📢 Join us this upcoming Monday for a lecture with Robert Wai (Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada) titled, The Liberal Values and Transnational Private Law, as part of our Value(s) of Private Law lecture series. 💫 The lecture will be hybrid, register below for the zoom link or attend in person at the Roeterseiland campus! https://lnkd.in/edZBUqXh
Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (ACT)
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At the Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (ACT) we explore the role of private law in the making of society. Private law is always transformative: Every articulation of rights and duties - enabling some forms of action and cooperation as opposed to others - always entails a political choice, with vast impacts on the economy and society. The critical-analytical project behind Transformative Private Law works to grasp how contemporary categories of private law (e.g. contract, property, corporation, tort) and the principles on which they are based (such as privity of contracts, shareholder primacy, causality, liability) empower some actors over others and eventually entrench outcomes that are harmful or unjust. By identifying the ways in which private law entrenches injustice, or aggravates societal challenges, we aim to identify sites of intervention and articulate pathways to alternative private law frameworks. This joint academic ambition is addressed through pluralistic methodological approaches represented within ACT, including both robust doctrinal analysis and transdisciplinary engagements with, for instance, philosophy, social theory, political economy, economics or sociology. ACT welcomes a multiplicity of different perspectives and (counter)narratives and especially those that are often unheard of, or remain significantly underexposed.
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With the conference today and yesterday that I organized with prof. Aukje van Hoek and prof. Ianika Tzankova we aimed to bring practitioners and academics together in having quality discussions around academic papers, in the rapidly evolving field of class actions in environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. I think we succeeded! In any case, we had interesting discussions on a wide range of topics, from funding and representation to jurisdiction and applicable law, and from corporate sustainability and data protection to reparation for war damages in Ukraine and the downsides of carbon markets for local indigenous communities. A special issue with many of the papers is forthcoming in the Mass Claims Journal. Thank you to all the presenters Axel Halfmeier, Malte Schlichting, Charlotte de Meeûs, Ander Maglica, Aukje van Hoek, Etienne Pataut, Francesca Episcopo, Anna van Duin 🟥, Rhonson Salim, Csongor István Nagy, Ilaria Pretelli, Carlota Ucín - PhD, Nabintu Wa Nciko And thanks to the expert commentators: Klaas Eller, Tessa Trapp, Nicholas Diamand, Olav Haazen, Eduardo Silva de Freitas, Koen Rutten, McKenzie U., Mariëlle Groen, Edith Nordmann, ⚖️ Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm, Diederik van der Kooij, Channa Samkalden, Frank Peters, Dr. Hélène VAN LITH, Cathalijne van der Plas, Phillip Paiement, Nicky Touw, Laura Burgers, Mathilde Cohen And for chairing the sessions Patricia Gil Lemstra and Rabeea Assy! And of course to my amazing research group Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (ACT)
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Today, we brought together experts in private law, data protection, and digital rights to dive into the collective private enforcement of the GDPR. We discuss crucial topics like representation, the role of strategic litigation, remedies (particularly damages), and the ever-present question of how to ensure access to justice in this digital age. The conversation doesn’t stop here—more insights to come! #DataProtection #CollectiveLitigation #DigitalRights #GDPR With Alexandra Giannopoulou, Damian Clifford, Willem van Boom, Swee Leng Harris, Dorota Leczykiewicz, Václav Janeček, Jos Hoevenaars, Marta Morvillo, Gloria González Fuster, Jagna Mucha, Thomas Streinz, Rhonson Salim, and others. Project Team: Francesca Episcopo, Jef Ausloos, Emmanuel Ladji Inga, Marta Reysner, Iris Brafine and yours truly. https://lnkd.in/gX-EJtdX
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A day before the workshop we have 4 more blogs ready for you!
