‘The European Constitution is best perceived as a composite Constitution, comprising constitutional rules and principles developed at European level, complemented by (common) national constitutional rules and principles as well as those from other sources such as the ECHR and international … Continue reading →

MEPLI’s first roundtable (June 2011) was on an evergreen topic – methodology in European property law. Its second (Dec 2o11) dealt with the proposed Common European Sales Law, which had (then) just been published. The third (June 2012) was on … Continue reading →

Just a caveat to our international readership: this post is aimed at the Maastricht law student, and is not strictly on European private law. I am pleased, on behalf of the faculty, to announce the Maastricht Law Student Research Prize … Continue reading →

* Note: Programme updated as of 16 May 2012* 2012 is a significant year. It marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the CISG, and the introduction of CESL. Placed within the context of other international and … Continue reading →

29 February 2012, Amsterdam. Hot on the heels of ERA’s event in Trier, and our own in Brussels, the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law held its conference on the proposed Common European Sales Law (or CESL) in … Continue reading →

Atop their promontories on Rhodes, the Maltese Knights (otherwise known as the Knights Hospitallers) were at the forefront of medieval Christiandom’s battles with the Ottomans. Just yesterday, Malta was thanked for going ‘the extra mile’ for providing assistance regarding the … Continue reading →

On Tuesday June  7th, three M-EPLI members, Hester van der Kaaij, Rudolf Rijgersberg and Jaap Hage departed to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, a city situated very near the polar circle, to be joined one day later by a fourth … Continue reading →

When the Rome I Regulation was finalised in 2008, certain questions concerning the effect of assignments upon third parties (e.g. judgment creditors, security holders, prior assignees of the same right) were left open. In this connection, the Commission undertook to … Continue reading →

Marina Bay Sands. Gobsmacked, I was. I’ve been away for two-and-a-half years and much has changed (except the place is still clean, green, and efficient) in Singapore. Reading a copy of the Straits Times on the outbound flight, I learnt … Continue reading →

Late last year, this blog provided a snippet on Jan’s Inaugural Lecture as holder of the Maastricht-HiiL Chair for the Internationalisation of Law. I am happy to say that the electronic version of the lecture has recently been made available … Continue reading →