Vacancy PhD candidate 'Judges in Utopia'
The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law invites applications for a PhD position, 38 hours per week. Closing date: 30 January 2015.
The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law
The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) aims to promote high-quality research and education in the area of European contract law. Its research programme focuses on the interplay between the European, national and international laws of contract. It understands contract law in a wide sense, i.e. the law of economic transactions.
The CSECL takes an inspiring, active approach to supervising its PhD students and as such organises regular meetings for its research staff. At present, there are three PhD students of various nationalities affiliated with the CSECL.
The research project
The research concerns the interaction among national and European judiciaries in the deliberation of value choices in private-legal disputes. All EU countries place limits on private actors’ freedom in light of the public interest. How should judges define these limits in the interplay of rules deriving from national systems and from EU law, which reflect different underlying values? In this research project, a (partial) normative theory of judicial law-making in the field of European private law will be developed to give guidance for the handling of these types of cases.
Further information
See the PhD advertisement.
To discuss the position informally, please contact:
- Dr Chantal Mak
T: +31 (0)20 525 3474
The project summary and further information may be obtained from: