Curriculum Vitae

• Dr E de Wet
• Prof GTS Eiselen
• Prof CF Hugo
• Prof A Verheij

 Curriculum Vitae: Dr. habil. E De Wet, LL.M. (Harvard)

Private:Professional:

 EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH: (SWITZERLAND), “Habilitationsschrift” in Public International Law, titled: “Judicial Review of the United Nations Security Council by the International Court of Justice: an Analysis of mechanisms for determining the limits to the powers of the Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter”, Deceber 2002.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY (USA): LL.M, June 1999.UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE (SOUTH AFRICA): LL.D. in Constitutional Law, titled: “The enforceability of economic and social rights: the meaning of the German constitutional model for South Africa”, 1995.

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN PUBLIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW (GERMANY): Visiting Scholar, researching for LL.D dissertation, 1991-1993.

UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE: LL.B (cum laude), 1991; B.Iur. (cum laude), 1989.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Research Fellow: Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam,  Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam, The Netherlands (since February 2002). Managing a five year research project financed by the Dutch National Research Foundation (NWO) on the relationship between national law and international law.

Privatdozentin: Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland (since April 2003). Responsible for the teaching of a block seminar each semester in the field of public international law.

Senior Lecturer in the Law of International Organisations: Faculty of Law, Leiden University, Hugo de Grootstraat 27, 2311 XK Leiden, The Netherlands (September 2000 – January 2002). Teaching the Law of International Organisations, International Peace-Keeping, Introduction in the Law of the European Union, "Internationaal Publiekrecht", "Recht der Verenigde Naties".

Research Fellow: T.M.C. Asser Institute, Schimmelpennincklaan 20-22, 2517 JN, The Hague, The Netherlands (Jul. 1999 - Aug. 2000). Researching for “Habilitationsschrift” on the relationship between the United Nations Security Council and the International Court of Justice.

Lecturer in Law: Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA (Spring 1999). Teaching comparative constitutional law (South Africa, Canada, Germany).

Staff Legal Counsellor , Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, 1015 Dorigny-Lausanne, Switzerland (Dec. 1995 – Aug. 1998). Prepared legal opinions for Federal and Cantonal Administration and the Swiss Courts on the application of foreign law.

Labour Legislation Specialist , Labour Legislation and Labour Relations Branch, International Labour Office (ILO), 1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland (Jan.-Nov. 1995). Analysed termination of employment in Africa, Europe and South East Asia in the light of international labour standards.

External Collaborator , International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) of the ILO (Jun.-Dec. 1994). Assimilated and analysed material on the role of labour standards in the globalised economy, with special reference to the inclusion of a social clause in the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade/ World Trade Organisation.

Stagiaire, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland (Apr.-Jun. 1993). Assisted the Secretariat in preparing for the ninth meeting of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Visiting Scholar , Max Planck Institute for Foreign Public and International Law, Im Neuenheimerfeld 535, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (1991-1993). Researched for the LL.D dissertation.

Lecturer, Constitutional Law and Interpretation of Statutes, Department of Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy, University of the Orange Free State, P.O Box 339, 9301 Bloemfontein, South Africa (1991).

Academic Assistant , Department of Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy, University of the Orange Free State (1990).

AWARDS:

• Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship (1998-2000).
• Harvard Law School Fellowship (1998-1999).
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship (1992–1993).
• Attorneys' Fidelity Trust Fund (South Africa) Fellowship (1991 – 1992).
• Mowritz Bobbert Medal for outstanding achievement in the LL.B examination (1990).
• Bar Award for best final year student in the LL.B examination (1990).
• Dean's Medal for the top student in the Faculty of Law (1990).
• Dean's Medal for best B. Iur. graduate (1988).
• Honorary colours from the students representative council for the best B.Iur student (1986–1988).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
• Member of the African Law Association
• Member of the American Society of International Law

 Curriculum Vitae: prof GTS Eiselen

1.Personal information

• Telephone:  012 429 8429 (w);
• E-mail:  eiselgts@unisa.ac.za

2.Qualifications

•  1979  B Juris LL B (cum laude) Potchefstroom University.
•  1981  Tax Certificate UNISA.
•  1988  LL D Potchefstroom University B Thesis Comparative study on the  control of standard form contracts in Germany, Sweden, the USA,  Israel and South Africa.
• 1989  SAFTO Import/Export Administration Course.

