Institute of European and Comparative Law
Annual Report for 2013-2014
Introduction
Set sail for new shores! The academic year 2013-14 was an eventful one for the Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law. It opened up new vistas of things to come
both far afield and closer to home.
Far afield, the most exciting development is the planned extension of our student
undergraduate exchange programmes to the Far East. The Institute has administered the
Law Faculty’s ‘Law with Law Studies in Europe’ degree (also known slightly more
informally as ‘Course 2’) for nearly twenty years. Course 2 is one of the great success
stories of legal education at Oxford and in the UK at large. It enables up to 35 students per
year to add an extra year to their ordinary Oxford BA in Jurisprudence, spent at one of our
European partner faculties. All of our partners are top law schools in the most important
jurisdictions in Europe: Paris (Panthéon-Assas), Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Siena, Leiden
and, in Germany, Bonn, Konstanz, Munich and Regensburg. In return, Oxford has received a
stream of outstanding exchange students from these universities for many years.
In the years to come, the Faculty hopes to extend Course 2 beyond Europe and add two
new partner universities in the Far East to the programme. After years of careful
preparation negotiations have commenced with prospective partners, and fundraising for
the considerable additional expenditure will soon begin. The new exchange programmes
will be unique amongst UK law schools, and they will be testament to the fact that today’s
graduates are faced with a complex legal environment: in a globalized world, there is more
to be studied than the common law and the European civil law jurisdictions. The coming
months will be crucial for securing funding and establishing the new exchanges. Watch this
space.
Closer to home, there is further change looming. Since its inception in 1995, the Institute
has suffered from less than ideal housing. What was originally intended to be a temporary
home in one of the more remote 1960s storage areas of the St Cross Building has since
turned into permanent accommodation with daylight and fresh air in short supply. Of
course the location on the lower ground floor has its benefits for the wider University.
Being based on the level of the St Cross car parking, the Director of the Institute can, for
once, be useful: showing the way to freshers in search of the Economics Department
(close); explaining the structure of the collegiate university to courier drivers in search of
St Cross College (less close); and offering therapeutic advice to car owners whose wheels
have just been clamped by the inexorable University Security Services (legal advice
frequently asked for but declined).
All this will fortunately come to an end with the major building works that are supposed to
transform the St Cross Building. The broader scheme includes a sensible swap of space
between the Bodleian Law Library and the Institute: the Law Bod will gain more floor
space that, qua ground floor space, can sustain more books per square metre; we will gain
space that, for the first time in the Institute’s existence, is fit for human habitation and we
will literally move up into the light.
2015 will be a special year for yet another reason. It is the twentieth anniversary of the
Institute, and there will be a raft of special events showcasing our research in European
and comparative law. These will include the annual conference of the Society of European
Contract Law (SECOLA), a symposium on contract law in Latin America and a major
comparative conference on the law of succession, analysing traditional and modern
devices that can be employed as substitutes for the time-honoured will. The festivities will
culminate in a major event focusing on the intersection of European law and comparative
law in September.
Venturing towards new shores does not imply neglect of our home turf. Course 2 with our
European partners has already been mentioned; it has long received extremely generous
funding from Clifford Chance LLP, our main supporters. Our teaching in French law
continues to be strengthened by us hosting the annual Oxford French Law Moot, now in its
seventh year and still funded by Gide LLP. Further support for our teaching activities in
French law was obtained by an extra grant from Clifford Chance Paris. Our academic
collaboration with Scandinavia, truly unique in the English speaking world, continues to
flourish, not the least because were able to secure generous new funding from the Torsten
Söderbergs Stiftelse and the Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse. Suffice it to say that the generous
support that we continue to receive is much appreciated. We would not have been able to
travel this far without it; nor would we dare venturing even further.
Stefan Vogenauer
Linklaters Professor of Comparative Law and Director of the Institute
October 2014
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Academic Staff
Professor Stefan Vogenauer, Linklaters Professor of Comparative Law and Director of the
Institute
Professor Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of European Law and Deputy
Director of the Institute
Mr Nick Barber, Academic Director of Undergraduate Exchange Programmes
Professor Ulf Bernitz, Research Fellow, co-ordinator of the Oxford-Stockholm
Collaboration
Mr Juan Carlos Dastis, Max Planck Fellow for 2013-14
Professor Ariel Ezrachi, Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law, head of the
Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP)
Dr Andreas von Goldbeck-Stier, DAAD Lecturer in German and EU Law
Dr Geneviève Helleringer, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Dr David Langlet, Stockholm Centre Oxford Fellow for 2013-14
Dr Rodrigo Momberg Uribe, Career Development Fellow in Comparative Law
Dr Javier Garcia Oliva, Lecturer in Spanish Law
Dr Konstanze von Papp, Erich Brost Career Development Fellow in German and EU Law
Mr Nello Pasquini, Linklaters Teaching Fellow for Italian Law
Associated Research Fellows
Professor Hugh Beale (University of Warwick)
Professor Michal Bobek (College of Europe)
Professor Anthony Bradley (Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law, University of
Edinburgh)
Dr Alexandra Braun (Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford)
Professor Gerhard Dannemann (Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin)
Dr Eric Descheemaeker (University of Edinburgh)
Professor Mark Freedland (Emeritus Professor of Employment Law, St John’s College,
Oxford)
Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz (Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, Oxford University)
Dr Justine Pila (Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford)
Mr Conor Quigley QC (Serle Court Chambers)
Professor Wolf-Georg Ringe (Copenhagen Business School and Oxford Law Faculty)
Professor Simon Whittaker (Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford and Professor of European
Comparative Law)
Administrator
Ms Jenny Dix
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Law with Law Studies in Europe and the European Student Exchange
Programme
The Institute continues to be responsible for the Faculty’s four-year BA in ‘Law with Law
Studies in Europe’. This essentially is a variant on the regular Oxford law degree that
includes an extra year spent at one of Oxford’s partner universities abroad. It is thus also
frequently called ‘Law Course 2’.
The following options are on offer:
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Law and French Law with 15 students per year going to the University of Paris
Panthéon-Assas;
Law and German Law with 12 students going to the Universities of Bonn, Konstanz,
Munich or Regensburg;
Law and Italian Law with two students going to the University of Siena;
Law and Spanish Law with two students going to the University of Pompeu Fabra in
Barcelona;
Law and European Law with four students going to the University of Leiden.
The Institute administers the programme, including the provision of preparatory teaching
in foreign law and languages and keeping constant contact with the academic directors and
the administrators of the exchange programmes in our partner universities.
Within this framework, the Institute also provides a focus and support network for the
students coming to Oxford from our partner universities under the Erasmus exchange
agreements. These students are registered for the one-year Diploma in Legal Studies
programme.
With 35 incoming and 35 outgoing students per year, Course 2 is the biggest
undergraduate exchange programme in the University. Overall, Course 2 remains one of
the success stories of the Institute. Its graduates are highly sought after by big law firms
which appreciate their linguistic skills, their experience abroad and the teaching they
receive in Oxford.
A detailed report on Course 2 for 2013-2014 was submitted to the Law Board for its
meeting in June 2014 and can be viewed on the Law Faculty intranet.
