Contract Law and Law of Obligations in General

Current PhD research

• Mr D. Alessi, Obligations of best means and 'Obligations de résultat' in European Contract Law
• Mr G. Arnokouros, Transfer risk in the sales contract (1/10/1999 - 30/08/2003)
• Mrs W.J. Bartstra, Comparative analysis of the regulation of distressed debt investment practices (1/09/2019 - 30/09/2025)
• Mr C. Bedir, Contractual fairness in the data economy (1/09/2018 - 31/08/2022)
• Mr E.E. van Bemmelen van Gent, Wat is een goed jurist in 2030? (1/01/2016)
• Mr Y.C. van de Berg, Consumer bias in sustainable consumption: debiasing consumers towards a sustainable future (2/09/2019 - 1/09/2023)
• Mr M.N.A. Bin M Fuad, Protection against unfair contract terms for gig economy prticipants under Malaysian and European law: Case study on online food delivery services (1/09/2022 - 31/08/2025)
• Ms T.Q. de Booys, Rationality in European Contract Law (1/09/2009 - 31/08/2013)
• Mrs M. Breskaya, Towards models of integration of smart contracts into traditional concepts of European contract law (1/07/2022 - 30/06/2026)
• Mr M. Campbell, Comparative law of unjust(ified) enrichment (1/09/2015 - 31/08/2018)
• Mr M.F. Claes, The validity of exemption clauses: towards an integrated, efficient and fair regime (1/10/2019 - 30/09/2023)
• Mr S. Declercq, The notification in Belgian patrimonial law (1/09/2017 - 31/08/2021)
• Mr K. Dewaele, Enforcement of non-economic interests in contract law (9/09/2019 - 8/09/2023)
• Mr C.H. Dybus, The hidden need(s) of investors in European Collective Redress processes (1/09/2016 - 31/08/2020)
• Mrs N.H.M. Ebbs, Towards sustainable consumer law (1/09/2023 - 31/08/2029)
• Mr A.T. Erdogan, Penalty clauses in cvil law and common law: A comparative analysis with special reference to harmonisation (9/09/2019 - 31/08/2023)
• Mrs T.A. Hill, The democratic dimensions of the EU collaborative economy ecosystem: private law challenges and solutions (1/09/2018 - 31/08/2022)
• Mrs G.A. Hindriks, Uniform European passenger protection regardless the mode of transport (1/11/2018 - 31/10/2024)
• Mrs E.V. Irambona, The interaction between consumer law, sustainability and human rights (1/09/2022 - 31/08/2026)
• Mrs M. Jiang, Online advertising services and exploitative abuse the data economy. A law and economic perspective (1/09/2022 - 31/08/2026)
• Mrs M. Junuzović, The transparency principle and consumer vulnerability considerations in online disclosure duties (1/06/2016 - 31/08/2019)
• Mr O. Kirman, The Legal Transplant of Boilerplate Contract Clauses: Copy-Paste or Error? (15/09/2016 - 14/09/2020)
• Mrs K. Kryczka, Principles of Contract Law and the Information Society (8/04/2002 - 7/04/2006)
• Mr C. Lilburn, The historical development of a core of trustee duties in Scots law (1/09/2018 - 31/08/2021)
• Mr S.E.J.M. Van Loock, The leading bank in syndicated loans (1/09/2011 - 31/08/2015)
• Mr L. Luo, Regional Harmonisation of Contract Law in Europe and Asia (1/09/2013 - 31/08/2017)
• Mrs S. Mutluer, Improved strategies for concluding contracts in the framework of European public procurement law procedures (1/07/2007 - 31/12/2010)
• Mrs M. Neekilappillai, The attractiveness of Dutch contract law for cross-border business-to-business transactions (1/03/2016 - 28/02/2022)
• Mr W.T. Nuninga, Norm relativity and election of private law remedies (1/09/2016 - 31/08/2022)
• Mr J. Ouyang, Servitisation at the intersection of property and contract The law and governance of servitisation to foster sustainable consumption and consumer social responsibilities (1/09/2022 - 31/08/2026)
• Mrs C. Pasquale, The Vienna Convention (CISG) as a post-modern European sales law code (1/09/2016 - 30/06/2020)
