CURRICULUM VITAE. Dr GERHARD VAN DER SCHYFF LLM INDEX

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Dr GERHARD VAN DER SCHYFF LLM INDEX 1. Personal Details 2. Academic Qualifications 3. Professional Experience 4. Editorial Experience 5. Bibliography 6. Presentations 7. Conference Chairing and Organisation 8. Research Visits & Fellowships 9. Interviews 10. Memberships 11. Awards & Achievements 1

2 1. PERSONAL DETAILS Surname First name Nationality Languages Work Address Schyff, van der Gerhard South African English, Dutch and Afrikaans - matric German Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000LE Tilburg, The Netherlands Telephone (work) +31(0) [email protected] 2

3 2. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS University of Antwerp, Belgium PHD (COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW) ( ) Thesis Topic: The Likeness of a Democratic Society. A Comparative Study of the Limitation of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in Accordance with the European Convention and the Constitution of South Africa (also published, see bibliography). 1 CERTIFICATE PHD STUDY PROGRAMME ( ) Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa (Renamed to University of Johannesburg on 1 January 2005) LLM (CONSTITUTIONAL LAW) cum laude (2001) Thesis Topic: The Right to Freedom of Religion in South Africa (235 pages) CERTIFICATE IN LEGAL EDUCATION (2001) LLB cum laude ( ) BA (LAW) cum laude ( ) 1 Commission members: Antwerp: Proff J Velaers (supervisor), M Bossuyt, K Rimanque; Gent: Prof E Brems; Leiden: Prof EA Alkema; Johannesburg: Prof R Malherbe 3

4 3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Tilburg, Faculty of Law, The Netherlands Member of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law - Assistant professor, since 1 August Researcher, 1 August August 2006 Research activities include: - Conducting VENI research (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research), 1 January January Project entitled: Characterising the Scope of Judicial Review. Constitutionalism Personified in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and South Africa - Conducting general research in constitutional law (constitutional review, referenda, electoral systems, national parliaments in the EU) and human rights (the right to freedom of religion, cores of rights, limitation of rights) in comparative perspective (including the European Convention on Human Rights, Dutch law, English law, Belgian law and South African law) University of Antwerp, Belgium Scientific Collaborator (voluntary) in the Faculty of Law, 2003 to Duties included conducting doctoral research Inter-University Centre for Education Law, Belgium European Association for Education Law and Policy Scientific Collaborator (voluntary), 2004 to present. Duties include: - Conducting research - Assistance at conferences 4

5 4. EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Editorships European Constitutional Law Review, editor since September 2009 Tilburg Law Review (formerly Tilburg Foreign Law Review), editor since August 2005 International Journal for Education Law and Policy, editor since October BIBLIOGRAPHY Books 1. Judicial Review of Legislation: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom, South Africa and the United Kingdom (in progress) 2. Limitation of Rights: A Study of the European Convention and the South African Bill of Rights, Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2005, 369 pages (Slightly revised version of my PhD thesis entitled The Likeness of a Democratic Society: A Comparative Study of the Limitation of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in Accordance with the European Convention and the Constitution of South Africa, which was defended in public on 27 June 2005 at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.) Books Edited 1. Constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa: A Comparative Study, Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2008, 238 pages Chapters in Books 1. Rethinking the justification for the constitutional review of legislation in the Netherlands. A critique of the treaty argument and thoughts on the way forward, in R.A.J. van Gestel & J. van Schooten (eds.), Europa en de Toekomst van de Nationale Wetgever, Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2008,

6 2. Cutting to the core of conflicting rights: The question of inalienable cores in comparative perspective, in Eva Brems (ed.), Conflicts between Fundamental Rights, Antwerp, Intersentia, 2008, Exploring constitutionalism in the democratic rechtsstaat, in G van der Schyff (ed.), Constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa: A Comparative Study, Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2008, (with M Claes), Towards judicial constitutional review in the Netherlands?, in G van der Schyff (ed.), Constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa: A Comparative Study, Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2008, Comparative constitutionalism: The Netherlands and South Africa as examples of the democratic rechtsstaat, in G van der Schyff (ed.), Constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa: A Comparative Study, Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2008, Het concept van democratie in het EVRM, in Maurice Adams & Patricia Popelier (eds.), Recht en Democratie: De Democratische Verbeelding in het Recht, Antwerp, Intersentia, 2004, Dissertations and Reports 1. The Right to Freedom of Religion in South Africa, 2001, unpublished LLM dissertation, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa, 235 pages Contributions to Journals 1. A debate as old as the hills The question of allowing constitutional review by the judiciary in the Netherlands: Three arguments considered, 24 South African Public Law 2009 (accepted for publication) 2. Over een interpretatierichtsnoer en mythes, Nederlands Juristenblad 2009,

