Martijn Hesselink
Hesselink, Martijn W. is a Dutch legal scholar. He works in the area of European private law and legal theory. In 2019, he became a professor at the European University Institute.[1][2]
Education
Hesselink studied law, obtaining degrees from the University of Amsterdam and the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (1992) and a doctorate in laws from Utrecht University (1999).[3]
Career
In 1999, he joined the University of Amsterdam, initially as a professor of private law, but from 2006 onwards as chair of European Private Law.[4] Upon joining the European University Institute in 2019, Hesselink became Professor of Transnational Law and Theory,[1] directing his research towards normative and critical approaches to European Union law.[4]
As of 2024, Google Scholar includes over 2600 citations of his work,[5] and his book Justifying Contract in Europe was the subject of a special issue of the Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy[6] and reviewed in the European Review of Private Law.[7]
Outside academia, Hesselink has been an honorary justice at the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam,[3] a member of the European Commission's expert group on European contract law,[4] and consulted with the European Parliament.[8][9]
Selected publications
- Hartkamp, Arthur S., Hesselink, Martijn W., Hondius, Ewoud, Mak, Chantal, Du Perron, Edgar. Towards a European Civil Code (4th edition, Wolters Kluwer 2010).
- Hesselink, Martijn W., Justifying Contract in Europe: Political Philosophies of European Contract Law (Oxford University Press, 2021).
- Hesselink, Martijn W., ‘The Politics of a European Civil Code’ (2004) 10(6) European Law Journal 675.
- Hesselink, Martijn W., ‘A European legal method? On European private law and scientific method’ (2009) 15(1) European Law Journal 20.
- Cartwright, John and Hesselink, Martijn W. (eds), Precontractual Liability in European Private Law (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
References
- 1 2 "Neha Jain and Martijn Hesselink - new Professors". European University Institute. 2020-12-30. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ↑ Palayret, Jean-Marie (2024-09-18), "A University for Europe?", Building Europe Through Education, Building Education Through Europe (1 ed.), London: Routledge, pp. 114–133, doi:10.4324/9781003247838-7, ISBN 978-1-003-24783-8
- 1 2 Amsterdam, Universiteit van (2024-11-24). "Prof. dr. M.W. (Martijn) Hesselink". University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- 1 2 3 "Martijn Hesselink". European University Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ↑ "Martijn W. Hesselink". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ↑ Jiwa, Mirthe; Len, Lyn K. L. Tjon Soei (2022). "The Radical Aspirations of Justifying Contract in Europe". Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy (in Dutch). 51 (1): 7–10. doi:10.5553/NJLP/221307132022051001002. ISSN 2213-0713.
- ↑ Micklitz, Hans-W. (2022-05-01). "Thoughts on Martijn W. Hesselink's, Justifying Contract in Europe, Political Philosophies of European Contract Law". European Review of Private Law. 30 (2): 373–386. doi:10.54648/ERPL2022018. ISSN 0928-9801.
- ↑ "The Consumer Rights Directive and the CFR : Two Worlds Apart ?". Think Tank - European Parliament. 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ↑ "Contractual relations and consumer remedies in the digital sphere | Hearings | Events | IMCO | 8th parliamentary term (2014 - 2019) | Committees | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-01-14.