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Smits, Jan M.
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 Professor of European Private Law
 

Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)


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 Research Professor of Comparative Legal Studies
 

University of Helsinki - Center of Excellence in Foundations of European Law and Polity


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1.  
Full Harmonization of Consumer Law? A Critique of the Draft Directive on Consumer Rights | Show Abstract | Download |
European Review of Private Law, Vol. 18, pp. 5-14, 2010, JFT (Tidskrift utgiven av Juridiska föreningen i Finland), No. 3-4, pp. 573-581, 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
13 Mar 09
Last Revised:
20 Jan 11
1,270
(6,238) 		1
2.  
A European Private Law as a Mixed Legal System | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol. 5, pp. 328-340, 1998
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Sep 05
Last Revised:
17 Mar 11
1,245
(6,435) 		4
3.  
The Draft-Common Frame of Reference (CFR) for a European Private Law: Fit for Purpose? | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol. 15, pp. 145-148, 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
08 Apr 08
Last Revised:
20 Jan 11
1,090
(8,066) 		3
4.  
European Private Law: A Plea for a Spontaneous Legal Order | Show Abstract | Download |
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND LAW, Deirdre M. Curtin, Jan M. Smits et al, Antwerpen-Oxford, pp. 55-107, 2006, Maastricht University Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2006-03
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
24 Apr 06
Last Revised:
14 Apr 11
1,027
(8,890) 		4
5.  
Comparative Law and its Influence on National Legal Systems | Show Abstract | Download |
THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., pp. 477-512, Oxford, 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
27 Feb 07
Last Revised:
04 Jun 09
858
(11,801) 		2
6.  
Law Making in the European Union: On Globalization and Contract Law in Divergent Legal Cultures | Show Abstract | Download |
Louisiana Law Review, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 1181-1203, 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Mar 08
Last Revised:
29 Apr 08
772
(13,887) 		 
7.  
Convergence of Private Law in Europe: Towards a New Ius Commune? | Show Abstract | Download |
COMPARATIVE LAW: A HANDBOOK, Esin Örücü & David Nelken, eds., pp. 219-240, 2007, Oxford: Hart Publishing
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
20 Mar 08
Last Revised:
15 May 08
673
(16,957) 		 
8.  
A European Law on Unjustified Enrichment? A Critical View of the Law of Restitution in the Draft Common Frame of Reference (CFR) | Show Abstract | Download |
EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW BEYOND THE COMMON FRAME OF REFERENCE, Antoni Vaquer, ed., Groningen 2008, 153-163
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Mar 08
599
(20,003) 		 
9.  
The Principles of European Contract Law and the Harmonization of Private Law in Europe | Show Abstract | Download |
LA TERCERA PARTE DE LOS PRINCIPIOS DE DERECHO CONTRACTUAL EUROPEO, VALENCIA [TIRANT], Antoni Vacquer, ed., pp. 567-590, 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
30 Aug 05
566
(21,628) 		 
10.  
Contract Law in the European Union: Convergence or Not? | Show Abstract | Download |
Sammelband, Vol. 4, pp. 45-65, May 2008, TICOM Working Paper Series on Comparative and Transnational Law No. 2008/1
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
13 May 08
494
(25,936) 		 
11.  
Import and Export of Legal Models: The Dutch Experience | Show Abstract | Download |
Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 13, pp. 551-574, 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Sep 05
Last Revised:
17 Aug 10
489
(26,244) 		1
12.  
On Successful Legal Transplants in a Future Ius Commune Europaeum | Show Abstract | Download |
COMPARATIVE LAW IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Andrew Harding & Esin Örücü, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Mar 08
478
(27,050) 		 
13.  
The Common European Sales Law (CESL) Beyond Party Choice | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht European Private Law Institute Working Paper No. 2012/11, Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, Vol. 20, pp. 904-917, 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
14 Apr 12
Last Revised:
10 Mar 13
468
(27,955) 		 
14.  
Redefining Normative Legal Science: Towards an Argumentative Discipline | Show Abstract | Download |
METHODS OF HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH, F. Coomans, F. Grünfeld, M. Kamminga, eds., Antwerp-Oxford, 2009, 45-58, TICOM Working Paper No. 2009/7
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
30 May 09
Last Revised:
19 Oct 09
445
(29,709) 		 
15.  
Diversity of Contract Law and the European Internal Market | Show Abstract | Download |
THE NEED FOR A EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW: EMPIRICAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES, Jan Smits, ed., pp. 153-186, Groningen, 2005, Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2005/9
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
02 Nov 05
Last Revised:
23 Aug 08
442
(29,989) 		 
16.  
The Draft Common Frame of Reference, Methodological Nationalism and the Way Forward | Show Abstract | Download |
European Review of Contract Law, Vol. 4, pp. 270-280, 2009
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
17 Nov 08
Last Revised:
20 Jan 11
438
(30,343) 		1
17.  
