dhr. prof. dr. M.W. Hesselink
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Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Afd. Privaatrecht A
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Oudemanhuispoort
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1012 CN Amsterdam
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M.W.Hesselink@uva.nl
T: 0205253569
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Curriculum Vitae
Martijn W. Hesselink (Delft, 1968) obtained his law degrees at the University of Amsterdam and the Université Panthéon-Assas in 1992. He received his doctor's degree (cum laude) from the University of Utrecht in 1999. In the same year, he was appointed Professor of private law at the University of Amsterdam. Between 1999 and 2005 he was Director of the Amsterdam Institute for Private Law. In 2006 his chair was converted, at his request, into European Private Law. In the same year, he became the Director of the newly founded Centre for the Study of European Contract Law. Prof. Hesselink has been a member of several international research groups including the Study Group on a European Civil Code and the Social Justice Group. He regularly writesshort studies, reports and briefing notes on matters of contract law and consumer law at the request of the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Currently, he serves as a member of the European Commission's expert group on European contract law. He is an editor of the European Review of Contract Law. He taught, as a visiting professor, at Université René Descartes (2000), Università degli studi Roma Tre (2003, 2007), Católica Global School of Law (2010, 2011), Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (2010) and Sciences Po (2011). Since 2001, he has been a deputy justice at the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam. He has published on a variety of subjects in the fields of European private law and private law theory.
Research Interests
European Private Law, Private Law Theory, Legal Methodology
Key Publications
- How many systems of Private law are there in Europe? On plural legal sources, multiple identities and the unity of law, in: L. Niglia (ed.), Pluralism and European private law, Oxford: Hart publishing (2013), 199-247.
- The General Principles of Civil Law: Their Nature, Roles and Legitimacy, in: Dorota Leczykiewicz & Stephen Weatheril (eds.), The Involvement of EU law in private law relationships, Oxford: Hart Publishing (2013), 131-180.
- A toolbox for European judges, 17 European Law Journal (2011) 441-469.
- Five political ideas of European contract law, 7 European Review of Contract Law (2011) 295-313.
- A European Legal Method? On European Private Law and Scientific Method, 15 European Law Journal (2009) 20-45.
- The Politics of a European Civil Code 10 European Law Journal (2004) 675-697.
Full list of publications
Teaching
Martijn Hesselink currently teaches the following courses:
CSECL
2014
- M.W. Hesselink (2014). Civil law. In M.T. Gibbons (Ed.), The encyclopedia of political thought (pp. 522-524). Chichester [etc.]: Wiley-Blackwell.
- M.W. Hesselink (2014). Unfair prices in the Common European Sales Law. In L. Gullifer & S. Vogenauer (Eds.), English and European perspectives on contract and commercial law: essays in honour of Hugh Beale (pp. 225-236). Oxford: Hart Publishing.
2013
- M.W. Hesselink (2013). How many systems of Private law are there in Europe? On plural legal sources, multiple identities and the unity of law. In L. Niglia (Ed.), Pluralism and European private law (pp. 199-247). Oxford: Hart.
- M.W. Hesselink (2013). The general principles of civil law: their nature, roles and legitimacy. In D. Leczykiewicz & S. Weatherill (Eds.), The Involvement of EU law in private law relationships (Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law, 16) (pp. 131-180). Oxford: Hart.
2012
- M.W. Hesselink (2012). The Case for a common European Sales Law in an Age of rising Nationalism. In S. Grundmann (Ed.), Seminar 'Private law and nationalism' organised by the CESL on 3 February 2012 in Amsterdam Vol. 8/3. European Review of Contract Law (pp. 342-366). Berlin: De Gruyter.
- M. Hesselink (2012). How to opt into the Common European Sales Law? Brief comments on the Commission's proposal for a regulation. European Review of Private Law, 20 (1), 195-211.
2011
- M.W. Hesselink (2011). Five political ideas of European contract law. European Review of Contract Law, 7 (2), 295-313. doi: 10.1515/ERCL.2011.295
- M. Hesselink (2011). Kroniek van het Europees privaatrecht. Nederlands Juristenblad, 86 (15), 1006-1014.
- M.W. Hesselink (2011). A toolbox for European judges. European Law Journal, 17 (4), 441-469. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0386.2011.00576.x
2010
- M. Hesselink (2010). Towards a sharp distinction between b2b and b2c? On consumer, commercial and general contract law after the consumer rights directive. European Review of Private Law, 18 (1), 57-102.
