Vacature - PhD candidate 'Judges in Utopia'

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PhD research: Rights to remedies

The PhD project focuses on the analysis of the actual and potential influence of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on the adequate protection of EU rights in private legal relationships. It examines the relationship between EU law and national private law from the perspective of effective judicial protection for private actors. It, thus, assesses to what extent ‘a fundamental right to adequate protection’ (safeguarded by Article 47 of the Charter) may strengthen judicial protection of EU rights on the national level and may, at the same time, function as a meta-principle reconciling different judicial views on the resolution of ‘hard cases’ of private law on different levels of the European legal order.

The successful PhD candidate will benefit from committed research supervision by two supervisors specialised in the area of European private law and its theory. Moreover, the candidate will be welcomed in the lively and supportive intellectual environment of the CSECL, a centre of excellence at the University of Amsterdam’s Law Faculty, which has since long enjoyed a strong, international reputation for critical innovation in legal research.

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Tasks 

• Engage in supervised scientific research that will ultimately result in a doctoral thesis;
• actively contribute to the research community at the CSECL and the Law Faculty, eg in research meetings and seminars;
• the candidate may also (but will not be required to) lecture on subjects in the Faculty’s curriculum;
• regularly present intermediate research results at international workshops and conferences, and publish them in proceedings and journals;
• participate in the organization of research activities and events, such as conferences, workshops and joint publications.

Requirements

• Completed law degree at start of the employment;
• demonstrable research interest in European private law and, ideally, also its theory;
• ideally, the successful candidate will also have some knowledge of international and European public law;
• excellent command of English (written and spoken);
• interest in cross-disciplinary research and ability to work in a team.

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

The PhD researcher’s appointment will be originally for the period of one year, preceded by 4 months for completion of the project’s research plan. The appointment, i.e. the 4-month start-up period, preferably commences on 1 September 2015. Extension of the contract for another two years is subject to satisfactory performance after the first year. The gross full-time monthly salary will be in accordance with the salary scales for PhD candidates at Dutch universities, i.e., ranging from €2,083 in the first year to €2,664 in the final year. Secondary benefits at Dutch universities are attractive and include 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end of year bonus.

Afdeling

The Faculty of Law is strongly engaged in society and has an international orientation, which is reflected in its research and education activities. The Faculty offers three Bachelor's programmes and a number of Master's programmes, two of which are taught exclusively in English (i.e. International and European Law and European Private Law). With its 3,500 students and 375 staff members, it is one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands. The Faculty is located in the centre of Amsterdam.

The Faculty of Law is offering a position for a PhD candidate in the NWO-funded project ‘Judges in Utopia: Judicial law-making in European Private Law’, coordinated by Dr Chantal Mak. The project is conducted within the framework of the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL), one of the centres of excellence of the University of Amsterdam. The CSECL aims to promote high-quality research and education on European contract law. Its research programme focuses on the interplay between the European, national and international laws of contract.

Project description 

Political-philosophical calls for ‘more Europe’ as a response to the economic crisis reveal the lack of civic solidarity underlying the project of European integration. Echoes of this debate inform the judicial application of the rules facilitating market integration, most importantly rules of private law (contracts, property, liability). The concept of social justice endorsed at EU level continues to significantly diverge from national concepts. The interplay of ideas of justice has not yet resulted in a lasting constitutional settlement that is able to reconcile conceptions of the ‘common good’ pursued in European society. Consequently, judges struggle to align national social rights with European market freedoms in cases concerning private-legal transactions.

While the analysis of the ‘social deficit’ in European private law has long followed a critical, deconstructive approach, this project takes a constructive turn. It aims at developing a (partial) normative theory of judicial rulemaking for the field of European private law. First, it analyses the implications of theories of European constitutionalism and philosophical theories of deliberation for judicial reasoning in this area. The focus lies on the potential of fundamental rights to deliberate value-choices in judicial rulemaking in the field of private law. Within this general framework, in-depth studies will be conducted of: (i) the interplay between principles of law in the multi-level order of the EU and its Member States, and (ii) the guaranteeing of effective remedies on the interface of EU and national private laws. Combined with the continuous input of an Expert Group, these studies will feed into the elaboration of a normative theory that (a) reconceptualises the role of judges in today’s Europe, especially in their relation to the legislature, and (b) provides them with methodological guidance for the identification and integration of views on the ‘common good’ in the resolution of private legal disputes.

Additionele informatie

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:

•   Yvonne ter Horst

 Bron: https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UVA/vacancy/25799/lang/nl/

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