prof. dr. L.F.M. (Leonard) Besselink
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Faculty of Law
Afd. Publiekrecht
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Oudemanhuispoort
4-6
1012 CN Amsterdam
Room number: G103
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L.F.M.Besselink@uva.nl
T: 0205253966
Leonard Besselink holds the chair of Constitutional Law in the Faculty Law since 2012, is affilliated to the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, ACELG and is presently Head of the department of Public Law. Prior to that he held the chair of European Constitutional Law at the University of Utrecht.
He was Henri G. Schermers Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies(2011-2012), the Royal Committee on the Constitution (2009-2010) and is a member of the Royal Netherlands Society of Sciences and Humanities.
He studied at various universities, among which the University of Leiden, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the European University Institute where he obtained a doctorate in social and political sciences.
His research focuses on issues of European, comparative and national constitutional law. In particular the constitutional nexus between EU and national constitutional law is one of his research themes as well as the issue of protection of fundamental rights in Europe.
2014
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). The parameters of constitutional conflict after Melloni. European Law Review, 39 (4), 531-552.
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). The Kingdom of the Netherlands. In L. Besselink, P. Bovend’Eert, H. Broeksteeg, R. de Lange & W. Voermans (Eds.), Constitutional law of the EU member states (pp. 1187-1241). Deventer: Kluwer.
- E. Hirsch Ballin & L.F.M. Besselink (2014). The Italian Republic. In L. Besselink, P. Bovend’Eert, H. Broeksteeg, R. de Lange & W. Voermans (Eds.), Constitutional law of the EU member states (pp. 903-966). Deventer: Kluwer.
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). Parameters of constitutional development: The fiscal compact in between EU and member state constitutions. In L.S. Rossi & F. Casolari (Eds.), The EU after Lisbon: amending or coping with the existing treaties? (pp. 21-35) Cham: Springer.[go to publisher's site]
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). Does EU law recognize legal limits to integration? Accommodating diversity and its limits. In T. Giegerich, O.J. Gstrein & S. Zeitzmann (Eds.), The EU between 'an ever closer union' and inalienable policy domains of member states (Schriftenreihe des Arbeitskreises Europäische Integration e.V., 80) (pp. 59-78). Baden-Baden: Nomos.[go to publisher's site]
2013
- L.F.M. Besselink (2013). Multiple political identities: revisiting the 'maximum standard'. In A. Silveira, M. Canotilho & P. Madeira Froufe (Eds.), Citizenship and solidarity in the European Union: from the charter of fundamental rights to the crisis, the state of the art (Euroclio, 77) (pp. 235-252). Bruxelles [etc.]: Peter Lang.
- L.F.M. Besselink (2013). The Proliferation of Constitutional Law and Constitutional Adjudication, or How American Judicial Review Came to Europe After All. Utrecht Law Review, 9 (2), 19-35.[go to publisher's site]
- L.F.M. Besselink (2013). Should the European Union Ratify the European Convention for Human Rights? Some Remarks on the Relations between the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice. In A. Føllesdal, B. Peters & G. Ulfstein (Eds.), Constituting Europe: the European Court of Human Rights in a national, European and global context (Studies in human rights conventions, 2) (pp. 301-333). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.[go to publisher's site]
- J.H. Reestman & L. Besselink (2013). After Åkerberg Fransson and Melloni: editorial. European Constitutional Law Review, 9 (2), 169-175. doi: 10.1017/S1574019612001095[go to publisher's site]
2012
- L.F.M. Besselink (2012). Questionnaire: The protection of fundamental rights post-Lisbon: the interaction between the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and national constitutions = Questionnaire: la protection des droits fondamentaux après Lisbonne: l’interaction entre la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne, la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH) et les constitutions nationales. In J. Laffranque (Ed.), Reports of the FIDE Congress Tallinn 2012. - Vol. 1: The protection of fundamental rights post-Lisbon: the interaction between the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention on Human Rights and national constitutions = Põhiõiguste kaitse pärast Lissaboni lepingu jõustumist: Euroopa Liidu põhiõiguste harta, Euroopa inimõiguste konventsiooni ja liikmesriikide põhiseaduste vastasmõju (pp. 1-62). Tallinn: Tartu University Press.
