Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Jan Smits is Professor of Private Law at Maastricht University. Research and teaching interests: Private Law; European Private Law; Contracts; Tort; Property; Comparative Law; Legal Theory.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate, Leiden Univ, Leiden, Netherlands
Award Date: 14 Nov 1995
Master of Laws, Leiden Univ, Leiden, Netherlands
Award Date: 31 Jan 1991
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Five Uneasy Pieces: Essays on Law and Evolution
Smits, J., 2019, The Hague: Eleven International publishing. 112 p. (Maastricht Law Series, Vol. 11).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
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Contract Law: A Comparative Introduction
Smits, J., 2021, 3 ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 288 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
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Comparative law and its influence on national legal systems
Smits, J., 2019, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law. Zimmermann, R. & Reimann, M. (eds.). 2 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 502-523Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Advanced Introduction to Private Law
Smits, J., 2017, Cheltenham-Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing. 130 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
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Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility Codes under Private Law: On the Disciplining Power of Legal Doctrine
Smits, J., 2017, In: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. 24, p. 99-113Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Phylogeny of the Unpaid Seller’s Right to Vindicate Goods
Smits, J. (Creator), Maastricht University, 29 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.34894/Y2SHRZ, https://hdl.handle.net/10411/PISBWE
Dataset
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Coding Legal Complexity
Smits, J. (Creator), DataverseNL, 2 Jun 2015
DOI: 10.34894/6XTXVA, https://dataverse.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.34894/6XTXVA
Dataset
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Phylogeny of the Unpaid Seller’s Right to Vindicate Goods / Een fylogenetische analyse van de prijsbetalingsregel
Smits, J. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 1 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.34894/y2shrz, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/Y2SHRZ
Dataset
Prizes
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Elected member International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law
Smits, Jan (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society › Academic
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Lid Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
Smits, Jan (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society › Academic
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Membre titulaire Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé
Smits, Jan (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Election to learned society › Academic
Activities
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The Dutch Civil Code: on open norms in tort and contract
Jan Smits (Speaker)
14 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation / Performance / Speeches › Talk or presentation - at conference › Academic
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The European Model Companies Act as a Regulatory Tool
Jan Smits (Speaker)
23 Nov 2017Activity: Talk or presentation / Performance / Speeches › Talk or presentation - at conference › Academic
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L’avenir de la recherche en droit
Jan Smits (Speaker)
21 Sept 2017Activity: Talk or presentation / Performance / Speeches › Talk or presentation - at conference › Academic
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Codification: a Dutch perspective
Jan Smits (Speaker)
12 May 2017Activity: Talk or presentation / Performance / Speeches › Talk or presentation - at conference › Academic
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Zestig jaar Baris/Riezenkamp: een feestrede
Jan Smits (Speaker)
12 May 2017Activity: Talk or presentation / Performance / Speeches › Talk or presentation - at conference › Academic
Press/Media
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Opinie. Wat voor universiteit willen wij zijn?/What kind of university do we want to be?
7/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement › Popular
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Jarige rechtenfaculteit brengt ‘wiesheidkalbas’ uit voor jonge jurist
17/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement › Popular
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Jan Smits is door het privaatrecht een beetje een juridische nerd geworden
16/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement › Popular
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Jan Smits over de Japanse vertaling van zijn boek
6/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement › Popular
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Mr. van de week: Jan Smits over de Japanse vertaling van zijn boek
6/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement › Popular