• Mr J. Reniers, Risk-allocation in case of systemic risks in contract law: towards a more flexible approach (1/09/2020 - 31/08/2024)
• Mrs F.S.M. Ruitinga, The protection of commercial parties: a comparison between the commercial agent, franchisee and other distributor with regards to the termination of the contract (15/10/2022 - 14/10/2026)
• Ms B.A. Schmahl, De vertegenwoordigingslegitimatie bij collectief onderhandelen; over representiviteit en onafhankelijkheid van vakbonden en ondernemingsraden bij collectieve arbeidsvoorwaardenvorming. (1/12/2006 - 30/11/2009)
• Mr A. Tavakolnia, Mass harm reorganizations: a fresh start from enterprise-threatening anticommons or a tyranny of the majority? (1/01/2022 - 31/12/2027)
• Mrs F.J. Unz, Consumer law in a disruptive society: a survival guide (1/11/2018 - 31/10/2022)
• Mrs J. Vandenbulcke, Market Transparency of Animal Source Foods Alternatives to achieve consumer choice: an intercontinental perspective (20/09/2017 - 19/09/2023)
• Mrs F. Vanswijgenhoven, Werking van de goede trouw in het vennootschapsrecht (1/09/2022 - 1/09/2026)
• Mrs H.M. Veenstra, Uitleg van contracten (1/01/2004 - 31/12/2007)
• Mrs M. Vermeer, Internationaal privaatrechtelijke aspecten van onrechtmatige gedragingen op Internet (1/02/1998 - 30/11/2002)
• Mrs J. de Vogel, Sustainable mobility and consumer protection (1/10/2018 - 30/09/2022)
• Mrs S. Warwick, The lease and the licence in Scots law: A historical-doctrinal analysis (1/09/2017 - 31/08/2020)
• Mrs M. Xu, Effectiveness and acceptability of personalized law: taking personalization in privacy policies on social media platforms in China, the EU, and the U.S. as an example (1/12/2022 - 31/08/2025)
• Mrs W.T. Yang, Data-driven Nudges in Investment Apps ― An Opportunity to Develop a Healthy and Sustainable Financial Environment Amidst the Retail Investment Boom (15/10/2022 - 14/10/2026)

PhD Defences

It is possible that the researchers below were a member of another research programme when carrying out their PhD research.

• Dr C.J.W. Baaij, Legal Integration & Language Diversity. The Case for Source-Oriented EU Translation (Amsterdam, 9/12/2015)
• Mrs Prof A. Beckers, Taking Corporate Codes Seriously: Towards Private Law Enforcement of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Codes (Maastricht, 16/10/2014)
• Mr M.Th. Beumers, The protection of non-pecuniary contractual interests within the law of damages (Leiden, 30/06/2021)
• Dr S.J. Bogle, The theory of contract in Scots law: tracing theoretical threads (Edinburgh, 28/01/2016)
• Dr C. Bollen, Onverschuldigde betaling door de overheid. Een onderzoek naar terugvordering door de overheid en het gebruik van privaatrecht daarbij (Maastricht, 26/06/2002)
• Mrs L.M.H. Bongers, A comparative legal study on the importance of a European unification of patients rights in order to encourage cross-border health care (Maastricht, 16/12/2022)
• Dr T. Bouwman, Nudging in the law of obligations: protecting weaker parties while promoting autonomy (Utrecht, 21/04/2023)
• Mr J.J.A. Braspenning, The future of the regulation of consumer credit (Tilburg, 24/11/2017)
• Dr C.J. de Bruijn, Liability of the Vendor for Latent Defects in early-modern Legal Doctrine (Amsterdam, 26/10/2018)
• Mrs O. Bueno Diaz, Franchising in European Contract Law. A comparison between the main obligations of the contracting parties in the Principles of European Law on Commercial Agency, Franchise and Distribution Contracts (PEL CAFDC), French and Spanish law (Amsterdam, 2/11/2007)
• Dr W. Bull, EU Optional Instruments (Maastricht, 12/05/2016)
