May 23, 2013
by Bram Akkermans
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Like in previous years, M-EPLI fellow William Bull and I, in close cooperation with M-EPLI Director Jan Smits, offer our course on European Contract Law to about 120 enthusiastic undergraduate European Law School students. In the past 5 years that … Continue reading
May 7, 2013
by Bram Akkermans
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It has been a while since I have last posted on the M-EPLI blog. This is not due to a lack of interest, but more to the fact that I have taken time to further involve myself in constitutional property … Continue reading
March 23, 2013
by Anna Berlee
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As of 1 February 2014 people in the European Union will have to use a lot more ink to fill out bank-account numbers. The International Bank Account Number (IBAN), formerly reserved for cross-border transfer of money, will be the new … Continue reading
November 12, 2012
by Catalina Goanta
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Some facts: Between 7-10 November, the Polish Chamber of Commerce together with the European Legal Studies Institute held the oral rounds of the first ever Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) International Arbitration Moot Court Competition. A fictitious dispute was … Continue reading
June 14, 2012
by Bram Akkermans
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On the front page of today’s (14 June 2012) European Voice Dave Keating writes on how the European Union is divided in the build-up to the upcoming summit. With reference to European Commission President Barosso’s speech to the European Parliament yesterday … Continue reading
June 12, 2012
by Bram Akkermans
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On Tuesday 12 June 2012 the students of the Maastricht European Law School presented their research results of the course on European Contract Law. During this 8 week course – that I also taught last year together with M-EPLI director … Continue reading
April 12, 2012
by Mark Kawakami
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During my first official week as a PhD candidate at M-EPLI, I had the opportunity to spend the week in Rotterdam to attend Professor Jonathan Klick’s lecture regarding the increasingly empirical nature of legal scholarship. While the more traditional approach … Continue reading
December 1, 2010
by Gary Low
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30 November, Aula of Maastricht University On a late wintry Tuesday afternoon, Jan Smits delivered his inaugural lecture for the Maastricht-HiiL Chair for the Internationalisation of Law. Given Jan’s background and beliefs, it was aptly entitled Private Law 2.0: On … Continue reading