12 May
09:00 - 14:30

Re- De- Co-dification? New Insights on the Codification of Private Law in Europe

This Roundtable on May 12th 2017 will address recent developments and new perspectives on the codification of private law from a comparative law viewpoint. Scholars from six jurisdictions from Europe will share their insights on the main alterations and challenges that the codification phenomenon has experienced since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Speakers from continental European, common law, and mixed jurisdictions will meet to assess the virtues and weaknesses of the codification phenomenon, thus offering a forum to discuss the status of a paradigm that spread across part of the Western world.

For registration please contact Lars van Vliet at l.vanvliet@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

Organization

The event is part of the Roundtable Series of the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI), and is organized by Lars van Vliet (l.vanvliet@maastrichtuniversity.nl) and Agustín Parise. Funds for the realization of the event were provided by the Science Committee of the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University and the University Fund Limburg. 

Programme

09:00 Opening Remarks, Lars van Vliet (Maastricht University)

First Session 
Moderator: Bram Akkermans (Maastricht University)

09:05 William Swadling (University of Oxford, England)
Perspectives from England
09:25 Discussion

09:40 Martin A. Hogg (Edinburgh Law School, Scotland)
Perspectives from Scotland 
10:00 Discussion

10:15 Jan Smits (Maastricht University)
Perspectives from the Netherlands 
10:35 Discussion

10:50 Coffee Break

Second Session
Moderator: Lotte Meurkens (Maastricht University)

11:15 Monika Hinteregger (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria)
Perspectives from Austria 
11:35 Discussion

11:50 Vincent Sagaert (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Perspectives from Belgium 
12:10 Discussion

12:25 Mustapha Mekki (Université Paris XIII, IRDA, France)
Perspectives from France 
12:45 Discussion

13:00 General Discussion, moderated by Gijs van Dijck (Maastricht University)

13:15 Closing Remarks, Agustín Parise (Maastricht University)

13:30 Lunch (Faculty of Law, Bouillonstraat 1-3, 6211 LH Maastricht)

Location
Tapijnkazerne 21 ‘Building Z’, 6211 ME Maastricht 

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