• Mrs Dr L.E. Burgers, Justitia, the People’s Power and Mother Earth - Democratic legitimacy of judicial law-making in European private law cases on climate change (Amsterdam, 11/11/2020)
• Prof D. Busch, Middellijke vertegenwoordiging in het Europese contractenrecht (Utrecht, 15/05/2002)
• Dr C. Cauffman, De verbindende eenzijdige belofte in het Europese privaatrecht (Leuven, 3/02/2004)
• Mrs Prof O.O. Cherednychenko, The Constitutionalization of Contract Law (Utrecht, 18/04/2007)
• Dr G. Comparato, National resistance against the Europeanisation of Private Law National resistance against the Europeanisation of Private Law (Amsterdam, 23/10/2012)
• Mrs T. Dang Vu, Multilateral reciprocity (Leuven, 18/05/2017)
• Dr W. Decock, Theologians and contract law. The moral transformation of the ius commune (c.1500-1650) (Leuven, 8/12/2011)
• Mr N. Do Giang, Recodification of Vietnamese Civil Law Based on Legislative Experience of the Netherlands (Utrecht, 4/12/2017)
• Mrs Dr J.M.L. van Duin, Justice for both: Effective judicial protection under Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Unfair Contract Terms Directive (Amsterdam, 23/10/2020)
• Dr B.B. Duivenvoorde, The notion of the average consumer in European consumer law (Amsterdam, 3/07/2014)
• Mr J. Ge, Policing contracts in China and Europe: a focus on consumer contracts (Maastricht, 7/11/2017)
• Mrs Dr C. Goanta, Convergence in European Consumer Sales Law (Maastricht, 4/10/2016)
• Dr R.R.R. Hardy, Divergentie in het (Europees) contractenrecht. Een rechtsvergelijkende studie met betrekking tot ondernemers, consumenten en hun overeenkomsten (Maastricht, 16/04/2009)
• Mrs B. van Hattum, Optimizing the settlement of retail financial mass claims. A research about risks of persistent mistrust and instability in financial markets on the settlement of retail financial mass claims (Amsterdam, 20/12/2017)
• Mrs Dr D.J.B. Op Heij, Digital Content and Contract Law - in search of appropriate remedies for non-conforming digital content (Tilburg, 9/04/2021)
• Dr G. Hesen, Complexity of commercial contracts (Maastricht, 15/05/2009)
• Dr T. Hick, A European Structure for 'No-Contract Law' in the 21st Century (Leuven, 4/06/2024)
• Mr B. Van Hofstraeten, Inhouds- en structuurbepalende factoren bij de redactie van het gewoonterecht in de 16de en 17de eeuw. De jurist Hendrik Uwens en de costumiere redacties van de stad Antwerpen en het Overkwartier Roermond (Maastricht, 9/05/2008)
• Mrs S.H.D. Jansen, Price reduction: a remedy to adjust contracts (Leuven, 16/06/2015)
• Mr C. Jeloschek, Examination and notification duties in consumer sales law. How far should we go in protecting the consumer? (Utrecht, 26/01/2004)
• Mrs A. Jethu-Ramsoedh, Textile labelling (Amsterdam, 12/10/2017)
• Mrs H.D.S. van der Kaaij, The Judical Act. A study into the theoretical concept of an act that aims to create new legal facts (Maastricht, 25/05/2016)
• Dr M.T. Kawakami, Flawed strategies to reducing labor exploitations: Reassessing the role of private actors in the global supply chain (Maastricht, 17/05/2017)
• Dr J.G. Klijnsma, SMEs in European contract law: A Rawlsian perspective (Amsterdam, 26/06/2014)
• Dr M. van Kogelenberg, Deliberate breach of contract in comparative perspective (Rotterdam, 30/11/2012)
• Dr C. Koolen, Innovation and consumer protection in Internet of Things Ecosystems: Protecting end users at the crossroads between consumer, competition, and data (Leuven, 13/12/2023)
• Dr N. Kornet, Contract Interpretation and Gap Filling: Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives (Maastricht, 28/09/2006)
• Mrs Dr A. Lenaerts, The theory of fraud: autonomous concept of law or undervalued corrective mechanism? (Leuven, 1/03/2013)