2009
- M.W. Hesselink (2009). Common Frame of Reference and social justice. In R. Satyanarayana (Ed.), Social justice: emerging dimensions (Amicus books) (pp. 1-25). Punjagutta, Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press.
- M.W. Hesselink (2009). The Consumer Rights Directive and the CFR: two worlds apart? European Review of Contract Law, 5 (3), 290-303.
- M. Hesselink (2009). A European legal method? On European private law and scientific method. European Law Journal, 15 (1), 20-45.
2007
- M.W. Hesselink (2007). European Contract Law: A Matter of Consumer Protection, Citizenship, or Justice? European Review of Private Law, 15 (3), 323-348.
2006
- M.W. Hesselink (2006). Non-Mandatory Rules in European Contract Law. In A.F. Salomons & G.J.P. de Vries (Eds.), Pro Forma? Essays on the Role of Formal Rules and Formal Requirements in Private Law (pp. 139-174). Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers.
- M.W. Hesselink (2006). The Ideal of Codification and the Dynamics of Europeanisation: the Dutch Experience. European Law Journal, 2006 (12), 279-305.
2014
- M.W. Hesselink (2014). Post-private law? In K. Purnhagen & P. Rott (Eds.), Varieties of European economic law and regulation: liber amicorum for Hans Micklitz (Studies in European economic law and regulation, 3) (pp. 31-41). Cham [etc.]: Springer.
- M.W. Hesselink (2014). The new European legal culture: ten years on. In G. Helleringer & K. Purnhagen (Eds.), Towards a European legal culture (pp. 17-24). München/Oxford/Baden-Baden: C.H. Beck/Hart/Nomos.
2013
- M.W. Hesselink (2013). Private law principles, pluralism and perfectionism. In U. Bernitz, X. Groussot & F. Schulyok (Eds.), General principles of EU law and European private law (European Monographs, 84) (pp. 21-43). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International.
- M.W. Hesselink (2013). How to opt into the Common European Sales Law? Brief comments on the Commission's proposal for a regulation. In I. Claeys & R. Feltkamp (Eds.), The draft Common European Sales Law: towards an alternative sales law? A Belgian perspective (pp. 1-16). Cambridge [etc.]: Intersentia.
2012
- M.W. Hesselink & M.B.M. Loos (2012). Unfair contract terms in B2C contracts. (extern rapport). Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C.[go to publisher's site]
2011
- M.W. Hesselink (2011). Unfair terms in contracts between businesses. In R. Schulze & J. Stuyck (Eds.), Towards a European contract law (pp. 131-147). München: Sellier European law publishers.
- M.W. Hesselink (2011). An optional instrument on EU contract law: can it increase legal certainty and foster cross-border trade? In M. Hesselink, A. van Hoek, M. Loos & A. Salomons (Eds.), Het groenboek Europees contractenrecht: naar een optioneel instrument? (pp. 9-23). Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers.
- M.W. Hesselink (2011). The concept of good faith. In A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (Eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed (pp. 619-649). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International.[go to publisher's site]
- M. Hesselink (2011). If you don’t like our principles we have others: on core values and underlying principles in European private law: a critical discussion of the new ‘Principles’ section in the draft Common Frame of Reference. In R. Brownsword, H.-W. Micklitz, L. Niglia & S. Weatherill (Eds.), The foundations of European private law (pp. 59-72). Oxford: Hart.[go to publisher's site]
- M. Hesselink (2011). Facultatief wetboek of gereedschapskist? 'In afwachting van' een rechtsinstrument voor Europees contractenrecht. Nederlands Juristenblad, 86 (1), 21-23.
2010
- M.W. Hesselink (2010). An optional instrument on EU contract law: could it increase legal certainty and foster cross-border trade? (extern rapport, Legal and parliamentary affairs, no PE 425.642). [S.l.]: European Parliament.
- M.W. Hesselink & L. Wei (2010). Xin de ouzhou falü wenhua. Beijing: Zhongguo falü chubanshe [China Legal Publishing House].