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Publications
(a) Books
Ulf Bernitz (with Anders Kjellgren), Europarättens grunder [Foundations of European
Law], 5th edn (Stockholm: Norstedts, 2014)
Ulf Bernitz (with Xavier Groussot and Felix Schulyok) (eds), General Principles of EU Law
and European Private Law (Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2013)
Anthony Bradley (with Keith Ewing and Christopher Knight), Constitutional and
Administrative Law, 16th edn (Harlow: Pearson, 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, The Roman Law of Obligations by Peter Birks (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, The Consequences of Possession (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press, 2014)
Ariel Ezrachi, EU Competition Law, An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases, 4th edn
(Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2014)
Ariel Ezrachi (with D Daniel Sokol and David Crane) (eds), Global Antitrust and Compliance
Handbook (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014)
Mark Freedland (with Nicola Countouris) (eds), Resocialising Europe in a Time of Crisis
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Justine Pila (with Paul S Davies) (eds), The Jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann (Oxford: Hart
Publishing, forthcoming 2015)
Justine Pila (with Christopher Wadlow) (eds), Perspectives on the Unitary (EU) Patent
System (Oxford: Hart Publishing, forthcoming 2015)
Justine Pila (with Ansgar Ohly) (eds), The Europeanization of Intellectual Property Law:
Towards a European Legal Methodology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013)
Wolf-Georg Ringe (with Peter M Huber), Legal Challenges in the Global Financial Crisis:
Bail-outs, the Euro, and Regulation (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2014)
Stefan Vogenauer (with Volker Triebel), Englisch als Vertragssprache [English as the
Language used in Contracts Governed by German Law] (Munich: CH Beck, forthcoming
2015)
Stefan Vogenauer (ed), Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International
Commercial Contracts, 2nd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2015)
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Stefan Vogenauer (with Louise Gullifer) (eds), English and European Perspectives on
Contract and Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Hugh Beale (Oxford: Hart Publishing,
2014)
Stephen Weatherill, European Sports Law: Collected Papers, 2nd edn (Den Haag: TMC Asser
Press/Springer, 2014)
Stephen Weatherill, EU Consumer Law and Policy, 2nd edn (Cheltenham: Elgar European
Law Series, 2013)
(b) Articles
Ulf Bernitz, ‘Rättighetsstadgan – utveckling och utmaningar’ [‘The Charter of Fundamental
Rights – Development and Challenges’] [2014] Europarättslig Tidskrift (Journal of
European Law) 449-461
Ulf Bernitz, ‘Commercial Law and Soft Law’ (2013) 58 Scandinavian Studies in Law 13-27
Ulf Bernitz (with Xavier Groussot and Felix Schulyok), ‘Vision, Essence and Narratives of
General Principles and European Private Law’, in U Bernitz, X Groussot and F Schulyok
(eds), General Principles of EU Law and European Private Law (Alphen aan den Rijn:
Wolters Kluwer, 2013) 1-17
Michal Bobek, ‘The Legal Reasoning of the Court of Justice’ (2014) 39 European Law Review
418
Michal Bobek, ‘Landtová and the Problem of an Uncooperative Court: Implications for the
Preliminary Rulings Procedure’ (2014) 10 European Constitutional Law Review 54
Michal Bobek, ‘The Effects of EU Law in the National Legal Systems’, in C Barnard and S
Peers (eds), European Union Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) 140-174
Michal Bobek, ‘Van Gend +50: the Changing Social Context of Direct Effect’, in Court of
Justice of the EU (ed), 50th Anniversary of the Judgment in Van Gend en Loos, 1963-2013
(Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications, 2013) 181-189
Michal Bobek, ‘The Fight against Terror and the Space of Individual Freedom: a (Classic)
Word of Caution’, in I Govaere and S Poli (eds), EU Governance of Global Emergencies
(Leiden: Brill, 2013) 254-267
Michal Bobek (with David Kosar), ‘Global Solutions, Local Damages: a Critical Study in
Judicial Councils in Central and Eastern Europe’ (2013) College of Europe Research Paper in
Law No 7
Michal Bobek, ‘Kam až sahá právo EU? K věcnému aplikačnímu rámci unijního práva v
členských státech’ (2013) 18 Právní rozhledy 611
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Alexandra Braun, ‘The Framing of a European Law of Trusts’, in L Smith (ed), The Worlds of
the Trust (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) 277-304
Juan Carlos M Dastis, ‘Section 313 BGB - Trigger for the Next Financial Crisis?’
(forthcoming 2014) European Review of Private Law
Juan Carlos M Dastis (with Julian Udich), ‘Gutes pro bono leisten: Wie gründet man eine
Law Clinic?’ (2013) AnwaltsBlatt 721-730
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Interakce mezi evropským právem a národními právními systémi’
[‘Interaction with European Law and National Legal Systems’], in L Tichy (ed), Ochrana
spotřebitele [Consumer Protection] (Praha: Centrum právni komparatistiky, Právnické
fakulty Univerzity, 2014) 89-98
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘System Neutrality in Legal Translation’, in B Pasa and L Morra (eds),
Translating the DCFR and Drafting the CESL. A Pragmatic Perspective (München: Sellier,
2014) 119-124
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Comparisons with Book VII of the Draft Common Frame of
Reference’, in C Mitchell and W Swadling (eds), The Restatement Third: Restitution and
Unjust Enrichment. Critical and Comparative Essays (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2013) 285301
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Review of James R. Maxeiner (with Gyooho Lee and Armin Weber)
Failures of American Civil Justice in International Perspective (Cambridge, 2011)’ (2014) 78
Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 469-473
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Review of Birke Häcker, Consequences of Impaired Consent Transfers:
A Structural Comparison of English and German Law (Tübingen, 2009)’ (2014) Zeitschrift
für Europäisches Privatrecht 455-457
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘New Directions in Unjustified Enrichment: Learning from South
Africa?’ (2014) 18 Edinburgh Law Review 414-416
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Introduction’, in E Descheemaeker (ed), The Roman Law of
Obligations by Peter Birks (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) xx-xxvii