The German Schuldrechtsmodernisierung and the New Dutch Civil Code: A Study in Parallel | Show Abstract | Download |
SCHULDRECHTSMODERNISIERUNG UND EUROPÄISCHES VERTRAGSRECHT, Oliver Remien, ed., pp. 117-131, Tübingen 2008, TICOM Working Paper on Comparative and Transnational Law No. 2008/7
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
21 Aug 08
Last Revised:
29 Oct 12
382
(36,060) 		 
18.  
European Legal Education, or: How to Prepare Students for Global Citizenship? | Show Abstract | Download |
The Law Teacher, Vol. 45, pp. 163-180, 2011 , Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) Working Paper No. 2011/02
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
03 Dec 10
Last Revised:
16 Dec 12
373
(37,150) 		 
19.  
Party Choice and the Common European Sales Law, or: How to Prevent the CESL from Becoming a Lemon on the Law Market | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht European Private Law Institute Working Paper No. 2012/13, Common Market Law Review, Vol. 50, pp. 51-68, 2013
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
15 May 12
Last Revised:
10 Mar 13
371
(37,405) 		 
20.  
Nordic Law in a European Context: Some Comparative Observations | Show Abstract | Download |
NORDIC LAW - BETWEEN TRADITION AND DYNAMISM, Jaakko Husa, Kimmo Nuotio & Heikki Pihlajamäki, eds., pp. 55-64, Antwerp-Oxford (Intersentia), 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
06 Sep 07
Last Revised:
05 Aug 10
364
(38,369) 		1
21.  
Optional Law: A Plea for Multiple Choice in Private Law | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol. 17, pp. 347-352, 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Mar 11
Last Revised:
14 Apr 11
362
(38,502) 		 
22.  
Legal Culture as Mental Software, or: How to Overcome National Legal Culture? | Show Abstract | Download |
PRIVATE LAW AND THE MANY CULTURES OF EUROPE, Thomas Wilhelmsson, Elina Paunio, Annika Pohjolainen, eds., Alphen aan den Rijn, pp. 141-151, 2007, Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2007-2
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
16 Aug 07
Last Revised:
14 Aug 10
355
(39,437) 		1
23.  
The Harmonisation of Private Law in Europe: Some Insights from Evolutionary Theory | Show Abstract | Download |
Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 31, pp. 79-99, 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Sep 05
Last Revised:
04 Jun 09
350
(40,143) 		3
24.   Incl. Electronic Paper
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
02 Feb 10
Last Revised:
18 Apr 11
329
(43,271) 		 
25.  
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
16 Nov 05
Last Revised:
04 Aug 10
313
(45,876) 		5
26.  
Human Dignity and Uniform Law: An Unhappy Relationship | Show Abstract | Download |
TICOM Working Paper on Comparative and Transnational Law No. 2008/2, ESSAYS IN HONOR OF SAUL LITVINOFF, Olivier Moréteau, Julio Romanach, Alberto Zuppi, eds., pp. 749-760, Baton Rouge, 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
14 May 08
307
(46,914) 		1
27.  
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Ernst, Andrei
Maastricht University
Iseger, Steven
Maastricht University
Riaz, Nida
Maastricht University
Posted:
10 Oct 12
Last Revised:
10 Mar 13
299
(48,395) 		 
28.  
Private Law and Fundamental Rights: A Sceptical View | Show Abstract | Download |
CONSTITUTIONALISATION OF PRIVATE LAW, T. Barkhuysen, S. Lindenbergh, eds., Leiden/Boston, pp. 9-22, 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
06 Sep 06
Last Revised:
25 Aug 08
298
(48,626) 		2
29.  
The Europeanisation of National Legal Systems: Some Consequences for Legal Thinking in Civil Law Countries | Show Abstract | Download |
EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Mark Van Hoecke, ed., Hart Publishing, pp. 229-245, 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
27 Sep 05
296
(48,983) 		2
30.  
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
20 Jul 06
290
(50,133) 		 
31.  
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Bull, William
Maastricht University
Posted:
26 Jul 12
271
(54,374) 		 
32.  
The Future of European Contract Law: On Diversity and the Temptation of Elegance | Show Abstract | Download |
TOWARDS A EUROPEAN IUS COMMUNE IN LEGAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Michael Faure, Jan Smits and Hildegard Schneider, eds., Antwerpen (Intersentia), pp. 239-256, 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
27 Sep 05
Last Revised:
15 Aug 10
268
(55,066) 		 
33.  
Plurality of Sources in European Private Law, or: How to Live with Legal Diversity? | Show Abstract | Download |
THE FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW, pp. 323-335, Roger Brownsword, Hans-W Micklitz, Leone Niglia & Stephen Weatherill, eds., Oxford, 2011, Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) Working Paper No. 2011/14
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
07 Apr 11
Last Revised:
14 Nov 11
262
(56,263) 		1
34.  