3.Professional career  

• 1976 – 1979 Part time administrative assistant, prosecutor B Department   of Justice. 
• 1982 B 1998 Lecturer, Senior lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor  (1994) in Private Law B Potchefstroom University. 
• 1982 – 1999 Part time practice as advocate B mainly general commercial work. 1999  Pupilage at the Johannesburg Bar. 1999 - 2000 Full time advocate Johannesburg Bar B general commercial law,   property and planning law, international trade law, customs   and excise law. 
• 2001 Part time practice as advocate Johannesburg Bar. 2001 onward Professor in Private Law, UNISA. 
• 1999 - Visiting professor  in international trade law in Masters program of the Potchefstroom University. 2002-  Visiting professor in international trade law in Masters program of the Johannesburg University (formerly Rand Afrikaans  University. 
• 2003 -  Visiting professor in international trade law in Masters program of the Stellenbosch University. 
• 2003 Visiting Professor at the Victoria University School of Law, Melbourne Australia.2004 Visiting professor in international trade law in the BBA and  MBA program of the International University in Germany,  Bruchsal, Germany.

4.Fields of expertise

• Lectured in: Contract law: 1982 B1998; 2001 onward 
• Unjustified enrichment law: 1982 B1998; 2001 onward Private international law: 1982 B present 
• Comparative law 1986 - present International sales law: 1997- present 
• International transport law: 1997 B 2000 Customs and excise law 1997 B present 
• Information technology law 1995 - present

Research in various projects on South African, European, German, Dutch, English and American law on the following topics: 

• Control of standard form contracts 
• Electronic trading law 
• Computer evidence and electronic storage of documentation 
• Privacy protection 
• Unjustified enrichment law 
• International sales law 
• UN Convention on International Sales of Goods 
• Private international law

Litigation and opinion work as advocate in the following fields: 

• Customs and excise law 
• International trade law 
• General contract law 
• Enrichment law
• Property and planning law

5. Appointments 

• 1984 -1989  SA Law Commission Project Team on Unfair Contract    
• Terms 1989 -1995  Chairman legal committee SAFTO Electronic Data  Interchange Project  
• 1989 -1995  Treasurer SA Association for Computers and the Law  
• 1993 -1996  United Nations Working Party 4 UN Economic  Commission for Europe EDI Project SA representative on   legal working group 
• 1993-1995 Government Inter-Departmental Advisory Committee on   the Electronic Storage of Business Documentation 
• 1994 - 1998  University Senate, Potchefstroom 
• 2002- onward University Senate, UNISA 
• 1995 - 1997 Chairman legal committee SABS Electronic Data   Interchange Project 
• 1995   Acting vice dean of the Law Faculty, Potchefstroom 
• 1994-1998 External and international liaison representative of the Law   Faculty, including overseeing faculty and student exchanges  with the Universities of Leuven (Belgium); University of   Leiden, Amsterdam and the Free University Amsterdam,  Netherlands; University of Rostock (Germany) 
• 1996 - on  Editorial board of the  EDI Law Review (Netherlands)  
• 1997 - 1998  Transformation Council of the University (Potchefstroom) 
• 2001-2002  Member of the drafting team Electronic Communications   and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 – responsible for Chapter   III (contractual aspects), Chapter VII (consumer   protection) and Chapter VIII (protection of personal   information)
• 2002 -    Advisor for Dutch and Flemish translations in the Queen Mary, University of London Case Translation Program

6. Other achievements

• Legal: 1985-1997 Awarded 6 major national scholarships and bursaries for advanced study and research 
• Teaching excellence award, Potchefstroom University 
• Developed standard EDI Interchange Agreement for the SABS 
• 1996-1997Developed and introduced the structured Masters Degree in Import  and Export Law at the Potchefstroom University 
• Awarded Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law  (Hamburg, Germany) scholarship for advanced research in  International Sales Law 
• Organised conference on Contractual Damages at UNISA 2002 
• Invited as arbitrator to the Willm C Vis annual moot court competition in Vienna 2002 -.2005