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Tort Law Defences: a Defence of Conventionalism’ (2014) 77 Modern
Law Review 493-512
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘The Consequences of Possession’, in E Descheemaeker (ed), The
Consequences of Possession (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014) 1-29
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Review of Solène Rowan, Remedies for Breach of Contract: a
Comparative Analysis of the Protection of Performance (Oxford, 2012)’ (2014) 113 Revue
trimestrielle de droit civil 231-235
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Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Review of Hans-Joachim Vergau, Der Ersatz immateriellen Schadens
in der Rechtsprechung des 19. Jahrhunderts zum französischen und zum deutschen
Deliktsrecht (Potsdam, 2006)’ (2013) 112 Revue trimestrielle de droit civil 928-930
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Review of Catherine Barnard et al (eds), Tony Weir on the Case
(Oxford, 2012)’ (2013) 112 Revue trimestrielle de droit civil 722-724
Ariel Ezrachi (with Ketan Ahuja), ‘Private Labels, Brands and Competition Law
Enforcement’, in SW Waller, D Desai and I Lianos (eds), Brands, Competition Law and
Intellectual Property Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2014)
Ariel Ezrachi (with Maria Ioannidou), ‘Buyer Power in European Union Merger Control’
(2014) 10 European Competition Journal 69
Ariel Ezrachi (with Maria Ioannidou), ‘Internationalization of Competition Law and Policy:
the Domestic Perspective’ (2014) 1 Journal of International and Comparative Law 39
Ariel Ezrachi (with Maurice E Stucke), ‘The curious case of competition and quality’ (2014)
SSRN Working paper http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2494656
Mark Freedland, ‘Regulating for Decent Work and the Legal Construction of Personal Work
Relations’, in D McCann et al (eds), Creative Labour Regulation: Indeterminacy and
Protection in an Uncertain World (London: Palgrave Macmillan/ILO, 2014) 63-83
Mark Freedland (with Nicola Countouris), ‘Common Law and Voice’, in A Bogg and T
Novitz (eds), Voices at Work: Continuity and Change in the Common Law World (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2014) Chapter 17
Mark Freedland, ‘The Involvement of EU Law in Personal Work Relations - a Defining Issue
for European Employment Law', in D Leczykiewicz and S Weatherill (eds), The Involvement
of EU Law in Private Law Relations (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2013) 279-291
Geneviève Helleringer (with Martin Gelter), ‘Constituency Directors and Corporate
Fiduciary Duties’, in A Gold and P Miller (eds), Philosophical Foundation of Fiduciary Duties
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) 302-320
Geneviève Helleringer (with Kiteri Garcia),'Le rayonnement des droits de l’Homme et des
droits fondamentaux en droit privé’ (2014) Revue internationale de droit comparé 283-336
Geneviève Helleringer (with Philippe Allard), ‘The European Banking Union Regime’
[‘Redressement et résolution des établissements de crédit: adoption du régime européen
de résolution des établissement de credit’] (2014) International Review of Financial
Services 55-57
Geneviève Helleringer, ‘The European Banking Union’ [‘Union Bancaire: accord du conseil
sur le mécanisme de résolution unique’] (2014) International Review of Financial Services
72-73
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Geneviève Helleringer (with Philippe Allard), ‘The role of the European Central Bank in
Preventing Banks’ Failures’ [‘Le rôle de la BCE dans la prévention des défaillances des
établissements de crédit’] (2014) International Review of Financial Services 61-66
Geneviève Helleringer, Case Note, Com. 13 mai 2014, arrêt n° 470 F-D, pourvoi n° R 1313.843, Epoux Tondeur c. Société Banque populaire SA, Société le Crédit foncier de France
SA et société Crédit Lyonnais SA, Banque et Droit, Sept-Oct 2014, n°155 (duty of the banker
to warn the investor, burden of proof)
Geneviève Helleringer, Case Note, Com. 29 avril 2014, arrêt n° 397 F-D, pourvoi n° F 1315.789, consort Sangnier c. caisses régionale de Crédit agricole mutuel de Normandie Seine
et de Brie Picardie, Banque et Droit, Sept-Oct 2014, n°155 (duty to warn, adaptation of the
loan to financial capacities, seasoned investor)
Geneviève Helleringer, Case Note, Com. 18 mars 2014, arrêt n° 274 F-D, pourvoi n° K 1311.262, Epoux Clavel c. Société Générale SA, Banque et Droit, Sept-Oct 2014, n°155 (duty to
warn, adaptation of the loan to financial capacities, seasoned investor)
Geneviève Helleringer, Case Note, Com. 29 avril 2014, arrêt n° 411 F-D, pourvoi n° K 1312.343, Mme Sabine Darras c. société caisse de crédit mutuel de Lyon, Banque et Droit,
Sept-Oct 2014, n°155 (duty to warn, adaptation of the loan to financial capacities, seasoned
investor)
Geneviève Helleringer, ‘Conflicts of Interest in Global Companies’ [‘Les conflits d'intérêts
au sein de l'entreprise multinationale’] (2013) 56 Archives de philosophie du droit, 131-151
David Langlet, ‘Transboundary Transit Pipelines: Reflections on the Balancing of Rights
and Interests in Light of the Nord Stream Project’ (2014) 63 International and Comparative
Law Quarterly 977-995
David Langlet, ‘Nord Stream, the Environment and the Law: Disentangling a
Multijurisdictional Energy Project’ (2014) 59 Scandinavian Studies in Law 179-205
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘Effectiveness of EU Law before National Courts: Direct Effect,
Consistent Interpretation and Member State Liability’, in A Arnull and D Chalmers (eds),
Oxford Handbook of European Union Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming
2015)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘Emotional Harm and Liability in Contract in England and Scotland’,
in V Palmer (ed), The Recovery of Non-Pecuniary Loss in European Contract Law
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2015)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘Conceptualising Conflict between the Economic and the Social in EU
Law after Viking and Laval’, in M Freedland and J Prassl (eds), Viking, Laval and Beyond
(Oxford: Hart Publishing, forthcoming 2014)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘”Constitutional Justice” and Judicial Review of EU Legislative Acts’, in
G de Búrca, D Kochenov and A Williams (eds), Europe’s Justice Deficit? Beyond Good
Governance (Oxford: Hart Publishing, forthcoming 2014)
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Rodrigo Momberg Uribe, ‘Recurso de protección, retracto extemporáneo e intervención
judicial del contrato. Comentario a la sentencia de fecha 01 de octubre de 2013, Rol No.
