Property Law

Current PhD research

• Mrs A.V.J. van Beusekom, Regulation of FinTech (12/03/2019 - 11/03/2023)
• Mr R. Bloemink, A legal-economic explanation of property law (1/05/2021 - 30/04/2025)
• Mr S.M. Charlton, Classification collisions in the distinction of movable and immovable property in European Private Law (1/09/2010 - 1/06/2014)
• Mr X. Chen, Cross-Border Insolvency and Employee Rights (24/04/2011 - 24/06/2015)
• Mr R.A.B. Cobussen-Schreuder, Property law on the North Sea (1/09/2023 - 31/08/2029)
• Mrs M.-L. Degroote, Abandonment of property rights (1/09/2019 - 31/08/2023)
• Mrs O.M. Falgueras del Álamo, The European insolvency game of reorganization of distressed companies (1/02/2013 - 31/01/2016)
• Mrs Dr B.M. Holligan, The Remedies of the Owner in Scots Law (14/09/2010 - 13/09/2013)
• Mr B.P. Honnebier, Leasing codificatie van een nieuw commercieel financieringscontract noodzakelijk?
• Mrs B. Kramer, The principle of fixation: a drawbridge between private law and bankruptcy law (1/09/2019 - 31/08/2025)
• Mrs E.W. Kuijper, Safeguarding client assets relating to derivatives (1/02/2013 - 31/08/2015)
• Mrs C.S. Macdonald-Mulvihill, Donation in Scots Law (18/09/2019 - 31/12/2022)
• Mrs G.E. Mercangöz-Ploeger, Assignment of claims: A comparative study under Turkish, Dutch and English law and the principles of European contract law (PECL) (1/01/2004 - 31/12/2008)
• Mrs Prof P.J. van der Plank, Accession to immovables (1/11/2007 - 31/08/2015)
• Mrs De Schepper, The principle of unity in property law (1/09/2021 - 31/08/2027)
• Mrs L. Solaro, European Cases in US Courts: A Critical Review of the Shortcomings Entailed by the US Judicial Hegemony in Nazi Looted Art Cross-border Litigation (1/09/2021 - 31/08/2025)
• Mr C. Stewart, The Climate Emergency and Landownership in Scotland (1/09/2022 - 31/08/2025)
• Mr R.C.P. van Uden, The balance between creditors (1/09/2017 - 31/08/2023)
• Mrs F. Vavourakis, Use of Water: Article 3.43 new Belgian Property Code and the transgenerational protection of common goods (1/09/2021 - 31/08/2025)
• Mrs M.D. Verhoef, The entitlement to water. Where does public law end and private law begin? (1/12/2022 - 30/11/2026)
• Mrs E.E. Vermeulen, Protecting property properly - Capabilitarian contributions to the human right to property (1/03/2019 - 28/02/2023)
• Mrs E.B.C. Verscheure, In search of the foundations for a civil legal framework for cohousing. Comparative legal lessons for Flanders (1/09/2018 - 31/08/2024)
• Mr T.M. Vroegop, Credit is key - Asset acquisition finance devices; a critical analysis of the DCFR (1/01/2011 - 31/12/2014)

PhD Defences

It is possible that the researchers below were a member of another research programme when carrying out their PhD research.

• Prof B. Akkermans, The Principle of Numerus Clausus in European Property Law (Maastricht, 17/10/2008)
• Mr M. Arthur, Land reform and the common good (Glasgow, 16/06/2022)
• Dr S. Baeyens, Property rights and liquidation (Leuven, 27/06/2022)
• Prof S.E. Bartels, ABC-contracten in het bijzonder in verband met onroerend goed transacties (Utrecht, 2/06/2004)
• Mrs Prof A. Berlee, The Transparency Principle in European Property Law (Maastricht, 2/03/2018)
• Mrs Dr J. del Corral, De leveringsplicht bij de overdracht van roerende goederen (Leuven, 29/04/2013)
• Mrs Dr S. Demeyere, Real obligations (Leuven, 6/09/2019)
• Mrs Dr E.L.C. Dewitte, Factual universalities of goods in private law (Leuven, 9/05/2017)
• Mrs J. Diamant, Implications of implementation of the EU Collateral Directive: Legal certainty through harmonization? (Tilburg, 21/01/2015)
• Mr P.J. Follan, Trust beneficiaries and third parties (Edinburgh, 1/12/2021)
• Mr R.M.K. Fransis, Subordination of claims in insolvency law (Leuven, 23/12/2013)
• Mrs Dr M.P. Gatica Rodríguez, Fault-based and strict liability in the law of neighbours (Edinburgh, 29/11/2017)
• Mrs Dr D. Gruyaert, The exclusivity of ownership (Leuven, 31/05/2016)
• Prof M.N. Haentjens, Book-entry securities and European harmonisation (Amsterdam, 27/09/2007)
• Mrs Dr D.J.Y. Hamwijk, What scope is left for publicity? (Amsterdam, 16/05/2014)
• Mrs K.J.H. Hoofs, Doorbreking van de natrekking in rechtsvergelijkend perspectief (Maastricht, 15/03/2013)
• Prof B. Hoops, The legitimate justification of expropriation. A comparative law and governance analysis by the example of third-party transfers for economic development (Groningen, 14/12/2017)
• Dr A.L. Jonkers, Opportunism in the guarantee relationship (Amsterdam, 17/01/2020)
• Mr W. Loof, Of trustees and beneficial owners. An inquiry into the proprietary aspects of trusts and trust-like devices from a European private law perspective (Maastricht, 19/12/2016)
• Dr A.D.J. MacPherson, The attachment and ranking of the floating charge in Scots Law (Edinburgh, 4/12/2017)
• Dr M.A.F. Muylle, Time dimension of property rights (Leuven, 6/03/2012)
• Mrs Dr N. van Oostrom-Streep, De kwalitatieve verplichting (Utrecht, 21/12/2006)
• Dr A. Parise, The Evolution of Ownership in American Civil Law Jurisdictions: A Melting Pot of European Private Law and Regional Culture (Maastricht, 10/11/2015)
• Dr A.S.S. Peterson, Acquisition of access rights by usage (Edinburgh, 12/12/2016)
• Mrs K. Rakneberg Haug, Transfer of ownership: what role for Scandinavian functionalism in Europe? (Amsterdam, 18/06/2021)
• Mrs Dr E. Ramaekers, European property law: from fragments to a system? (Maastricht, 4/04/2013)
• Dr A. Sweeney, The landlords hypothec in Scots law (Edinburgh, 25/08/2020)
• Dr K.E.C.T. Swinnen, Accessoriness in Property Law (Leuven, 18/06/2013)
• Mr M. van der Veen, Contracting for better places. A relational analysis of development agreements in urban development projects (Delft, 20/05/2009)
• Dr B. Verheye, Immovable publicity and protection of third acquirers (Leuven, 19/01/2021)
• Dr L.P.W. van Vliet, Transfer of movables in German, French, English and Dutch law (Maastricht, 14/01/2000)
• Prof R.J. de Weijs, The Actio Pauliana, a comparative law research (Amsterdam, 7/04/2010)
• Mrs E.C.M. Wolfert, The quality account (Utrecht, 6/12/2007)
• Mrs Dr K. Zimmermann, Facilitating Cross-Border Real Estate Transactions in Europe: An Explorationamework for land registration in Europe (Maastricht, 2/06/2021)