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: • 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) 285-301 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 13-13.843, 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 13-15.789, 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 13-11.262, 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 13-12.343, 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-State-Arbitration?', 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 Alemo-Herron 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.univ-rennes1.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 (Panthéon-Assas) 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 Cross-Border 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 ongoing annual funding for the administration of Course 2 and the exchange programme

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

ongoing support for the DAAD Lecturer in German and EU Law

Stifterverband ongoing support for the Erich Brost CDF in German and EU Law

Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse

funding for the Oxford/Stockholm Association in European Law

(Professor Ulf Bernitz)

Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse

funding for the Oxford/Stockholm Association in European Law

(Professor Ulf Bernitz)

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship

‘Differences in Legal Cultures: a Study on Dispute Clauses as a Form of Private Regulation’

(Dr Geneviève Helleringer)

John Fell OUP Research Fund

to support the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship above

John Fell OUP Research Fund

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’

(Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz and Professor Stephen Weatherill)

John Fell OUP Research Fund

award to conduct the research project on ‘Will-substitutes from a Comparative Perspective’

(Dr Alexandra Braun)

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant

funding for the conference on ‘Will-substitutes from a comparative perspective’

(Dr Alexandra Braun)

Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP funding for 2014 Oxford French Law Moot

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Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law funding for the Stockholm Centre Oxford Fellowship

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

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: Dr Justine Pila and Professor Christopher Wadlow (University of East Anglia)

Funding: The John Fell Fund

Speakers: 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: Dr Geneviève Helleringer and Dr Eric Descheemaeker (Edinburgh University)

Funding: 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: Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz and Professor Stephen Weatherill

Funding: The John Fell Fund

Speakers: 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: Professor Ariel Ezrachi and Professor Ulf Bernitz

Funding: The Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse and the Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse

Speakers: Arianna Andreangeli (University of Edinburgh), Ulf Bernitz (Universities of Oxford and Stockholm), Ariel Ezrachi (University of Oxford), Caroline Heide-Jørgensen (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: Professor Stephen Weatherill, Professor Sybe de Vries (University of Utrecht) and Professor Ulf Bernitz

Funding: The Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse and the Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse

Speakers: 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: Dr David Langlet and Professor Ulf Bernitz

Funding: 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: Professor Ulf Bernitz, Dr Ariel Ezrachi and Mr John Noble (British Brands Group)

Funding: Bristows LLP

Speakers: 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: Professor Ariel Ezrachi and Professor Bill Kovacic (George Washington University)

Funding: Bates White, Slaughter & May, Sidley Austin LLP

Speakers: 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)

Why Nordic Majoritarian Democracies have Escaped the European Court of Justice

Professor Marlene Wind (University of Copenhagen)

Taxation and State Aid Richard Lyal (Legal Service of the European Commission)

The Dichotomy of Rights and Principles in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Professor Pedro Cruz Villalón (Court of Justice of the EU)

The "New Governance" of EU Fiscal Discipline

Professor Kenneth Armstrong (University of Cambridge)

When EU Citizens Become Foreigners Professor Dora Kostakopoulou (Warwick Law School)

Pringle and EU Responses to Financial and Public Debt Crisis

Panel discussion with Professor Paul Craig (Oxford), Professor Steve Peers (Essex), Professor Stephen Weatherill (Oxford)

Tû Tû and Real Life: EU Citizenship and Duties

Professor Dimitry Kochenov (University of Groningen)

Article 16 CFR (Freedom to Conduct a Business): Misconstructed, Misconstrued? Dr Jeremias Prassl (University of Oxford)

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Fransson and Kadi II: the Charter of Fundamental Rights Taking Shape

Professor Ulf Bernitz (Universities of Oxford and Stockholm)

Legal Pluralism and EU Law

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)

Opt Out Antitrust Class Action – an American Perspective

Laurence Popofsky (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP)

European Merger Control Nicholas Levy (Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

Cartels and Dawn Raids Peter Citron (Hogan Lovells)

Antitrust Economics 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

Dr Alper Cagri Yilmaz University of Gazi

Professor Martin Doris Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor Alberto de Franceschi University of Ferrara

Professor Marie Goré Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)

Professor Raul Lafuente University of Alicante

Dr Dario Latella Messina University

Dr Francesco Longobucco University of Rome 3

Professor Alfonso Martinez-Echevarria CEU San Pablo University Madrid

Professor Annick Masselot University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Professor Daniel Penailillo Concepcion University, Chile

Professor Oreste Pollicino Bocconi University

Dr Elena Radevich Tomsk University

Professor Bruno Rodriguez-Rosado University of Malaga

Dr Margaret Ryznar Indiana State University

Professor Lucia Scaffardi University of Parma

Dr Ferenc Szilagyi PPC University Budapest

Professor Juan Lopez Ulla University of Cadiz

Dr Elizabeth Yu China Foreign Affairs University

Professor Reinhard Zimmermann 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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