- L.F.M. Besselink (2012). Informal international lawmaking: elaboration and implementation in The Netherlands. In A. Berman, S. Duquet, J. Pauwelyn, R.A. Wessel & J. Wouters (Eds.), Informal international lawmaking: case studies (Law of the future series, 3) (pp. 97-139). The Hague: Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher.[go to publisher's site]
- L.F.M. Besselink & B. van Mourik (2012). The parliamentary legitimacy of the European Union: the role of the States General within the European Union. Utrecht Law Review, 8 (1), 28-50.
- E.M.H. Hirsch Ballin & L.F.M. Besselink (2012). De Italiaanse Republiek. In L.F.M. Besselink, P. Bovend'Eert, H. Broeksteeg & R. de Lange (Eds.), Het staatsrecht van landen van de Europese Unie: België, Bondsrepubliek Duitsland, Frankrijk, Italië, Polen, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Zweden. - 8e, geheel herz. dr (pp. 191-255). Deventer: Kluwer.
- L.F.M. Besselink (2012). General report. In J. Laffranque (Ed.), Reports of the FIDE Congress Tallinn 2012. - Vol. 1: The protection of fundamental rights post-Lisbon: the interaction between the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention on Human Rights and national constitutions = Põhiõiguste kaitse pärast Lissaboni lepingu jõustumist: Euroopa Liidu põhiõiguste harta, Euroopa inimõiguste konventsiooni ja liikmesriikide põhiseaduste vastasmõju (pp. 63-139). Tallinn: Tartu University Press.[go to publisher's site]
- L.F.M. Besselink (2012). Constitutional adjudication in the era of globalization: The Netherlands in comparative perspective. European Public Law, 18 (2), 231-245.[go to publisher's site]
- L. Besselink & J.H. Reestman (2012). The Fiscal Compact and the European constitutions: ‘Europe speaking German’: editorial. European Constitutional Law Review, 8 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.1017/S1574019612000016
2014
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). The parameters of Constitutional Conflict after Melloni (republished from European Law Review). European Current Law, 2014 (10), 1169-1189.
2008
- L. Besselink, D. Curtin & J.H. Reestman (2008). Instemmingsvereiste én behandelingsvoorbehoud voor EU-besluiten! Nu of nooit! Nederlands Juristenblad, 83 (22), 1349-1350.
2014
- L.F.M. Besselink, M. Claes, Š. Imamovic & J.H. Reestman (2014). National Constitutional Avenues for Further EU Integration. (extern rapport, Studies). Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate general for internal policies, Policy department C: Citizens' rights and constitutional affairs.[go to publisher's site]
2013
- L.F.M. Besselink (2013). De Context van het Staatsrecht. inaugerele rede 7 september 2012 (2012, September 7). Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam.
2012
- L.F.M. Besselink (2012). On: CJEU. (2010, December 22), CML Rev. 2012-2, (Case C-208/09: Ilonka Sayn-Wittgenstein v Landeshauptmann von Wien: respecting constitutional identity in the EU). p.671-693.[go to publisher's site]
2008
- W.T. Eijsbouts & L. Besselink (2008). 'The law of laws': overcoming pluralism: editorial. European Constitutional Law Review, 4 (3), 395-398.
2014
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). The ECJ as the European “Supreme Court”: Setting Aside Citizens’ Rights for EU Law Supremacy. (blog). Verfassungsblog. (available: 18 aug 2014).
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). Toetreden tot het EVRM niettegenstaande Opinie 2/13. (blog). Publiekrecht & Politiek. (available: 27 dec 2014).
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). Acceding to the ECHR notwithstanding the Court of Justice Opinion 2/13. (blog). ACELG Blog. (available: 24 dec 2014).
- L.F.M. Besselink (2014). Acceding to the ECHR notwithstanding the Court of Justice Opinion 2/13. (blog). Verfassungsblog. (available: 23 dec 2014).
- L.F.M. Besselink & N.J. de Boer (2014, March 28). Toetsing Grondwet lost niets op. Brabants Dagblad
- L.F.M. Besselink & N. de Boer (2014). Toetsing Grondwet lost niets op. (blog). Nederland Rechtsstaat.
2013
- L.F.M. Besselink (2013). Why, after all, it is a good thing for the EU to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights. (blog). ACELG Blog. (available: 24 jun 2013).
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