7 3. Waarom het wetsvoorstel Halsema tekort schiet: Mythes rondom het verdragsargument, Nederlands Juristenblad 2009, (with M Adams) Grondwettigheidstoetsing als list van de rijke, 45 Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht 2008, The protection of fundamental rights in the Netherlands and South Africa compared: Can the many differences be justified?, Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 2008, (with S Sottiaux) Methods of international human rights adjudication: Towards a more structured decision-making process for the European Court of Human Rights, 31 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 2008, (with GJ Leenknegt) Reforming the electoral system of the Dutch lower house of parliament: An unsuccessful story, 8 German Law Journal 2007, ( 8. (with GJ Leenknegt) The case for a European Senate: A model for the representation of national parliaments in the European Union, 62 Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht 2007, Classifying the limitation of the right to education in the First Protocol to the European Convention, 2 International Journal for Education Law and Policy 2006, Student participation in free universities funded by Belgium s French Community, 2 International Journal for Education Law and Policy 2006,

8 11. The justifiability of higher education reforms by Belgium s French Community, 2 International Journal for Education Law and Policy 2006, Geen kieshervorming zonder rechterlijke toetsing van grondrechten?, 81 Nederlands Juristenblad 2006, (with M. Adams) Constitutional review by the judiciary in the Netherlands: A question of politics, democracy or compensating strategy?, 66 Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht/ Heidelberg Journal of International Law 2006, Referenda in South African law, 13 Tilburg Foreign Law Review 2006, The concept of democracy as an element of the European Convention, 38 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 2005, Freedom of religious teaching as an element of the right to freedom of religion in South Africa, 1 International Journal for Education Law and Policy 2005, The unconstitutionality of religiously motivated corporal punishment in independent schools in South Africa, 1 International Journal for Education Law and Policy 2005, The historical development of the right to freedom of religion, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2004, The bearers of the right to freedom of religion in South Africa, 66 Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law/ Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins- Hollandse Reg 2003,

9 20. The limitation of the right to freedom of religion in South Africa, 58 Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht/ Austrian Journal of Public and International Law 2003, The right to swear an oath in South African law, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2003, Freedom of religious autonomy as an element of the right to freedom of religion, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2003, Cannabis, religious observance and the South African bill of rights, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2003, The legal definition of religion and its application, 119 South African Law Journal 2002, Limitation and waiver of the right to freedom of religion, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2002, The right to religious objection in South African law, 119 South African Law Journal 2002, The freedom to propagate a religion or denomination as an element of the right to freedom of religion, 65 Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law/ Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg 2002, (Awarded the prize for the best short contribution to the Journal) 9

10 Book Reviews 1. A book review has been accepted for publication in the Tilburg Law Review 2. Richard Corbett, Francis Jacobs & Michael Shackelton, The European Parliament, London, John Harper, 2005, 14(3) Tilburg Law Review 2008, IM Rautenbach & EFJ Malherbe, Constitutional law, Durban, Butterworths, 2004, 13(4) Tilburg Foreign Law Review 2007, H Botha, A van der Walt & J van der Walt (eds), Rights and democracy in a transformative constitution, Stellenbosch, Sun Press, 2003, 13(3) Tilburg Foreign Law Review 2006, John Peterson & Michael Shackleton, The institutions of the European Union, 2 ed, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, 21 South African Public Law 2006, Tim Koopmans, Courts and political institutions: A comparative view, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 21 South African Public Law 2006, Getuigend Staatsrecht: Liber Amicorum A.K. Koekkoek, Nijmegen, Wolf, 2005, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2006, Jan De Groof & Gracienne Lauwers (eds.), No Person Shall be Denied the Right to Education: The Influence of the European Convention on Human Rights on the Right to Education and Rights in Education, Nijmegen, Wolf, 2004, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2005,

11 9. Clare Ovey & Robin White, Jacobs and White, the European Convention on Human Rights, 3 ed, Oxford, OUP, 2002, 19 SA Public Law/ SA Publiekreg 2004, Yutaka Arai-Takahashi, The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine and the Principle of Proportionality in the Jurisprudence in the ECHR, Antwerp/ Oxford/ New York, Intersentia, 2002, 19 SA Public Law/ SA Publiekreg 2004, Robert Alexy, A Theory of Constitutional Rights, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2004, Frank Vlemminx, Een nieuw Profiel van de Grondrechten: Een Analyse van de Prestatieplichten ingevolge Klassieke en Sociale Grondrechten, 3 ed., The Hague, Boom Juridische Uitgevers, 2002, Journal of South African Law/ Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 2004, PRESENTATIONS 1. The right to freedom of religion in South Africa, guest lecture presented on 26 March 2009 to LLM students at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2. Waarom onstaat rechterlijke toetsing?, guest lecture presented on 26 February 2009 to LLB Top Class students at the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands 3. Introduction to South African and Dutch Constitutional and Human Rights Law, presented on 15 January 2009 during the Human Rights: Contemporary Challenges Winter School at the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands 11

12 4. Het recht op godsdienstvrijheid in Zuid-Afrika in perspectief, seminar presented on 8 May 2008 to the Law Faculty of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 5. Exploring constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa, address delivered on 4 April 2008 at the Symposium on Constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa, Tilburg University, The Netherlands 6. Constitutionalisme in Nederland en Zuid-Afrika in vergelijkend perspectief, lecture presented on 5 November 2007 to the Centre for Legislative Studies, Tilburg University, the Netherlands 7. Mensenrechten in Zuid-Afrika, guest lecture presented on 29 October 2007, to LLM students at the University of Ghent, Belgium 8. Thoughts on the judicial review of the cores of fundamental rights, presented on 17 October 2007 to the Faculty of Laws, University of Johannesburg, South Africa 9. Individual rights adjudication through constitutional review by the judiciary in the Netherlands: An institutional approach, (with M Adams) at the XXIII IVR World Conference on 2 August 2007 in Cracow, Poland 10. Can the differences between the Netherlands and South Africa in respect of human rights protection be justified?, presented on 10 May 2007 to the College of Law, University of South Africa, Pretoria 11. The European Court of Human Rights and diversity: the case of headscarves, presented on 9 May 2007 at the Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa 12. Direct democracy in South Africa through referenda: past, present, future, presented on 8 May 2007 to LLM students at the University of Pretoria, South Africa 12

13 13. Hervorming van het kiesstelsel voor de Tweede Kamer, presented on 12 March 2007 to the Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands 14. Fundamental rights in South Africa and the Netherlands, presented on 17 January 2007 during the Good Governance Seminar at the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands 15. Cutting to the core of conflicting rights: The question of inalienable cores in comparative perspective, presented on 16 December 2006 at the International Conference on Conflicts between Fundamental Rights at the University of Ghent, Belgium 16. Mensenrechtenbescherming in Zuid-Afrika, presented on 6 December 2006 to law students at the University of Ghent, Belgium jaar België: De rol van de grondwet in België en Nederland vergeleken, presented on 1 December 2006 to the HOVO Academy, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands 18. Toetsen aan de grondwet, presented on 25 September 2006 to the Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands 19. Nationale parlementen en het Europees parlement (with G.-J. Leenknegt), presented on 10 April 2006 to the Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands 20. State and religion in South Africa, guest lecture presented on 23 January 2006 to law students at the University of Ghent, Belgium 21. PhD thesis entitled The Likeness of a Democratic Society. A Comparative Study of the Limitation of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in Accordance 13

14 with the European Convention and the Constitution of South Africa defended in public on 27 June 2005 at the University of Antwerp, Belgium 22. Het Zuid-Afrikaans grondwettelijk hof als instrument van substantieve democratisering, presented on 3 February 2004 to the Belgian & South- African Inter-Parliamentary Society at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, Belgium 23. The relationship between the state and religion in South Africa: A comparative view, presented on 26 October 2002 at the Conference on Epistemology and Methodology of Comparative Law at the Catholic University of Brussels, Belgium 7. CONFERENCE CHAIRING AND ORGANISATION 1. Organiser of an international symposium on Constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa held on 4 April 2008, Tilburg University, The Netherlands 2. Session chair at the international symposium on Constitutionalism in the Netherlands and South Africa held on 4 April 2008, Tilburg University, The Netherlands 8. RESEARCH VISITS & FELLOWSHIPS Cambridge University, Faculty of Law, United Kingdom Faculty Visitor, month of June 2008 (regarding VENI research, my visit was proposed to the Faculty Board by Prof. C.F. Forsyth, chair in Public Law and Director of the Centre for Public Law) British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, UK 14

15 Visiting Research Fellow in the months of August and October University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Law, South Africa 13 October 20 October 2007 for postdoctoral research (VENI) 21 April May 2007 for postdoctoral research (VENI) 10 December January 2004 for doctoral research 11 December January 2003 for doctoral research 9. INTERVIEWS 1. Interviewed for an article, entitled Gebed zonder end in Binnenlands Bestuur (published 26 October 2006) regarding the question of prayer during local government sittings on 16 October MEMBERSHIPS Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten (Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists) Gesellschaft für afrikansiches Recht/ African Law Association International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies Vereniging voor Vernieuwingsimpuls Onderzoekers 11. AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS 2009 Research cited by LeBel J. of the Supreme Court of Canada in Alberta v. Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony, 2009 SCC 37 15

16 2006 VENI-subsidy awarded by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research to the amount of Euro 216,000 in order to research the scope of judicial review in the Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom LLM research cited with approval by the High Court of South Africa in Taylor v Kurtstag NO and Others [2004] 4 All SA 317 (W) 16