Other: 

• 1974/1975 American Field Service Exchange Student to Germany
• 1990  Rotary Group Study  Exchange representative to Florida, USA

7. Publications  

• Unjustified Enrichment (2nd ed 1999 Butterworths) B Textbook with Prof GJ Pienaar
•  Chapter on >Copyright of Computer Software in SA= in Louwers and Prins (eds) International Computer Law (Looseleaf 1999 Matthew Bender) < LI>  Chapter on >Copyright of Computer Software in Namibia= in Louwers and Prins (eds) International Computer Law (Looseleaf 2001 Matthew Bender) < LI>  Chapter on Trade and Industry in LAWSA Volume 28 (2003)
•  Chapter on Built Environment Professions LAWSA Volume 2 (2003)
•  Website CISG in Africa (2002)
•  41 articles in national and international legal journals on*:

•  Contract law,  
• Unjustified enrichment law,  
• International trade law EDI law  
• Computer evidence,  E-commerce Privacy protection 
• Private international law 

* A full list of publications is available on request

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 Curriculum Vitae: prof CT Hugo

Personal Information: 

•  021 808 3198 (office)Email: cfh@sun.ac.za  

Qualifications: 

• BA (Law) University of Pretoria 1978  
• LLB University of Pretoria 1980 (with distinctions for, inter alia, my dissertation) 
• LLM University of South Africa 1988 (with a distinction for my dissertation) 
• LLD University of Stellenbosch 1996. (Thesis on Documentary Credits co-supervised by Professors Andreas van Wyk and David Butler)

Professional Qualification:  

• Admitted as Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1985.

Professional Background:

• 1979-1980: Junior Lecturer (University of South Africa) 1981-1982: Compulsory Military Service
• 1983-1985: Assistant State Attorney Durban1985-1987: Lecturer in Mercantile Law (University of Stellenbosch)
• 1987-1996: Senior Lecturer in Mercantile Law (University of Stellenbosch)
• 1991 (full duration of): Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (research assistant) at the chair of Prof Reinhard Zimmermann (University of Regensburg) during my sabbatical. A significant portion of this time was spent on my doctoral research.
• 1997 onwards:    Professor of Mercantile Law (University of Stellenbosch)1994 onwards: Commissioner of the Small Claims Court in Stellenbosch.
• 2001 onwards: Chairperson of the Department

Teaching responsibility:  

Negotiable instruments, Banking, International Business Transactions and Insurance. I teach both in the Law and the Commerce Faculty, and, on LLM level, have been and am currently involved in the LLM programmes of several universities: Stellenbosch, Natal, Potchefstroom, Cape Town (for several years until 2001), Namibia (2001 and 2002). I have also been the convenor of my own faculty’s distance education LLM programme (by inter-active satellite TV) since its inception in 1999. This LLM is focused on international trade law.

 During the period 2001-2003 I taught, as visiting professor, a total of 7 credits in the business school of the International University of Germany in Bruchsal (Germany). This was all in the broad area of international business transactions.

I have supervised some 25 or so mini theses on LLM level (roughly equal to a typical article in a law journal), 1 full masters thesis (a comparative analysis of banking supervision in Germany and South Africa) and am currently acting as supervisor or co-supervisor of two doctoral students.

I have acted as moderator and external examiner for the following courses: the University of Cape Town’s courses in Banking Law (LLB level) and International Trade Law (LLM level); the University of the Western Cape’s LLM course on International Trade Law; the University of Durban-Westville’s LLM on International Trade and Banking; the University of Port Elizabeth’s course on Payment Instruments (LLB level), and the University of Namibia’s course on negotiable instruments (LLB level).

I taught a one-credit elective (on instruments of payment and guarantee in international business transactions) at the University of Gainesville, Florida, during January and February 2003 under an exchange agreement between our respective Universities.

My courses, including those taught abroad, have regularly been evaluated and the results are available on request.

During the period September 2003 – April 2004 I coached a team from Stellenbosch which participated in the 11th Willem Vis international commercial arbitration moot in Vienna. The team was eventually ranked 45th out of the 135 participating law schools. I also acted as arbitrator in both the general and elimination rounds of the competition.