4512-2013, Tercera Sala Corte Suprema’ (2014) 22 Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado
335-340
Rodrigo Momberg Uribe, ‘Harmonization of Contract Law in Latin America: Past and
Present Initiatives’ [2014] Uniform Law Review 1-18
Rodrigo Momberg Uribe, ‘De nuevo sobre la autonomía de la acción en interés general de
los consumidores. Art. 58 g) de la ley No. 19.496’ (2013) 21 Revista Chilena de Derecho
Privado 427-431
Konstanze von Papp, 'Biting the Bullet or Redefining Consent in Investor-StateArbitration?', under review
Konstanze von Papp, ‘Solving Conflicts with International Investment Law from an EU Law
Perspective: Article 351 TFEU Revisited', under review
Justine Pila, ‘Lord Hoffmann and Purposive Interpretation in Intellectual Property Law’, in
PS Davies and J Pila (eds), The Jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann (Oxford: Hart Publishing,
forthcoming 2015)
Justine Pila, ‘An Historical Perspective: the Unitary Patent Package’, in J Pila and C Wadlow
(eds), Perspectives on the Unitary (EU) Patent System (Oxford: Hart Publishing, forthcoming
2015)
Justine Pila, ‘Pluralism, Principles and Proportionality in Intellectual Property’ (2014) 34
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 181–200
Justine Pila, ‘A Constitutionalized Doctrine of Precedent and the Marleasing Principle as
Bases for a European Legal Methodology’, in A Ohly and J Pila (eds), The Europeanization of
Intellectual Property Law: Towards a European Legal Methodology (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2013) 227–253
Justine Pila, ‘Intellectual Property Law as a Case Study in European Harmonization:
Methodological Themes and Context’, in A Ohly and J Pila (eds), The Europeanization of
Intellectual Property Law: Towards a European Legal Methodology (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2013) 3–23
Justine Pila, ‘The European Patent: an Old and Vexing Problem’ (2013) 62 International
and Comparative Law Quarterly 917–940
Justine Pila, ‘Patent Eligibility and Scope Revisited in the Light of Schütz v. Werit, European
Law and Copyright Jurisprudence’, in RC Dreyfuss and JC Ginsburg (eds), Intellectual
Property at the Edge: the Contested Contours of IP (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2013)
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Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Annotated Guide on Sections 895-999 and 1044-1059 CA 2006’, in A
Schall (ed), Kommentar zum Companies Act (Munich: CH Beck, 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe (with Jeffrey Gordon), Working Paper ‘Bank Resolution in the European
Banking Union: A Transatlantic Perspective on What It Would Take’ (2014) available at
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2361347
Wolf-Georg Ringe, Working Paper ‘Changing Law and Ownership Patterns in Germany:
Corporate Governance and the Erosion of Deutschland AG’ (2014) available at
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2457431
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Independent Directors: After the Crisis’ (2013) 14 European Business
Organization Law Review (EBOR) 401-424 (reprinted in HS Birkmose, M Neville and KE
Sørensen (eds), Boards of Directors in European Companies: Reshaping and Harmonising
Their Organisation and Duties (Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2013))
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Corporate Mobility in the European Union – a Flash in the Pan? An
Empirical Study on the Success of Lawmaking and Regulatory Competition’ (2013) 10
European Company and Financial Law Review (ECFR) 230-267
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Schlüsselworte in englischen Savigny-Übersetzungen’, in T Duve and J
Rückert (eds), Savigny international? [Key Concepts in English Translations of Savigny’s
Writings] (Frankfurt/Main: Vittorio Klostermann, forthcoming 2015) 92pp
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts at
Twenty: Experiences to Date, the 2010 Edition, and Future Prospects’ [2014] Uniform Law
Review, forthcoming in issue 4
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘”General Principles” of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments’, in L
Gullifer and S Vogenauer (eds), English and European Perspectives on Contract and
Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Hugh Beale (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2014) 291-318
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘I princípi Unidroit dei contratti commerciali internazionali 2010’ [The
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2010] [2014] Rassegna di
diritto civile 246-294
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Lenel and Daube: a Cross-Channel Friendship’, in A Burrows, D
Ibbetson and R Zimmermann (eds), Essays in Memory of Alan Rodger (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2013) 277-296
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Zivilprozessuale Folgen subjektiver und objektiver
Interpretationslehren: Das Reichsgericht und die Revisibilität der Auslegung von
Willenserklärungen’ [Interpretation of Contracts as a Question of Law or Fact: the Case
Law of the German Imperial Court between Objective and Subjective Approaches to
Interpretation], in A Kiehnle, B Mertens and G Schiemann (eds), Festschrift für Jan Schröder
(Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013) 221-245
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Regulatory Competition Through Choice of Contract Law and Choice of
Forum in Europe: Theory and Evidence’ (2013) 21 European Review of Private Law (ERPL)
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13-78 and in H Eidenmüller (ed), Regulatory Competition in Contract Law and Dispute
Resolution (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2013) 227-284
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Die Unidroit-Grundregeln der internationalen Handelsverträge 2010’
[The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2010] [2013] Zeitschrift
für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP) 7-42
Stephen Weatherill, ‘Article 38 – Consumer Protection’, in S Peers, T Hervey, J Kenner and
A Ward (eds), The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary (Oxford: Beck/Hart/
Nomos, 2014) 1005–1026
Stephen Weatherill, ‘Use and Abuse of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights: on the
Improper Veneration of “Freedom Contract” (Comment on Case C-426/11 Mark AlemoHerron v Parkwood Leisure)’ (2014) 10 European Review of Contract Law 167-182
Stephen Weatherill, ‘The Court’s Case Law on the Internal Market: “A Circumloquacious
Statement of the Result, Rather than a Reason for Arriving at It”’, in M Adams, H De Waele, J
Meeusen and G Straetmans (eds), Judging Europe’s Judges: The Legitimacy of the Case Law
of the European Court of Justice (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2013) 87-108
Simon Whittaker, ‘Good Faith, Implied Terms and Commercial Contracts’ (2013) 129 Law
Quarterly Review 463–469
Simon Whittaker, ‘”General Principles” and “Underlying Principles” in the Proposed
Common European Sales Law and their Role in its Interpretation’ (2013) Osservatorio del
diritto civile e commerciale 361
Simon Whittaker, ‘The Notion of Damage in EU Consumer Contract Law’, in E Terry, G
Straetmans and V Colaert (eds), Landmark Cases of EU Consumer Law in Honour of Jules
Stuyck (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2013) 559–579
(c) Other
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘La responsabilité des professions juridiques: rapport anglais’,
National Report for the Meeting of the Groupe de Recherche Européen sur la
Responsabilité Civile et l'Assurance (GRERCA), Lyon, September 2014
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘The Internationalisation of Legal Education: Scottish Report’,
National Report for the 19th Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law,
Vienna, July 2014
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Les assurances: rapport anglais’, National Report for the Meeting of
the Groupe de Recherche Européen sur la Responsabilité Civile et l'Assurance (GRERCA),
Poitiers, December 2013, available at http://grerca.univrennes1.fr/digitalAssets/312/312770_Assurances_rapport_anglaisx.pdf
David Langlet (with David Eklund and Britta Eklund), ‘Ansvar för förorenad mark på
båtuppläggningsplatser med fokus på ideella föreningar’ [’Liability for Contaminated Land
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at Leisure Boatyards with a Focus on Non-Profit Associations’], Institutionen för tillämpad