Common Core Evaluation of the Draft CFR - Book VII (Unjustified Enrichment) | Show Abstract | Download |
A FACTUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DRAFT COMMON FRAME OF REFERENCE, pp. 249-268, Luisa Antoniolli & Francesca Fiorentini, eds., München 2010, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 2009-04
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Mak, Vanessa
Tilburg Law School
Posted:
12 Mar 09
Last Revised:
24 Nov 10
261
(56,507) 		 
35.  
European Private Law and the Comparative Method | Show Abstract | Download |
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO EUROPEAN UNION PRIVATE LAW, Christian Twigg-Flessner, ed., pp. 33-43, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
10 Apr 10
Last Revised:
20 Jan 11
237
(62,702) 		 
36.  
European Private Law and Democracy: A Misunderstood Relationship | Show Abstract | Download |
ESSAYS IN THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF REGULATION IN HONOUR OF ANTHONY OGUS, Michael Faure & Frank Stephen, eds., pp. 49-59, Antwerp-Oxford 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
02 Dec 08
228
(65,366) 		 
37.  
A Dialogue on Comparative Functionalism | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol. 18, pp. 554-558, 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Husa, Jaakko
University of Lapland - Faculty of Law
Posted:
30 Nov 11
Last Revised:
10 Jan 12
226
(65,997) 		 
38.  
Toward a Multi-Layered Contract Law for Europe | Show Abstract | Download |
AN ACADEMIC GREEN PAPER ON EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW, Stefan Grundmann & Jules Stuyck, eds., pp. 387-398, Kluwer Law International, 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Sep 05
Last Revised:
05 Aug 10
219
(68,510) 		1
39.  
Democracy and (European) Private Law: A Functional Approach | Show Abstract | Download |
European Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 2, pp. 26-40, 2009, Tilburg University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 001/2010
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
18 Jan 10
Last Revised:
12 May 10
216
(69,194) 		1
40.  
The Right to Change Your Mind? Rethinking the Usefulness of Mandatory Rights of Withdrawal in Consumer Contract Law | Show Abstract | Download |
Penn State International Law Review, Vol. 29, pp. 671-684, 2011, Maastricht Faculty of Law European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) Working Paper No. 2011/01
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
03 Dec 10
Last Revised:
05 Sep 11
203
(73,708) 		 
41.  
A Radical View of Legal Pluralism | Show Abstract | Download |
PLURALISM AND EUROPEAN LAW, Leone Niglia, ed., Oxford, 2012, Maastricht European Private Law Institute Working Paper No. 2012/1
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
13 Jan 12
197
(75,942) 		 
42.  
Private Law 2.0: On the Role of Private Actors in a Post-National Society | Show Abstract | Download |
Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law and Eleven International Publishing, 2011, Maastricht Faculty of Law
Accepted Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
06 Mar 11
Last Revised:
07 Mar 11
189
(79,043) 		 
43.  
Does Law Matter? An Introduction | Show Abstract | Download |
DOES LAW MATTER? ON LAW AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, Michael Faure & Jan Smits, eds., Cambridge-Antwerp, 2011, Maastricht European Private Law Institute Working Paper No. 2011/35
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Faure, Michael G.
University of Maastricht - Faculty of Law, Metro
Posted:
29 Oct 11
Last Revised:
30 Oct 11
173
(86,046) 		 
44.  
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
05 Sep 11
Last Revised:
14 Sep 11
167
(89,881) 		 
45.  
Problems of Uniform Sales Law – Why the CISG May Not Promote International Trade | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2013/1
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Jan 13
153
(96,227) 		 
46.  
Trusts in Mixed Legal Systems: A Challenge to Comparative Trust Law | Show Abstract | Download |
European Review of Private Law, pp. 421-426, 2000
Accepted Paper Series
Milo, J. Michael
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
15 Mar 10
127
(112,772) 		2
47.  
Is Law a Parasite? An Evolutionary Explanation of Differences Among Legal Traditions | Show Abstract | Download |
Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 791-804, 2011, Maastricht European Private Law Institute Working Paper No. 2011/31
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Sep 11
Last Revised:
10 Jan 12
120
(118,116) 		2
48.  
Rethinking Methods in European Private Law | Show Abstract | Download |
PRACTICE AND THEORY IN COMPARATIVE LAW, Maurice Adams & Jacco Bomhoff, eds., pp. 170-185, Cambridge 2012, Maastricht European Private Law Institute Working Paper 2012/15
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
26 Jul 12
Last Revised:
29 Oct 12
108
(128,048) 		 
49.  
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
23 Nov 10
88
(147,332) 		 
50.  
What Do Nationalists Maximise? A Public Choice Perspective on the (Non-) Europeanization of Private Law | Show Abstract | Download |
European Review of Contract Law Vol. 8, pp. 296-310 (2012), Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2012/9
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
14 Apr 12
Last Revised:
29 Oct 12
73
(165,314) 		 
51.  
Private Law in a Post-National Society: From Ex Post to Ex Ante Governance | Show Abstract | Download |
Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2013/2
Working Paper Series
Smits, Jan M.
Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI)
Posted:
09 Jan 13
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