NRF Rating

Researchers in the natural sciences in South Africa have for many years been part of  a system whereby they could subject their work to the National Research Foundation (NRF) to be rated. Independent referees, of whom half must be from abroad, report back to the NRF, and on the basis of these reports, the researchers are rated. This system was extended to the humanities recently. For better or for worse (the system is not without its controversy), and under considerable pressure from the University authorities, I submitted myself to the system and received a C2 rating. This translates, in the terminology of the NRF, to the following: “All the reviewers are firmly convinced that the researcher concerned has a sustained recent record of productivity in the field and is recognised by his peers as having: - produced a body of quality work, the core of which has coherence and attests to ongoing engagement with the field; - demonstrated the ability to conceptualise problems and apply research methods to investigating them.”

Publications

1 Doctoral Thesis

The Law Relating to Documentary Credits from a South African Perspective with Special Reference to the Legal Position of the Issuing and Confirming Banks LLD Dissertation University of Stellenbosch, (1996). (The publication of a limited number in 1997 was made possible by a grant from the Banking Law Research Unit attached to the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg.) This was comparative research in which German, English, US and Dutch law was analysed in order to suggest approaches to different issues in SA law.

2 Contribution to Books (already published)

(i) The Chapter “Negotiable Instruments” in Visser D & Zimmermann R (ed) Southern Cross: Common Law and Civil Law in South Africa Oxford University Press 481-520.

(ii) “The Civil Law and its Contribution to Commercial Law: Perspectives from South Africa” in Mugasha A (ed) Commercial Law: Issues for the 21st Century (2001) Prospect Media 1-21.

(iii) The chapter on “Commercial Law” to the South African volume of the Kluwer Introduction series jointly edited by Proff Cornie van der Merwe of Aberdeen and Jacques du Plessis of Stellenbosch (2004) Kluwer Law International 333-363 (together with Richard Stevens).

3 Contributions to Books (publication imminent)

(iv) “The Law of Lease” together with Philip Simpson (of the Edinburgh Bar). This chapter forms part of a major treatise co-edited by Proff Reinhard Zimmermann (Max Planck Institut für ausländische und internationale Privatrecht, Hamburg), Kenneth Reid (University of Edinburgh) and Daniël Visser (University of Cape Town) in which South African and Scots private law is compared topic-wise. The work is to be published by Oxford University Press shortly. Our contribution has already been submitted and accepted by the editors.

4 Articles

(i) “Aspekte van Eiendomsverkryging deur 'n Reëlmatige Houer” (English: Aspects of the Acquisition of Ownership by a Holder in Due Course) (1989) 1 South African Mercantile Law Journal 1-22. (Refereed Journal.) This article (which was essentially my LLM dissertation), had the honour of being published as the first article in the first issue of the South African Mercantile Law Journal.

(ii) “Die Toepassingsgebied van Artikel 18 van die Wisselwet” (English: The Scope of Application of Section 18 of the Bills of Exchange Act) (1990) 2 Stellenbosch Law Review 105-111. (Refereed Journal.)

(iii) “The Negligent Collecting Bank: Recent Decisions Introduce a New Era” (1992) 4 Stellenbosch Law Review 115-130. (Refereed Journal.)

(iv) “Fortschritte der Südafrikanischen Rechtswissenschaft im 20. Jahrhundert: Der Beitrag von J.C. de Wet (1912-1990)” (English: Developments within South African Legal Science during the 20th Century: The Contribution of J. C. de Wet (1912-1990)) with Reinhard Zimmermann (then of the University of Regensburg, now of the Max Planck Institut für ausländische und internationale Privatrecht, Hamburg) LX (1992) Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis 157-175. (Refereed Journal.)

(v) “The Development of Documentary Letters of Credit as Reflected in the Uniform Customs and Practice of Documentary Credits” (1993) 5 South African Mercantile Law Journal 44-77. (Refereed Journal.)

(vi) “The Legal Nature of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits: Lex Mercatoria, Custom or Contract” (1994) 6 South African Mercantile Law Journal 143-168. (Refereed Journal.)

(vii) “The 1993 Revision of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits” (1996) 8 South African Mercantile Law Journal 151-163. (Refereed Journal.)