miljövetenskap [Department of Applied Environmental Science], ITM-rapport 222 (2014)
Stefan Vogenauer, editor, Uniform Law Review/Revue de droit uniforme (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, from 2013)
Stefan Vogenauer, corresponding editor, Contratto e impresa/Europa (Milan: CEDAM, from
2013)
Stefan Vogenauer, member of advisory board, Rassegna di diritto civile (Naples: Edizioni
Scientifiche Italiane, from 2013)
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Lectures and Conference Papers
(a) Invited Lectures
Michal Bobek, ‘Selecting Judges in Europe and for Europe’, Summer Institute for
International and Comparative Law, Cornell University Law School, Panthéon-Sorbonne,
Paris (July 2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘Landtová and the Problem of an Uncooperative Court: Implications for the
Preliminary Rulings Procedure’, University of Amsterdam Centre for European Law and
Governance (June 2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘Rozleptá přistoupení EU k EÚLP řízení o předběžné otázce?’, Common Law
Society, Prague (April 2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘The Court of Justice of the EU: A Judge or a Policy Maker?’, Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität, Münster (February 2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘Landtova and the Problem of a Disobedient Court in the European Judicial
Space’, University of Gent (December 2013)
Alexandra Braun, ‘Neither Fish nor Fowl: Will-Substitutes and their Place within Private
Law’, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (May
2014)
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Current Issues in the Law of Succession’, Institute of Notary Law,
Humboldt University (September 2014)
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Marital Maintenance’, Institute of Notary Law, Humboldt University
(June 2014)
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Regional Competence: The United Kingdom’, German Academic
Exchange Service, Bonn (February 2014)
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Consumer Protection’, Centre for Comparative Law of the Charles
University Law Faculty, Prague (November 2013)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Vie et mort de l’action d’injures en droit français’ [‘The Life and
Death of the actio iniuriarum in French Law’], Centre Aquitain d’Histoire du Droit,
Université de Bordeaux (June 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Challenging Heterodoxy: Tort Law Defences’, Melbourne Law School
(April 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Re-conceptualising Defences in the Law of Defamation’, University of
New South Wales (April 2014)
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Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Tort Law Defences: Defending Unitarianism’, Edinburgh Centre for
Private Law (October 2013)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Uncertainties in the French Law of Unjust Enrichment’, McGill
University (October 2013)
Ariel Ezrachi, ‘Enhancing Agency Effectiveness’, Authority for Consumers and Markets, The
Netherlands (September 2014)
Ariel Ezrachi, ‘EU Competition Law – Recent Developments’, Comisión Nacional de Defensa
de la Competencia, Argentina (September 2014)
Ariel Ezrachi, ‘Study of Agency Effectiveness and Best Practices’, 5th Meeting of the
Research Partnership Programme, UNCTAD, Geneva (July 2014)
Ariel Ezrachi, ‘Loyalty rebates’, Journal of Antitrust Economics, Washington DC (May 2014)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘Private Party Liability in EU Law’, Modulo Jean Monnet ‘EuPlaw’,
University of Perugia (May 2014)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and National Courts: the
Question of Scope, Direct Effect or Justice?’, Institute for the Study of European Law, City
Law School (February 2014)
Rodrigo Momberg Uribe, ‘Harmonization of Contract Law in Latin America: Efforts and
Failures’, Commercial Law Discussion Group, University of Edinburgh (March 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Bank Resolution in the European Banking Union: a Transatlantic
Perspective on What it Would Take’, LMU Munich, Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) (July
2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Regulatory Arbitrage and Competition in Financial Markets Law’,
Annual Paule Gauthier Lecture, Faculty of Law, Université de Laval, Quebec (March 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Corporate Mobility in the European Internal Market – a Flash in the
Pan?’, Université de Laval, Quebec (March 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Banking Union Resolution without Deposit Guarantee: A Transatlantic
Perspective on What It Would Take’, Columbia Law School, New York (January 2014)
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘”General Principles” of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments’,
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (July 2014)
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Integration by Way of Legal Commentaries: Challenges of Writing a
Commentary on a Transnational Set of Rules’, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence ‘European
Economic Integration – Rules and Institutions’ (May 2014)
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Integration through Private International Law: Parties’ Preferences in
the Context of Choice of Law and Choice of Forum’, German-American Lawyers’
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Association and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence ‘European Economic Integration – Rules
and Institutions’ (May 2014)
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Choice of Forum or Choice of Law: Which Matters More to Parties to
International Contracts?’, Brooklyn Law School, New York (September 2013)
(b) Conference Papers
Michal Bobek, ‘Independent Judiciary without Independent Judges: Lessons to be Avoided’,
conference on ‘Politics of Judicial Independence and Judicial Accountability’, Masarykova
Univerzita v Brně (May 2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘Může být unijní soudce omezený textualista?’, conference on ‘České právo
deset let po přistoupení k EU: Existuje europeizace?’, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague
(May 2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘Of Light, Darkness, and the White Man’s Burden’, conference on ‘Central
European Judges under the EU Influence’, European University Institute, Florence (May
2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘Judicial Dialogues: in Praise of Mid-Range Theories’; conference on ‘Judicial
Cooperation Techniques for the Protection of European Fundamental Rights’, European
University Institute, Florence (May 2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘The Consequence of Preliminary Rulings for National Judges’, conference on
‘Preliminary Rulings in EU Antitrust Law’, Global Competition Law Centre, Bruges (January
2014)
Michal Bobek, ‘Finding the European Hercules’, conference on ‘Selecting Europe’s Judges’,
College of Europe, Bruges (November 2013)
Michal Bobek, ‘Aplikace směrnic v horizontálních situacích: příklad ochrany spotřebitele’,
conference on ‘Unijní ochrana spotřebitele v české justiční praxi’, Nejvyšší soud, Brno
(December 2013)
Michal Bobek, panel discussion, ‘Towards an Improved Understanding of Member State
Reception of European Law’, University of Copenhagen (December 2013)
Alexandra Braun, ‘Purposes and Justifications for the Rules of Intestate Succession’,
workshop on ‘Intestate Succession’, Edinburgh University (July 2013)
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Hugh Beale and the Common European Sales Law’, symposium to
Celebrate Hugh Beale's 66th birthday, Lincoln's Inn, London (May 2014)
Gerhard Dannemann, ‘Europe's Place in the Changing World: Global Hub or Museum?’, 64th
Königswinter conference, King's College Cambridge (March 2014)
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Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Hurt Feelings as the Basis for Liability in Defamation: a Response’,
seminar on ‘The South African Law of Defamation after Media 24’, University of Cape Town
(August 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Media 24 and the Defamation Act 2013’, seminar on ‘The South
African Law of Defamation after Media 24’, University of Cape Town (August 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Mapping Defamation Defences’, Obligations VII Conference,