- M.W. Hesselink (2010). A spontaneous order for Europe? Why Hayek's libertarianism is not the right way forward for European private law. In H.W. Micklitz & F. Cafaggi (Eds.), European private law after the Common Frame of Reference (pp. 123-146). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
2009
- M.W. Hesselink & M.B.M. Loos (2009). Inleiding. In M.W. Hesselink & M.B.M. Loos (Eds.), Het voorstel voor een Europese richtlijn consumentenrechten: een Nederlands perspectief (pp. 7-13). Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers.
- M.W. Hesselink, C. Mak & J.W. Rutgers (2009). Constitutional aspects of European private law: freedoms, rights and social justice in the Draft Common Frame of Reference, report for the CoPECL project. (extern rapport, Centre for the Study of European Contract Law working paper series, no 2009/05). Amsterdam: Centre for the Study of European Contract Law.[go to publisher's site]
- M.W. Hesselink (2009). The Common Frame of Reference as a source of European private law. Tulane Law Review, 2009 (4), 919-971.
- M.W. Hesselink (2009). Naar een scherper onderscheid tussen b2b en b2c? Over consumenten-, handels- en algemeen overeenkomstenrecht na invoering van de voorgestelde EG-richtlijn consumentenrechten. In M.W. Hesselink & M.B.M. Loos (Eds.), Het voorstel voor een Europese richtlijn consumentenrechten: een Nederlands perspectief (pp. 55-102). Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers.
- M. Hesselink (2009). The Consumer Rights Directive and the CFR: two worlds apart? (extern rapport, Briefing note, no PE 410.674). Brussels: European Parliament.
- T.Q. de Booys, C. Mak & M.W. Hesselink (2009). A comparison between the provisions of the draft Common Frame of Reference and the European Commission’s proposal for a Consumer Rights Directive: how the CFR can improve the Consumer Rights Directive. (extern rapport). Brussels: European Parliament.
- T.Q. de Booys & M.W. Hesselink (2009). EU contract law. In State of play and prospects for legal questions and parliamentary law: [report for the European Parliament, 28 April 2009] (JURI, 3_1). [S.l.]: European Parliament.
2008
- M.W. Hesselink, J.W. Rutgers & T.Q. de Booys (2008). The legal basis for an optional instrument on European contract law. (extern rapport). Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union.
- M.W. Hesselink (2008). The values underlying the Draft Common Frame of Reference: what role for fairness and 'social justice'? (extern rapport, Study, no PE 408.312). Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate General Internal Policies of the Union.
- M.W. Hesselink (2008). CFR & social justice: a short study for the European Parliament on the values underlying the draft Common Frame of Reference for European private law: what roles for fairness and social justice? München: Sellier European Law Publishers.
- M. Hesselink (2008). Common Frame of Reference & social justice. European Review of Contract Law, 4 (3), 248-269.
- M.W. Hesselink (2008). Voor een onrechtvaardige-prijsleer: nawoord bij 'Kritiek op Martijn Hesselinks boek Contractenrecht in Perspectief'. Ars Aequi, 57 (10), 761-761.
- J. Cartwright & M. Hesselink (Eds.). (2008). Precontractual liability in European private law (The common core of European private law). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- M.W. Hesselink & F. Ciutacu (2008). Studii de drept privat comparat: noua cultură juridică europeană; politicile codului civil european; idealul codificării şi dinamica europenizării, experienţa olandeza; dreptul european al contractelor, o chestiune de protecţie a consumatorului, cetăţenie sau justiţie? Slatina: Themis Cart.
- J. Cartwright & M. Hesselink (2008). Introduction. In J. Cartwright & M. Hesselink (Eds.), Precontractual liability in European private law (The common core of European private law) (pp. 1-17). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- J. Cartwright, M. Hesselink, W. Posch, O. Lando, M. Rudanko, O. Deshayes, G. Maître, S. Lorenz, W. Vogelsang, G. Arnokouros, R. Friel, A. Musy, L. Simonsen, L. Menezes Leitão, M. Hogg, H. MacQueen, F. Hernanz, C. Ramberg, J. Herre & P. Loser (2008). Case studies. In J. Cartwright & M. Hesselink (Eds.), Precontractual liability in European private law (The common core of European private law) (pp. 19-397). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- J. Cartwright & M. Hesselink (2008). Conclusions. In J. Cartwright & M. Hesselink (Eds.), Precontractual liability in European private law (The common core of European private law) (pp. 449-488). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- M.W. Hesselink (2008). Europejskie prawo umów: kwestia ochrony konsumenta, obywatelstwa czy sprawiedliwości? Nowa Europa, 2008 (2 (7)), 220-258.