(viii) “Risk Factors and General Exclusions of Motor Vehicle Insurance: Empirical and Legal Perspectives” with Prof FJ Mostert of the University of Stellenbosch (1998) Vol 7.3 Management Dynamics: Contemporary Research 35-58. (Refereed Journal.)

(ix) “The United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods: Its Scope of Application from a South African Perspective” (1999) 11 South African Mercantile Law Journal LJ 1-27. (Refereed Journal.)

(ix) “Countermanding Payment of a Bank Cheque: A Brief Note” (1999) 10 Stellenbosch Law Review 226-231. (Refereed Journal.)

(x) “Documentary Credits: The Basis of the Bank’s Obligation” (2000) 117 South African Law Journal 224-255. (Refereed Journal.)

(xi) “Documentary Credits: Apparently Conforming Documents Equals Conforming Documents! The Bizarre Heritage of United City Merchants (Investments) Ltd v Royal Bank of Canada” (2001) 13 South African Mercantile Law Journal 593-601. (Refereed Journal.)

(xii) “Discounting Practices and Documentary Credits” (2002) 119 South African Law Journal 101-119. (Refereed Journal.)

Accepted for publication but not yet published

(xiii) An article on private law initiatives in the harmonization of international trade law which is apparently to be published in the next issue of the TRW (refereed journal).

5 Case Notes

(i) “Kahn v Volschenk 1986 3 SA 84 (A) Vindikasie – Verdedigingsbonusobligasies” (English: Vindication of Defence Bonus Bonds) (1986) 19 De Jure 390-393. (Refereed Journal.)

(ii) “Thompson v Voges 1988 1 SA 691 (A) Onvoltooide Tjeks – Estoppel” (English: Inchoate Cheques – Estoppel) (1988) 21 De Jure 390-397. (Refereed Journal.)

6 Work in Progress

I am currently working on a new edition of Cowen’s The Law of Negotiable Instruments in South Africa. [progress frustratingly slow]

Conference Papers

(i) “Documentary Credits: An Introduction” January 1993 Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference Stellenbosch.

(ii) “Documentary Letters of Credit: Reflections on Recent Developments” 1993 Annual Banking Law Update Rand Afrikaans University Research Unit for Banking Law Johannesburg.

(iii) “Letters of Credit: Reflections on Recent Developments” 1994 Annual Banking Law Update Rand Afrikaans University Research Unit for Banking Law Johannesburg.

(iv) “The UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit” March 1997 UNCITRAL Instruments in Southern Africa Conference held at the University of Stellenbosch. (I arranged this conference.)

(v) “Premature Payment of Deferred Payment Credits” January 1999 Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference Bloemfontein.

(vi) “Countermanding Payment of a Bank Cheque” January 1999 Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference Bloemfontein.

 (vii) “The Civil Law and its Contribution to Commercial Law: Perspectives from a Mixed Jurisdiction” April 1999 Commercial Law Conference Australian National University Canberra (Keynote address.)

(viii) “The United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods: Its Scope of Application from a South African Perspective” May 1999 UNCITRAL Instruments in Southern Africa Conference held at the Rand Afrikaans University. (I arranged this conference in conjunction with a colleague from RAU.)

(ix) “International Business Transactions: Security of Payment in South Africa” September 2000, Wirtschaftstag Südliches Afrika , Conference organised by the German-South African Lawyers Association in conjunction with the Southern Africa Initiative for German Business in the Handelskammer Hamburg.

(x) “Bills of Exchange Act 34 of 1964: Provisions Reflecting the Major Changes after Amendment by the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 56 of 2000” April 2001, US, BoE Bank and Deneys Reitz Attorneys Conference on the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 56 of 2000. (I arranged this conference.)

(xi) “Documentary Credits in an Electronic Age: The e-UCP” April 2003 The Law and e-Commerce , conference co-hosted by the Stellenbosch Faculty of Law and Jan S de Villiers Attorneys (a large Cape Town based law firm). (I arranged this conference in conjunction with a colleague from Jan S de Villiers.)