University of Hong Kong (July 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Rethinking Fair Comment’, workshop on ‘Recent Developments in
the Law of Defamation: A Comparative Perspective’, University of Edinburgh (June 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Re-conceptualising Defences in the Law of Defamation’, conference
on ‘Defamation and Privacy: Comparative Law, Media and Public Speech’, Centre for Media
and Communications Law, University of Melbourne (April 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Injured Feelings and the Law of Torts’, conference on ‘La
compensation en common law’, Université de Montréal (March 2014)
Eric Descheemaeker, ‘Defamation, Negligence and the Defence of Responsible Journalism:
History and Theory’, Private Law Discussion Group, London School of Economics and
Political Science (December 2013)
Ariel Ezrachi, ‘Article 102 TFEU and the Abuse of Dominant Position’, Fiscalía Nacional
Económica, Chile (September 2014)
Ariel Ezrachi, ‘The Curious Case of Competition and Quality’, Centre for Competition Policy
10th Annual Conference, University of East Anglia (June 2014)
David Langlet, ‘Energy Efficient Transition in Sweden: Triggers and Barriers for
Retrofitting Processes in Municipality Owned Housing Companies’, presented at the 2014
European Network on Housing Research conference, Edinburgh (July 2014)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘Comparative Judicial Governance and Contractual Liability in EU
Law’, 6th Annual Conference of the Netherlands Institute for Law and Governance (NILG)
‘Comparative Law and Governance’, University of Groningen (September 2014)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights at the Crossroads of Two
Discourses: EU Constitutionalism and Human Rights’, The International Society of Public
Law (ICON·S) Inaugural conference ‘Rethinking the Boundaries of Public Law and Public
Space’, Florence (June 2014)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, Commentator in two sessions at the Third Annual Workshop of the
ERC Project on European Regulatory Private Law and Financial Services, Law Department,
European University Institute, Florence (May 2014)
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Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘Interpretation of EU Law and Contractual Terms: Regulatory and
Deregulatory Trends in Recent Case Law of the Court of Justice’, workshop on ‘New
Scholarship in Obligations’, University College London (April 2014)
Dorota Leczykiewicz, ‘Regulatory Cost and EU Consumer: Constitutional Implications’,
conference on ‘The Image(s) of the Consumer in EU Law: Legislation Free Movement and
Competition Law’, St Anne’s College, Oxford (March 2014)
Rodrigo Momberg Uribe, ‘Análisis de los modelos de vinculación del Código Civil y la ley
sobre protección a los derechos de los consumidores’, conference on ‘La compraventa civil
y de consumo de bienes muebles: el concurso de acciones’, Diego Portales University,
Fundación Fernando Fueyo and Catholic University of Valparaiso, Santiago and Valparaiso,
Chile (July 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘The Ascent of Private Markets’, the NEXT Business Conference 2014,
Seoul, South Korea (September 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Independent Directors – a Theoretical Framework’, conference on
‘Independent Directors in Japan and Other Major Asian Jurisdictions’, Berlin (July 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, panellist, conference on ‘The Law and Economics of Bank Resolution’,
European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (Esset) 2014, Study Center Gerzensee,
Switzerland (July 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Changing Law and Ownership Patterns in Germany: Corporate
Governance and the Erosion of Deutschland AG’, workshop on ‘Ownership, Regulation and
Creative Destruction’, Copenhagen Business School (June 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Activist Investors’, Oxford Handbook authors’ conference, Columbia
Law School, New York (March 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Changing Law and Ownership Patterns in Germany: Corporate
Governance and the Erosion of Deutschland AG’, research conference on ‘Shareholder
Power’, National University of Singapore (March 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Corporate Mobility in the European Union – a Flash in the Pan?’, Danish
Association for Corporate Law, Copenhagen (October 2013)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Banking Union Resolution without Deposit Guarantee: a Transatlantic
Perspective on What It Would Take’, conference on ‘Bank Recovery and Resolution in
Europe – the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive in Context’, University of
Tübingen (October 2013)
Wolf-Georg Ringe, ‘Empirical Work on Regulatory Competition in Company Law’,
conference on ‘The Citizen in European Private Law: Norm-setting, Enforcement and
Choice’, University of Maastricht (October 2013)
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Stefan Vogenauer, ‘Challenges for European and Comparative Legal History’, colloquium on
‘Legal History – Future Challenges’, Frankfurt/Main, Max Planck Institute for European
Legal History (2 December 2013)
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘A Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International
Commercial Contracts’, workshop on ‘Literature on the Convention for the International
Sale of Goods’, New York, NYU Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and
Commercial Law (September 2013)
Simon Whittaker, ‘Product Liability, “Putting the Product into Circulation” and Corporate
Structure’, conference on ‘Il Diritto dei Cosmetic: Regulazione, Responsabilità, Bio-etica’,
University of Roma II (January 2014)
Simon Whittaker, ‘The Terminology of Fundamental Concepts in the Common European
Sales Law and their Translation: the Making and Breaking of Legal Connections in Complex
Legislative Instruments’, conference of the Società Italian per la recerca nel diritto
comparato Categorie e terminologie del diritto nella prospettiva della comparazione
(March 2014)
Simon Whittaker, ‘Minimum Harmonisation, Full Harmonisation and the “Scope of the
Instrument”’, PhD workshop, University of Aarhus (June 2014)
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Other Staff Activities
Michal Bobek
Judge at the Central and Eastern European Moot Court Competition, Warsaw, Poland
Republic (25-27 April 2014)
Member of the Board of Appeals of the Czech National Bank
Anthony Bradley
Oral and written evidence to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform
Committee, 28 November 2013, in the Committee’s 14th report, HC 802 (2013-14),
‘Constitutional Role of the Judiciary if there were a Codified Constitution’
Member of advisory committee, Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, King’s
College London; and see the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, 2nd report, HC
463 (2014-5), ‘A New Magna Carta?’
Member of advisory committee, Constitution Unit, University College London, on ‘The
Politics of Judicial Independence in Britain’s Changing Constitution’; participant in final
conference at St George’s House, Windsor, 10-11 January 2014
Gerhard Dannemann
Continues as General Editor of the Oxford University Comparative Law Forum
Mark Freedland
Appointed an Honorary QC, 2013
Active member of the European Network of Experts on Anti-Discrimination Law, the
European Labour Law Network, and the Réseau Contrats Publics [Public Contracts
Network]
David Langlet
Organised a half day conference at Christ Church, Oxford on ‘Raw Materials: the Tangled
Quest for Sustainability and Security of Supply’ with participants from Oxford University,
University of Lapland, Umeå University and Stockholm University (22 May 2014)
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Dorota Leczykiewicz
Presented a lecture series on English tort law at the British Law Centre, University of
Warsaw (April 2014)
Judge at the Central and Eastern European Moot Court Competition, Warsaw (25-27 April
2014)
Awarded a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (Experienced Researchers) for the
project: ‘Distributive Effects and EU Private Law: Justificatory Practices of EU Institutions
in a Constitutional, Methodological and Communicative Perspective’. The fellowship will be
held at the European University Institute in Florence from 2014 to 2016
Rodrigo Momberg Uribe