• Dr C. Leone, The missing stone in the cathedral: of unfair terms in employment contracts and coexisting rationalities in European contract law (Amsterdam, 12/06/2020)
• Mr P. Letelier Cibi, Reconsidering the question of the link between the parties in Unjust Enrichment claims (Edinburgh, 31/07/2021)
• Ms W. Liao, How Far the Theory of Efficient Breach Could Reach (23/09/2015)
• Dr G.W.L. Low, The influence of Europeanisation of contract law on the behaviour of firms and consumers (Maastricht, 2/12/2011)
• Dr J.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. (Amsterdam, 29/11/2011)
• Mrs Dr L.J. MacFarlane, Third party rights in Scots law (Edinburgh, 28/09/2018)
• Mrs Dr C.B.P. Mahe, La résolution du conflit de conditions générales (Utrecht, 2/03/2006)
• Mrs Prof C. Mak, Fundamental rights in European contract law.A comparison of the impact of fundamental rights on contractual relationships in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and England (Amsterdam, 26/09/2007)
• Dr R.T. Manko, Culture of private law in Poland: from socialism to Europeanisation (Amsterdam, 3/12/2014)
• Mr H.P.A.J. Martius, Elektronisch handelsrecht (Heerlen, 14/12/2007)
• Mrs M.-C. Menting, Codes of conduct and private law (Tilburg, 7/12/2016)
• Dr R.A. Momberg Uribe, The effect of a change of circumstances on the binding force of contracts. Comparative perspectives (Utrecht, 27/05/2011)
• Dr. P. Naeyaert, Commercial intermediaries: an investigation into the common law of distribtuion contracts and the need for harmonisation of specific legislation (Leuven, 18/04/2012)
• Mrs M.M. Narciso, Is the information paradigm dead? The role of online reviews in European consumer contract law (Maastricht, 9/03/2022)
• Mrs Z. Niu, The law of damages in Chinese contract law: A comparative study of damages calculation in Chinese law, English law and the CISG, with empirical results from Chinese practice (Tilburg, 4/09/2015)
• Mrs A. Nottet, Legal protection afforded to minor consumers (Liège, 27/06/2012)
• Dr J. Oosterhuis, Specific performance in the European codifications of the nineteenth century (Amsterdam, 6/04/2011)
• Mrs E. Pannebakker, Are intentions binding? Developing a harmonised legal approach to letters of intent in international (Rotterdam, 22/12/2016)
• Mr N. Portugaels, The influence of the principle of party autonomy on settlement agreements (Antwerpen, 4/07/2018)
• Mrs Dr S. Prent, The reasonable contracting authority: On the Interaction between EU Public Procurement Law and Dutch Law of Obligations in Tendering Procedures (Amsterdam, 7/09/2021)
• Mrs I.B. Raiwa-Rietbroek, Electronic payment services in the EU and the US (Amsterdam, 16/10/2020)
• Mrs Dr E.A.G. van Schagen, Problems caused by multiple actors forming rules in European private law: Coordination as a solution? (Tilburg, 14/10/2013)
• Prof H.N. Schelhaas, Het boetebeding in het Europese contractenrecht (Utrecht, 9/06/2004)
• Dr H.E. Sivesand, The Buyer's Remedies for Non-Conforming Goods (Utrecht, 7/03/2005)
• Mrs Dr S. Tamboer, De klachtplicht bij koop. Een pleidooi voor de inperking van het toepassingsbereik in het licht van het ‘pacta sunt servanda’-beginsel (Amsterdam, 23/04/2021)
• Mrs Dr L.K.L. Tjon Soei Len, Capabilities and European contract law (Amsterdam, 26/06/2013)
• Mrs A.E.M. Verjans, Liability for violation of the right to information and the consent of the patient (Leuven, 23/10/2018)
• Mrs Dr A. Wiewiorowska, Guarantees and after-sales service in the European Union (Utrecht, 18/11/2011)
• Dr O. Yalnazov, The choice of remedy for breach of contract (Rotterdam, 25/06/2018)
• Dr B. van Zelst, The politics of sales law (Amsterdam, 20/06/2008)