2007
- M.W. Hesselink (2007). SME's in European Contract Law. Background note for the European Parliament on the position of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in a future Common Frame of Reference (CFR) and in the review of the consumer law acquis. Final version June 2007, PE 378.300. (extern rapport). Amsterdam: Centre for the Study of European Contract Law.
- M.W. Hesselink (2007). European Contract Law: A Matter of Consumer Protection, Citizenship, or Justice? In M. Andenas, S. Diaz Alabart, B. Markesinis, H.W. Micklitz & N. Pasquini (Eds.), Liber Amicorum Guido Alpa: Private Law Beyond the National Systems (pp. 500-525). London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
- M.W. Hesselink (2007). Naar een (Europees) Wetboek van Consumentenrecht? Nederlands Juristenblad, 82, 850-857.
- M.W. Hesselink (2007). Een Europees Burgerlijk Wetboek door de voordeur. Nederlands Juristenblad, 82, 2484-2485.
- M.W. Hesselink (2007). SME's in European Contract Law. In K. Boele-Woelki & W. Grosheide (Eds.), The Future of European Contract Law. Essays in honour of Ewoud Hondius to commemorate his retirement as professor of Civil Law at the University of Utrecht (pp. 349-371). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International.
- M.W. Hesselink (2007). De Tilburgse inquisitie. Nederlands Juristenblad, 82 (33), 2086-2087.
2006
- M.W. Hesselink, J.W. Rutgers, O. Bueno Diaz, M. Scotton & M. Veldman (2006). Principles of European Law, volume 3: Commercial Agency, Franchise, and Distribution Contracts (Principles of European Law / Study Group on a Civil Code, vol. 2), 3). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- M.W. Hesselink (Ed.). (2006). The Politics of a European Civil Code. Den Haag: Kluwer Law International.
2013
- M.W. Hesselink (2013). Verbindende kracht van overeenkomsten, contractsvrijheid en autonomie. In G. van Dijck, R. van Gestel, I. Giesen & F. Hammerstein (Eds.), Cirkels (2): een terugblik op een vooruitziende blik (pp. 69-74). Deventer: Kluwer.
2011
- M.W. Hesselink (2011). Consumers need more than protection. European Voice, 2011 (9 June).
- A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (2011). Preface to the fourth edition. In A.S. Hartkamp, M.W. Hesselink, E.H. Hondius, C. Mak & C.E. du Perron (Eds.), Towards a European civil code. - 4th rev. and exp. ed (pp. xlv-xlvi). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International [etc.].
- M. Hesselink (2011). Naar een gemeenschappelijk Europees kooprecht of in de nationale loopgraven? Nederlands Juristenblad, 86 (37), 2515.
- M. Hesselink, A. van Hoek, M. Loos & A. Salomons (2011). Voorwoord. In M. Hesselink, A. van Hoek, M. Loos & A. Salomons (Eds.), Het groenboek Europees contractenrecht: naar een optioneel instrument? (pp. 5-6). Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers.
2010
- M.W. Hesselink (2010). On: HvJ EU. (2010, June 03), AA 2010-9, (Oneerlijke bedingen, minimumharmonisatie en iustum pretium: [C-484/08]). p.621-627.
2006
- M.W. Hesselink (2006). ECJ Cases on European Contract Law. Nijmegen: Ars Aequi.
- M.W. Hesselink (2006). On: Case 237/02[2004] ECR 1-3403. (2004, April 01), ERCL 2006-3, (ECJ-Freiburger Kommunalbauten v Hofstetter). p.366-375.
- J.W. Rutgers & M.W. Hesselink (Eds.). (2006). ECJ Cases on European Contract law, A Selection, Ars Aequi Jurisprudentie. Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri.
2013
- M.W. Hesselink (2013, February 21). Participatiecontract. De Volkskrant, pp. 31-31.
2012
- M.W. Hesselink (2013, February 21). Participatiecontract. De Volkskrant, pp. 31-31.
2007
- M.W. Hesselink (2007, October 11). Begin maar eens een bedrijfje zónder Europese regels. NRC Next
- M.W. Hesselink (2007, October 10). Een Europees Burgerlijk Wetboek is juist goed idee. NRC Handelsblad
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