Research visit to the Max Planck Institute of Comparative and Private Law, Hamburg (April
2014)
Justine Pila
Organised (with Paul S Davies) a conference on ‘The Jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann’
which included papers by 21 Oxford Law Faculty members (25-26 April 2014)
Wolf-Georg Ringe
Visiting professor, Columbia Law School, New York (Spring 2014)
Visitor in residence, Laval University, Quebec, Canada (Spring 2014)
Organised a conference on ‘Regulating Moral Hazard’, University of Paris II (PanthéonAssas) which launched the Journal of Financial Regulation (11-12 July 2014)
Organised a conference on ‘German and Nordic Perspectives on Company Law and Capital
Markets Law 2013’, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law,
Hamburg (10-11 October 2013)
Research Reviewer, European Association of Law & Economics (EALE)
Academic Expert for the European Commission, Study on the Application of the CrossBorder Mergers Directive, for the Directorate General for the Internal Market and Services
(September 2013)
Co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance (Oxford University
Press, forthcoming 2015)
General Editor, Journal of Financial Regulation (new journal, first issue to appear in 2015)
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Stefan Vogenauer
Ministry of Justice Analytical Services: advice on factors influencing international litigants’
decisions to bring commercial claims to the London based courts (2014)
University of Oxford Committee to Review Donations (2014-16)
University of Oxford Socially Responsible Investment Review Committee (2014-16)
Simon Whittaker
Member of the national sub-panel for Law of HEFCE’s Research Excellence Framework
(REF) (2013-2014)
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Outside Funding
Clifford Chance LLP
The German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD)
Stifterverband
Torsten Söderbergs
Stiftelse
Ragnar Söderbergs
Stiftelse
Leverhulme Trust Early
Career Fellowship
John Fell OUP Research
Fund
John Fell OUP Research
Fund
ongoing annual funding for the administration of Course
2 and the exchange programme
ongoing support for the DAAD Lecturer in German and
EU Law
ongoing support for the Erich Brost CDF in German and
EU Law
funding for the Oxford/Stockholm Association in
European Law
(Professor Ulf Bernitz)
funding for the Oxford/Stockholm Association in
European Law
(Professor Ulf Bernitz)
‘Differences in Legal Cultures: a Study on Dispute
Clauses as a Form of Private Regulation’
(Dr Geneviève Helleringer)
to support the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
above
support for the conference on ‘Perspectives on the
Unitary (EU) Patent System’, 4-5 October 2013
(Dr Justine Pila)
John Fell OUP Research
Fund
award for the project ‘The Image(s) of the “Consumer” in
EU Law: Legislation, Free Movement and Competition
Law’
John Fell OUP Research
Fund
award to conduct the research project on ‘Willsubstitutes from a Comparative Perspective’
British
Academy/Leverhulme
Small Research Grant
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP
(Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz and Professor Stephen
Weatherill)
(Dr Alexandra Braun)
funding for the conference on ‘Will-substitutes from a
comparative perspective’
(Dr Alexandra Braun)
funding for 2014 Oxford French Law Moot
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Stockholm Centre for
Commercial Law
Alexander von Humboldt
Fellowship for Experienced
Researchers
funding for the Stockholm Centre Oxford Fellowship
awarded for the academic year 2013-2014 to Dr
Alexandra Braun
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Events Organised by the Institute
Perspectives on the Unitary (EU) Patent System
4-5 October 2013, Jesus College, Oxford
Organisers:
Funding:
Speakers:
Dr Justine Pila and Professor Christopher Wadlow (University of East Anglia)
The John Fell Fund
David Kitchin (Court of Appeal), Alison Brimelow CBE (former Comptroller
of Patents and President of the European Patent Office) and papers by
Justine Pila (Oxford University), Christopher Wadlow (University of East
Anglia), Stefan Enchelmaier (Oxford University), Marleen van Kerchkhove
(Arnold & Porter LLP), Rochelle Dreyfuss (New York University), Paul
Torremans (Nottingham University), Georg von Graevenitz (University of
East Anglia), Bruno van Pottelsberghe (Solvay Brussels School Economics
and Management), Tuomas Mylly (University of Turku), Steve Peers
(University of Essex), Angelos Dimopoulos (Queen Mary London), Stefan
Luginbühl (European Patents Office), Willem Hoyng (Hoyng Monegier
LLP/University of Tilburg), Alan Johnson (Bristows LLP)
Participants: 30
Proceedings will be published in 2015 by Hart Publishing in the Studies of the Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law series
Seventh Oxford French Law Moot
17 March 2014, Oxford Law Faculty
Organisers:
Funding:
Dr Geneviève Helleringer and Dr Eric Descheemaeker (Edinburgh
University)
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP and supported by the Association Henri Capitant
Participants: 12 teams competed from the Universities of Cambridge, Cologne (3 teams),
Complutense Madrid (2 teams), Essex, King’s College London, Oxford (2
teams), University College London and Warwick
The Images(s) of the Consumer in EU Law: Legislation, Free Movement and
Competition Law
27-28 March 2014, St Anne’s College, Oxford
Organisers:
Funding:
Speakers:
Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz and Professor Stephen Weatherill
The John Fell Fund
Hans Micklitz (European University Institute), Hugh Beale (University of
Warwick), Albertina Albors-Llorens (University of Cambridge), Alison Jones
(King’s College London), Graeme Dinwoodie (University of Oxford), Dev
Gangjee (University of Oxford), Iain Ramsay (University of Kent), Angus
Johnston (University of Oxford), Vanessa Mak (Tilburg University), Hugh
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Collins (University of Oxford), Sybe de Vries (Utrecht University), Stephen
Weatherill (University of Oxford), Lucinda Miller (University College
London), Christopher Hodges (University of Oxford), Dorota Leczykiewicz
(University of Oxford), Gareth Davies (VU University Amsterdam), Stefan
Grundmann (European University Institute), Norbert Reich (University of
Bremen), Geraint Howells (University of Manchester)
Participants: 83
The proceedings will be published in 2015 by Hart Publishing in the Studies of the Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law series
Private Enforcement and Access to Justice
29 April 2014, Pembroke College, Oxford
Organisers:
Funding:
Speakers:
Professor Ariel Ezrachi and Professor Ulf Bernitz
The Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse and the Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse
Arianna Andreangeli (University of Edinburgh), Ulf Bernitz (Universities of
Oxford and Stockholm), Ariel Ezrachi (University of Oxford), Caroline HeideJørgensen (University of Copenhagen), Lars Henriksson (Stockholm School of
Economics), Christopher Hodges (University of Oxford), Morten Hviid (ESRC
Centre for Competition Policy), Maria Ioannidou (University of Surrey),
Sebastian Peyer (University of Leicester), Barry Rodger (Strathclyde
University)
Participants: 30
Five Year Legally Binding EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: What is the State of
Play in the Protection of Fundamental Rights in the EU?
9 May 2014, Jesus College, Oxford
Organisers:
Funding:
Speakers:
Professor Stephen Weatherill, Professor Sybe de Vries (University of
Utrecht) and Professor Ulf Bernitz
The Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse and the Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse
Allan Rosas (Judge at the European Court of Justice), Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
(University of Oxford), Janneke Gerards (Radboud University Nijmegen), Jan
Komarek (London School of Economics), Gunnar Thor Pétursson (Reykjavik
University), Ulf Bernitz (University of Stockholm), Catherine Barnard
(University of Cambridge), Jaan Paju (University of Stockholm), Stephen
Weatherill (University of Oxford), Sybe de Vries (Utrecht University), Peter
Oliver (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Helene Andersson (University of
Stockholm), John Temple Lang (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and
Trinity College Dublin)
Participants: 56
The proceedings will be published in 2015 by Hart Publishing in the Studies of the Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law series