(xii) "Documentary Credits and Independent Guarantees" 2004 Annual Banking Law Update Rand Afrikaans University Research Unit for Banking Law, Indaba Hoterl Witkoppen, Johannesburg. (this is a continuing annual engagement)

(xiii)  "The CISG (Vienna Sales Convention" June 2004 Conference on International Trade arranged by the Law Society of the Northern Provinces at their offices in Pretoria.

(xiv) "Instruments of Payment and Guarantee" June 2004 Conference on International Trade arranged by the Law Society of the Northern Provinces at their offices in Pretoria.

Seminars

(i) “Banks, Rogues and Cheques: Perspectives from South Africa” May 1999 Institute of Comparative and International Law (ICIL) Seminar University of Melbourne published on the web: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/icil. This also formed the nucleus of seminars for which I was responsible in Edinburgh (Feb 1998) and in Brisbane April 1999.)

(ii) June 2001 I was requested to present a seminar on the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act to the Boland Interest Group of Chartered Accountants in Stellenbosch.

Guest Lectures

(i) 1993: "Documentary Credits” (LLM-group RAU).

(ii) 1995: "The Moment of Payment of a Cheque” (LLB-group RAU).

(iii) 1997: “Documentary Credits – South African Developments” (LLB-group University of Natal (Durban)).

(iv) 2002: “The Financing of International Trade” (3 hours) (LLB-group University of Natal (Durban))

Scholarships:  

Various South African Scholarships that have enabled me to spend, with my family, some 17 months in total abroad (mainly in Germany, but also some 2 months in the UK) to further my research. (in 1991 and again in 1997-1998). 

Sponsored by the United Nations to attend the 1995 Session of UNCITRAL in Vienna. I have since maintained excellent ties with several members of the UNCITRAL Secretariat which has led to the two conferences on UNCITRAL Instruments in South Africa listed above.

Consulting work:  

I have been consulted over the past decade or so for legal opinion mainly in the fields of cheque law and documentary credits. My customers have included firms of attorneys, banks and companies.  This does not, however, form a large portion of my weekly work (or remuneration).

 Curriculum Vitae: Prof A Verheij

1. LEVENSLOOP

11 MEI 1972: geboren te 's-Gravenhage.

1990: eindexamen V.W.O. aan het 1e Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum te 's-Gravenhage.

1991: propedeuse rechten aan de Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam.

NAJAAR 1995: in het kader van een uitwisselingsprogramma gestudeerd aan 'Boalt Hall', de juridische faculteit van de University of California in Berkeley.

1996: met genoegen afgestudeerd aan de Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam in de richtingen privaatrecht en staats- en bestuursrecht. Scriptie privaatrecht: De aansprakelijkheid van de accountant jegens derden naar Amerikaans en Nederlands recht. Scriptie staats- en bestuursrecht: De aansprakelijkheid van de overheid wegens rechtmatig strafvorderlijk optreden.

1996-2000:AIO bij de Afdeling Privaatrecht van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; promotor Prof. mr. C.C. van Dam.1 september

2000: ‘assistant professor’ (universitair docent).

26 MAART 2002: (Cum laude) gepromoveerd op ‘Vergoeding van immateriële schade wegens aantasting in de persoon, Ars Aequi Libri, 2002. 15 november

2002: Premium Erasmianum ontvangen voor proefschrift.

2003: Sinds januari ben ik bij de Rechtbank Utrecht een opleidingstraject ingegaan dat vereist is om als rechter-plaatsvervanger te worden benoemd.

08/09 2003:Verblijf in Zuid-Afrika (Potchefstroom en Pretoria) voor onderwijs (in het Engels) en onderzoek.

VANAF 1 APRIL 2004:‘associate professor’ (universitair hoofddocent) bij het Centrum voor Aansprakelijkheidsrecht van de Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Universiteit van Tilburg.

2. PROMOTIE-ONDERZOEK

Het onderzoek betrof de vergoeding van immateriële schade. Rechtsvergelijking wordt bedreven met het Duitse, Franse, Engelse en (incidenteel) met het Noordamerikaanse recht.

