the Content of Contracts. Determining Limits to Freedom of Contract in Family and Employment Relations, in: G. Brüggemeier, A. Colombi Ciacchi & G. Comandé (eds), Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union. Volume II. Comparative Analyses of Selected Case Patterns, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2010, p Contratto, prevenzione e diritti fondamentali. L esempio della clausola penale, in: F.D. Busnelli & G. Comandé (eds), L assicurazione tra Codice Civile e nuove esigenze: per un approccio precauzionale al governo dei rischi, Milano: Giuffrè 2009, p [Contract, prevention and fundamental rights. The example of the penalty clause] - Baas in eigen buik? De rechtsgeldigheid en nakoming van draagmoederschapsovereenkomsten in het licht van grondrechten, in: J.H. de Graaf, C. Mak & F.K. van Wijk (eds), Rechten van het kind en ouderlijke verantwoordelijkheid, Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri 2008, p [The validity and performance of surrogacy contracts in light of fundamental rights] - Personality Rights in the Dutch and German Law of Obligations, in: M.W. Hesselink, C.E. du Perron & A.F. Salomons (eds), Privaatrecht tussen autonomie en solidariteit, Den Haag: Boom 2003, p

8 - Precontractuele aansprakelijkheid in Nederland, in: J.M. Smits & S. Stijns (eds), Totstandkoming van de overeenkomst naar Belgisch en Nederlands recht, Antwerpen-Groningen: Intersentia 2002, p [Precontractual liability in the Netherlands] - Liability for Negotiations, Art. 2: , in: D. Busch, E.H. Hondius, H.J. van Kooten, H.N. Schelhaas (general editor) & W.M. Schrama, The Principles of European Contract Law and Dutch Law. A Commentary, Nijmegen/The Hague: Ars Aequi Libri/Kluwer Law International 2002, p General Duties, Art. 1: , in: D. Busch, E.H. Hondius and others, o.c., p Book reviews - Book review of R. Schulze (ed.), Non-discrimination in European private law, European Review of Contract Law 2013, p Book review of H.-W. Micklitz (ed.), The Many Concepts of Social Justice in European Private Law, Yearbook of European Law 2012, p Book review of A. Gatto, Multi-national Enterprises and Human Rights. Obligations under EU Law and International Law (PhD thesis EUI, Florence), Common Market Law Review 2012, p Book review B.J. de Vos, Horizontale werking van grondrechten. Een kritiek (thesis Leiden), Tijdschrift voor Constitutioneel recht 2011, p [Horizontal effects of fundamental rights] Case notes - Case note Sky Österreich v. Österreichischer Rundfunk, CJEU 22 januari 2013, Case C-283/11, European Human Rights Cases 2013/90 (in Dutch) - Case note Europese Gemeenschap v. Otis NV and others, CJEU 26 juni 2012, Case C-199/11, European Human Rights Cases 2013/3 (in Dutch) - Case note Asturcom Telecomunicaciones v. Cristina Rodríguez Nogueira, ECJ 2 October 2009, Case C- 40/08, European Review of Contract Law 2010, p Case note Asturcom Telecomunicaciones v. Cristina Rodríguez Nogueira, ECJ 2 October 2009, Case C- 40/08, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht en handelspraktijken 2010, p (in Dutch) - Case note Rb. Arnhem 20 February 2008, Rb. The Hague 6 March 2008, Rb. Utrecht 7 May 2008, Jurisprudentie Personen- en Familierecht 2008, p (in Dutch) - Case note Cordero Alonso v. Fogasa, ECJ 7 September 2006, Case 81/05, European Review of Contract Law 2007, p Reports for European Commission and European Parliament - (with N. Helberger), Towards identifying safe and fair contract terms and conditions for consumers and small firms using cloud computing services, short study for DG Connect, presented during a workshop on cloud computing services on 11 February (with M.B.M. Loos), Remedies for Buyers in Case of Contracts for the Supply of Digital Content, ad hoc briefing paper for the European Parliament, PE , May 2012, available on - (with M.B.M. Loos, N. Helberger, L.M.C.R. Guibault, L. Pessers, K.J. Cseres, B. van der Sloot & R. Tigner) Digital content services for consumers: analysis of the applicable legal frameworks and suggestions for the contours of a model system of consumer protection in relation to digital content contracts. - Final report: Comparative analysis, law & economics analysis, assessment and development of recommendations for possible future rules on digital content contracts, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam 2011, available on - (with J. Laine, J. Rochfeld, G. Brunaux, R. Tigner, P. Rott, Z. Csehi, C. Amato, C. Perfumi, M.B.M. Loos, N. Helberger, L.M.C.R. Guibault, B. van der Sloot, L. Pessers, A. Kadouch, D. Baidoo, T. Lunde, F. Zoll, J.A. Luzak, S. Cámara Lapuente, R. Yanguas Gómez, C. Willett, M. Morgan-Taylor & J. Braucher) Digital content services for consumers: comparative analysis of the applicable legal frameworks and suggestions for the contours of a model system of consumer protection in relation to digital content services. - Report 1: Country reports: with an executive summary of the main points, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam (with M.W. Hesselink & T.Q. de Booys), A comparison between the model rules of the draft Common Frame of Reference and the European Commission s proposal for a Consumer Rights Directive. How the CFR can improve the Consumer Rights Directive, report for the European Parliament, available on 8

9 Other - (with M.W. Hesselink & J.W. Rutgers) Constitutional Aspects of European Private Law: Freedoms, Rights and Social Justice in the Draft Common Frame of Reference, report for the CoPECL project, available on - various editorials, book reviews and other contributions to Ars Aequi (monthly issued law review, edited by students),