The day before the workshop on Social Justice in the EU starts we have 4 blogs for you to read! Bianca Gardella Tedeschi discusses the multifaceted concept of consent and its many implications for EU private law: https://lnkd.in/d_tTp7Gi Grigoris Bacharis and Szymon Osmola argue against formalism in civil procedure and enforcement laws, and for collective actions and mass procedures: https://lnkd.in/dYTaifXK Alessandra Quarta writes about a transformative approach to consumer law that addresses both social and ecological justice: https://lnkd.in/dV66R34g Finally, Jie Ouyang reflects on how the alignment between contract law and sustainability can happen: https://lnkd.in/dsM27eKe
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🚀 Exciting news to share! Marija Bartl's new book, "Re-imagining Prosperity: Toward a New Imaginary of Law and Political Economy in the EU" is now available and it is open access! This important work explores how the EU can develop a new vision of prosperity that aligns with today’s societal needs and aspirations. Through case studies on sustainable industry, fair corporate practices, and more, it reveals how the EU is already making strides toward a future of shared prosperity—but with much work left to do. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eV3G47g4
Dear friends, DOWNLOAD OPEN ACCESS BOOK "Re-imagining Prosperity: Toward a New Imaginary of Law and Political Economy in the EU" (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Thanks to so many people, without whose generous help this book would not have seen the light of the day. The book argues that the historic task of the European Union (EU) today is to articulate and institute a new imaginary of prosperity. Imaginaries of prosperity integrate societies around the shared pursuit of a prosperous future, rendering 'political-economic' questions as the main preoccupation of politics. The new imaginary of prosperity in the EU must be able to provide answers to contemporary societal challenges while also conjuring a world in which people want to live. Through analyses of several policy fields, the book shows that the EU has already made modest strides in fostering more caring consumption, circular products and technologies, sustainable industry, and fairer corporate activity. But the EU must go further and faster if it hopes to respond effectively to Europe's problems, while arresting another descent into tribalism. If you would be interested in a book presentation, please drop me a message or an email - I would be more than happy to oblige! :) UvA, Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (ACT), Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, N-EXTLAW, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Reimagining Prosperity
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📢 🚨Join us this Thursday, October 17th at 15.30 for the book launch of Günter Frankenberg and Fernanda Nicola titled, Comparative Law: Introduction to a Critical Practice. More information can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e3BvU-wg 👉Want to know more about our lecture series? Then check out our events page: https://lnkd.in/g5v9JF4c 🌐 All the registration links for our upcoming events can be found here: https://lnkd.in/edTAxTcm
📚 ✨ Join us on October 17th for the first lecture of The Value(s) of Private Law lecture series! We are kicking off this series with the book launch of Günter Frankenberg & Fernanda Nicola, titled Comparative Law: Introduction to a Critical Practice. Register and find out more via the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3BvU-wg
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Great to have the next two blogs online with important and necessary questions for the future of private law and democracy!
Our next two blogs in the symposium on social justice in 2044 are online! The first blog comes from the hands of Martijn Hesselink who writes about 'prefigurative private law practices' and how they may radically alter and destabilise the meaning of private law and its categories: https://lnkd.in/eESVQgpZ The second blog by Brigitta Lurger focusses on the problems have risen from digitalization and the free market logic that has accompanied it, resulting in the commercialisation of public issues and super-powerful oligopolists: https://lnkd.in/eYwkUtCZ
SJ 44 Symposium: Our Digitalized Lives - Taming the Omni-Present Private Market Logic - Transformative Private Law
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📚 ✨ Join us on October 17th for the first lecture of The Value(s) of Private Law lecture series! We are kicking off this series with the book launch of Günter Frankenberg & Fernanda Nicola, titled Comparative Law: Introduction to a Critical Practice. Register and find out more via the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3BvU-wg
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Met plezier kijk ik terug op het colloquium over het nieuwe Belgische verbintenissenrecht vanuit Nederlands perspectief, georganiseerd aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.🇧🇪🇳🇱 Het was een boeiende namiddag waarin de verschillende rapporten duidelijk maakten dat de Nederlandse ervaring, na meer dan 30 jaar toepassing van het Nederlands BW, waardevolle inzichten biedt voor de toepassing van enkele nieuwe wetsbepalingen in België. Omgekeerd werd duidelijk dat sommige nieuwe Belgische wetsbepalingen ook interessante perspectieven aanreiken voor de rechtsontwikkeling in Nederland. ⚖️📚 Een speciale dank aan alle sprekers voor hun waardevolle bijdragen en inzichten! 🙏✨ Dank ook aan de respondenten die met hun reacties inkijk gaven in de interne keuken van de Commissie die met de hervorming was belast: Sophie Stijns, Patrick Wéry, Rafaël Jafferali en Ilse Samoy De rapporten van de sprekers zijn uitgegeven door LeA Uitgevers 📖 beschikbaar op https://lnkd.in/eSzYwhPR Caroline Cauffman Tobias Jonkers Martijn van Kogelenberg Devrim Kroese Marco B.M. Loos Lotte Meurkens Daniëlle Op Heij Madeleine van Rossum Harriet Schelhaas Josje de Vogel Jan Wassink Diana Dankers-Hagenaars Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (ACT) #integraalprivaatrecht
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Did you miss the launch of our whitepaper Sustainable by Design – Industrial Policy for Long-Term Competitiveness in the EU? Still interested why and how the diverse ownership structures can support ‘long-term competitiveness’ and how they can foster innovation, investment and shared prosperity, by design? Follow the links below for the FULL RECORDING OF THE ONLINE LAUNCH of The White Paper "Sustainable by Design: Industrial Policy for Long-Term Competitiveness in the EU" in which the editors (Rutger Claassen 🟥, Nena van der Horst and myself) were joined by three other contributors/speakers Anne Sanders, Tej Gonza and Björn Hoops, in presenting the outcomes of the wonderful collective project! https://lnkd.in/eQDcBy6t ⚪
Sustainable by Design: Industrial Policy for Long-Term Competitiveness in the EU - Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law
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