In augustus 1997 heb ik gedurende twee weken onderzoek gedaan naar Duits recht aan het Max Planck Instituut te Hamburg, in juni 1998 heb ik onderzoek gedaan naar het Engelse recht in Cambridge (Trinity College), in december 1999 heb ik twee weken lang onderzoek verricht naar het Amerikaanse recht aan 'Boalt Hall', de juridische faculteit van de University of California te Berkeley, in mei 2000 heb ik 2 weken onderzoek gedaan aan de Sorbonne in Parijs.

3. BESTUURSERVARING

-Van augustus 1998 tot september 2002 lid van het bestuur van de uitgeverij Ars Aequi Libri te Nijmegen.-Vanaf september 2000 tot januari 2004 lid van het bestuur van de Afdeling Privaatrecht van de faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Vrije Universiteit.

4. ONDERWIJS

4.1. Gegeven onderwijs september 1996 - heden

In alle hieronder genoemde vakken heb ik ook minimaal 2 nakijkrondes geholpen met nakijken.

1996-1997 Propedeuse:

•  Inleiding privaatrecht:
• Beginselen Privaatrecht (goederenrecht)

1997-1998 Propedeuse:

• Beginselen Privaatrecht (goederenrecht)

1998-1999 Propedeuse:

•  Beginselen Privaatrecht (goederenrecht)

1999-2000 1e Doctoraal:

• Aansprakelijkheidsrecht

2000-2001 1e Doctoraal:

• Aansprakelijkheidsrecht
• Contractenrecht

2001-2002 1e Doctoraal:

• Contractenrecht:

2002-2003 Propedeuse:

• Beginselen Privaatrecht (verbintenissenrecht)

1e Doctoraal:

• Contractenrecht
• Aansprakelijkheidsrecht

LLM:

• International contract law (Engelstalig)

2003-2004 Propedeuse:

• Beginselen Privaatrecht (verbintenissenrecht)

1e Doctoraal:

• Contractenrecht

LLM:

• International contract law (Engelstalig)

Law of delict (Engelstalig)

Zuid-Afrika augustus en september 2003

(Potchefstroom en Universiteit van Pretoria)

4.2. Coördinatie

De coördinator van een vak is verantwoordelijk voor de volgende zaken:

• roosterpreferenties inventariseren van docenten en doorspreken met degenen die de roosters maken (dat gebeurt centraal in de faculteit)
• zorgen dat de syllabi op tijd klaar zijn- tentamenzaal en datum regelen
• zorgen dat tentamens op tijd gemaakt zijn
• zorgen dat tentamens op tijd nagekeken - hoewel de coördinator niet inhoudelijk de eindverantwoordelijke is voor het desbetreffende vak dient hij wel inhoudelijke problemen te signaleren en mee te nemen naar het volgende jaar. Hij of zij doet verder voorstellen voor de inhoud van het vak.

2000-2001 Dit jaar was ik coördinator van:

• Aansprakelijkheidsrecht

2001-2002 Dit jaar was ik coördinator van:

• Contractenrecht
• Aansprakelijkheidsrecht

2002-2003 Dit jaar was ik coördinator van:

• Contractenrecht
• International ontract law
• Aansprakelijkheidsrecht

2003-2004 Dit jaar ben ik coördinator van:

• Contractenrecht
• International contract law
• Contracteren in de praktijk (een vak dat ik mede heb opgezet en dat in het derde
• Bachelorjaar wordt gegeven.

4.3 Scripties

In de loop der jaren heb ik vele scripties begeleid als hoofdbegeleider en tweede beoordelaar.

5. LEZINGEN/CURSUSSEN

• (met PAO en mr. M.S. van Gaalen) organisatie van een symposium over het Unidroit-Verdrag inzake gestolen of onrechtmatig uitgevoerde cultuurgoederen ('Unidroit-Verdrag wel of niet?' 15 mei 1997). Ik heb daar gesproken over de achtergronden van het Unidroit-Verdrag.
• Op 15 mei 1998 ter gelegenheid van het 40-jarig bestaan van het Molengraaff Instituut van de Universiteit van Utrecht gesproken over vergoeding van affectieschade.Vermandecursus op 19 april en op 26 mei 2000 over o.m. angstschade.
• Lunchbijeenkomst KUB Tilburg 2 november 2000 (Engelstalig), gesproken over schade als gevolg van verwonding van een ander.
• Vermandecursus op 13 december 2001 over affectieschade naar Nederlands en buitenlands recht.
• ‘Kopstukkencollege’ te Utrecht op maandag 11 november 2002.Ius Commune congres 29 december 2002: inleiding voor de workshop aansprakelijkheidsrecht.
• 11 september 2003 Faculteitslezing aan de University of Pretoria over constitutionele argumenten ter vergoeding van affectieschade.
• Jubileum Congres 50 jaar Verkeersrecht 31 oktober 2003 in Den Haag.