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Raw Materials: the Tangled Quest for Sustainability and Security of Supply
19 May 2014, Christ Church, Oxford
Organisers:
Funding:
Dr David Langlet and Professor Ulf Bernitz
The Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse and the Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse
Speakers:
David Langlet (Universities of Stockholm and Oxford), Angus Johnston
(University of Oxford), Liz Fisher (University of Oxford), Timo Koivurova (University of
Lapland), Pal Wrange (University of Stockholm), Pär Hallström (University of Umea)
Participants: 10
Trends in Retail Competition: Private Labels, Brands and Competition Policy, ‘Does
Regulatory Intervention Make Markets Work Better?’, 10th Symposium on
Competition Amongst Retailers and Suppliers
13 June 2014, St Catherine’s College, Oxford
Organisers:
Funding:
Speakers:
Professor Ulf Bernitz, Dr Ariel Ezrachi and Mr John Noble (British Brands
Group)
Bristows LLP
Javier Berasategi (Berasategi & Abogados), Philippe Chauve (DG
Competition, European Commission), Maria Rehbinder (DG Internal Market
and Services, European Commission), Erling Hjelmengv (University of Oslo),
Christel Delberghe (Eurocommerce), Rosemary Choueka (Bristows LLP),
David Sables (Sentinel), Rona Bar-Isaac (Addleshaw Goddard), Matthew
Bennett (Charles River Associates)
Participants: 74
The Antitrust Enforcement Symposium 2014
28-29 June 2014, Pembroke College, Oxford
Organisers:
Funding:
Speakers:
Professor Ariel Ezrachi and Professor Bill Kovacic (George Washington
University)
Bates White, Slaughter & May, Sidley Austin LLP
Carles Esteva Mosso (DG Competition, European Commission), Terry
Calvani (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP), Kevin Coates (DG
Competition, European Commission), Daniel Sokol (University of
Florida), Anne Riley (Shell), Florian Wagner-von Papp (University
College London), Stephen Kinsella (Sidley Austin LLP), Ali Nikpay
(Gibson Dunn), Vincent Smith (Edwin Coe LLP), Pinar Akman (Leeds
University), Thomas Lübbig (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP), Edith
Ramirez (Federal Trade Commission), Alden Abbott (Heritage
Foundation), Steven Anderman (University of Essex), Adi Ayal (Bar Ilan
University), Yaad Rotem (College of Law & Business), Michele
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Piergiovanni (DG Competition, European Commission), Andreas Mundt
(Bundeskartellamt), Ariel Ezrachi (University of Oxford), Hans W
Friederiszick (E.CA Economics and ESMT), David Gilo (Israel Competition
Authority), Assaf Eilat (Israel Competition Authority), Guy Sagi (Netanya
College of Management), Rachel Brandenburger, Robert C Marshall
(Penn State University & Bates White LLC), John Temple Lang (Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton), Bill Kovacic (George Washington University),
Edith Ramirez (Federal Trade Commission), Felipe Irarrázabal (Fiscal
Nacional Económico, Chile), Gaucho Rasmussen (CMA UK)
Participants: 51
In addition to the above, members of the Institute organize and administer the meetings of
the EU Law Discussion Group, the Comparative Law Discussion Group (although there
were no meetings during this year as the convenors were on sabbatical leave) and the
Competition Law Guest Lectures. The following meetings were held in 2013-14:
EU Law Discussion Group
Regulation of Lifestyle in Europe
Professor Alberto Alemanno (HEC Paris)
Taxation and State Aid
Richard Lyal (Legal Service of the
European Commission)
Why Nordic Majoritarian Democracies
have Escaped the European Court of
Justice
The Dichotomy of Rights and Principles in
the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
The "New Governance" of EU Fiscal
Discipline
When EU Citizens Become Foreigners
Pringle and EU Responses to Financial and
Public Debt Crisis
Tû Tû and Real Life: EU Citizenship and
Duties
Article 16 CFR (Freedom to Conduct a
Business): Misconstructed, Misconstrued?
Professor Marlene Wind (University of
Copenhagen)
Professor Pedro Cruz Villalón (Court of
Justice of the EU)
Professor Kenneth Armstrong (University
of Cambridge)
Professor Dora Kostakopoulou (Warwick
Law School)
Panel discussion with Professor Paul Craig
(Oxford), Professor Steve Peers (Essex),
Professor Stephen Weatherill (Oxford)
Professor Dimitry Kochenov (University of
Groningen)
Dr Jeremias Prassl (University of Oxford)
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Fransson and Kadi II: the Charter of
Fundamental Rights Taking Shape
Legal Pluralism and EU Law
Professor Ulf Bernitz (Universities of
Oxford and Stockholm)
Panel discussion with Dr George Letsas
(UCL), Mr Nick Barber (Oxford), Professor
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott (Oxford), Dr Pavlos
Eleftheriadis (Oxford)
Competition Law Guest Lectures
Article 102 – Recent Developments
John Temple Lang (Clearly Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton LLP)
European Merger Control
Nicholas Levy (Clearly Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton LLP)
Opt Out Antitrust Class Action – an
American Perspective
Cartels and Dawn Raids
Antitrust Economics
Laurence Popofsky (Orrick Herrington &
Sutcliffe LLP)
Peter Citron (Hogan Lovells)
Mark Williams (NERA Economic
Consulting)
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Forthcoming Events and Conferences in 2014-15
Current Issues in the Law of Arbitration: French, British and European Perspectives,
12-13 December 2014, Brasenose College, Oxford (Dr Geneviève Helleringer and Professor
Stefan Vogenauer)
Eighth Oxford French Law Moot, 16 March 2015, Oxford Law Faculty (Dr Geneviève
Helleringer)
Will-Substitutes from a Comparative Perspective, 27-28 March 2015, Lady Margaret
Hall, Oxford (Professor Alexandra Braun)
Trust and Empirical Evidence in Law Making and Legal Process, 19-20 June 2015,
Oxford (Naomi Creutzfeldt, Geneviève Helleringer, Avishalom Tor (Notre Dame) and Stefan
Vogenauer)
The Future of Contract Law in Latin America, 25 June 2015, Keble College, Oxford (Dr
Rodrigo Momberg and Professor Stefan Vogenauer)
Interaction of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Contract Law, Annual
Conference of the Society of European Contract Law, 26-27 June 2015, Keble College,
Oxford (Professor Hugh Collins, Professor Stefan Vogenauer and Professor Stephen
Weatherill)
General Principles of Law: European and Comparative Perspectives (Celebrating 20
Years of the Institute of European and Comparative Law), 25-26 September 2015, St
Anne’s College, Oxford (Professor Stefan Vogenauer and Professor Stephen Weatherill)
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Visitors to the Institute
The Institute hosted the following academic visitors in 2013-2014:
Dr Ettore Battelli
University of Rome 3
Professor Martin Doris
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr Alper Cagri Yilmaz
Professor Alberto de Franceschi
Professor Marie Goré
Professor Raul Lafuente
Dr Dario Latella
Dr Francesco Longobucco
Professor Alfonso Martinez-Echevarria
Professor Annick Masselot
Professor Daniel Penailillo
Professor Oreste Pollicino
Dr Elena Radevich
Professor Bruno Rodriguez-Rosado
Dr Margaret Ryznar
Professor Lucia Scaffardi
Dr Ferenc Szilagyi
Professor Juan Lopez Ulla
Dr Elizabeth Yu
Professor Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Gazi
University of Ferrara
Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)
University of Alicante
Messina University
University of Rome 3
CEU San Pablo University Madrid
University of Canterbury, New
Zealand
Concepcion University, Chile
Bocconi University
Tomsk University
University of Malaga
Indiana State University
University of Parma
PPC University Budapest
University of Cadiz
China Foreign Affairs University
Max Planck Institute, Hamburg
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Members of the Institute’s Advisory Council
Professor Guido Alpa
Professor Sir Frank Berman QC
Mr Christopher Bright
The Conseiller Culturel, French Embassy
Professor Paul Craig
The Honourable Mr Justice Cranston
The Director, German Academic Exchange (DAAD)
Professor Sir David Edward
Professor Dr Francesco Francioni
Professor Mark Freedland
Professor Sir Roy Goode
Professor Sir Francis Jacobs
Mr Angus Johnston
Mr Alexander Layton QC
The Right Honourable Lord Mance (Chair)
Ms Alexandra Marks
Mr Hugh Mercer QC
Mr Rupert Reece
The Right Honourable Lord Reed
Sir Peter Roth
The Right Honourable Lord Saville
The Honourable Mr Justice Silber
Professor Henk Snijders
The Vice Chancellor, Oxford University
Professor Stefan Vogenauer
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