 6. NEVENFUNCTIES EN -ACTIVITEITEN SINDS 1996 -  

• Van oktober 1998 tot oktober 1999 was ik gedurende één dag per week werkzaam op de afdeling Algemene Praktijk van het advocatenkantoor De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Linklaters & Alliance.
• Adviezen over smartengeld en shockschade aan: Beer Advocaten te Amsterdam (februari 1999), De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Linklaters & Alliance (december 1999) en Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn, (mei 2001).
• Expertmeeting georganiseerd door het Ministerie van Justitie met het oog op het wetsvoorstel vergoeding affectieschade (februari 2002).
• Sinds augustus 2002 ben ik redacteur van het tijdschrift Letsel & Schade.
• Sinds januari 2003 ben verricht ik part-time werkzaamheden bij de Rechtbank Utrecht, de bedoeling is dat ik na enige tijd als rechter-plaatsvervanger wordt benoemd.

7. NEVENFUNCTIES EN -ACTIVITEITEN TIJDENS STUDIE (VOOR 1996)

7.1 redactiewerkzaamheden

• Van september 1991 tot september 1993 redacteur van het verenigingsblad 'Het Verdrag' van de Studentenvereniging voor Internationale Betrekkingen.
• Van oktober 1992 tot en met juni 1994 redacteur van het juridisch faculteitsblad Status Quo.
• Van juli 1993 tot en met juli 1995 redacteur van het Juridisch Studentenblad Ars Aequi (in verband met de gebruikelijke administratieve vertraging staat mijn naam pas vanaf september 1993 in het colofon).
• voorzitter van de commissie verantwoordelijk voor de reeks over beroepsaansprakelijkheid in de jaargang 1995. Deze artikelen zijn later in boekvorm gepubliceerd: J.Ph. Broekhuizen, A.L.T. van Vught en A.J. Verheij (red.), Beroepsaansprakelijkheid, Ars Aequi Libri 1996.
• Lid commissie Bijzonder Nummer 1995: 'Joint Ventures'.
• Interviews met prof. mr H.J.J. Leenen (AA 1995, nr. 11) en prof. mr J.M. van Dunné (AA 1995, nr. 10).

7.2 bestuurswerkzaamheden

• Van september 1991 tot september 1992 bestuurslid van de Vrije Universiteit Studenten Organisatie, een kiesvereniging van de Vrije Universiteit die mensen levert voor de Universiteitsraad.
• Van 1 maart 1993 tot 1 januari 1995 student-lid van de kiescommissie van de Vrije - Universiteit, welke verantwoordelijk is voor de organisatie van de Universiteitsraadverkiezingen en de Faculteitsraadverkiezingen.

7.3 stages en cursussen

• Van februari tot en met mei 1994 stage bij Rechtshulp VU.
• In januari en februari 1995 stage bij het advocatenkantoor Buruma Maris te 's-Gravenhage.
• Cursus Engels in Canterbury van een maand in de zomer van 1991 gevolgd door het behalen van het 'Certificate of Proficiency in English' van de University of Cambridge (UK).
• Cursus Frans in Tours van een maand in de zomer van 1992.
• Cursus Internationaal Privaatrecht van drie weken in de zomer van 1994, verzorgd door de Haagse Academie voor Internationaal Recht.

7.4 overige

• Vanaf februari 1993 tot en met juli 1995 student-assistent bij de vakgroep privaatrecht van de Vrije Universiteit.
• Van 1990 tot en met 1996 lid van het Civielrechtelijk pleitgezelschap C.I.C.E.R.O. In 1993 deelgenomen aan de Nationale Pleitmarathon in Maastricht.

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