University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law / Amsterdam Center for International Law
Amsterdam, (Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week
Job description
The European Union is unique among international organizations. Among the hallmarks of its special position is the so-called infringement procedure through which the Commission tries to guarantee full and equal application by all Member States of Community law. This makes it all the more remarkable that the European Union recently has gone back to what seem to be at first sight weaker techniques of enforcement, such as peer review and mutual surveillance, or surveillance by an agency. This is in part a consequence of the fact that the relevant norms fall outside the classical Community law area (third pillar, Schengen) or an area that was deemed unsuitable for infringement proceedings (monetary union). However, after some of these norms moved to the Community side of the Union, the techniques were maintained. Moreover, in traditional Community law areas especially the presence of agencies has led to applying surveillance techniques which are supposed to fulfil some of the functions of infringement procedures.
The Ph.D. candidate is expected to make an inventory of the areas of Community law where non-infringement procedures of ensuring application and implementation of Community law have become important, to do a comparative study into comparable techniques used in other international organizations and to arrive at some conclusions with respect to the success of such techniques and under which conditions they can be as effective or more effective than the infringement procedure.
Tasks
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Law)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Law / Amsterdam Center for International Law
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Law is strongly engaged in society and has an international orientation, which is reflected in its research and education activities. The Faculty offers three Bachelor's programmes: Law, Tax Law, and Notarial Law. The Faculty offers a number of Master's programmes, two of which are taught exclusively in English (i.e. International and European Law, and European Private Law). With its 3,500 students and 375 staff members, it is one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands. The Faculty is located in the centre of Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) is the research institute for international and European law. Its mission is to facilitate and support legal research into the internationalisation of the law and the development of the rule of law in international society. The ACIL brings together over 50 researchers who have specialised in general international law and European Union law, international criminal law, international economic law and international tax law. The ACIL conducts 4 research programmes, one of which focuses on the International Rule of Law. The offered Ph.D. position will be part of this research programme.
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be full time (38 hours a week) although a part-time appointment (32 hours per week) can be facilitated with the consent of the employer, for a period of four years and should lead to a dissertation. The gross monthly salary will be in accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 2.000,- in the first year up to a maximum of € 2.558,- in the last year.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Prof. P.J. Kuijper
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 2951
E-mail address: P.J.Kuijper@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
You can apply for this job before 19-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
DrP.M. Kwantes
P.O. Box 1030
1000 BA Amsterdam
the Netherlands
E-mail: solliciteren-fdr@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-4022.
Job description
The European Union is unique among international organizations. Among the hallmarks of its special position is the so-called infringement procedure through which the Commission tries to guarantee full and equal application by all Member States of Community law. This makes it all the more remarkable that the European Union recently has gone back to what seem to be at first sight weaker techniques of enforcement, such as peer review and mutual surveillance, or surveillance by an agency. This is in part a consequence of the fact that the relevant norms fall outside the classical Community law area (third pillar, Schengen) or an area that was deemed unsuitable for infringement proceedings (monetary union). However, after some of these norms moved to the Community side of the Union, the techniques were maintained. Moreover, in traditional Community law areas especially the presence of agencies has led to applying surveillance techniques which are supposed to fulfil some of the functions of infringement procedures.
The Ph.D. candidate is expected to make an inventory of the areas of Community law where non-infringement procedures of ensuring application and implementation of Community law have become important, to do a comparative study into comparable techniques used in other international organizations and to arrive at some conclusions with respect to the success of such techniques and under which conditions they can be as effective or more effective than the infringement procedure.
Tasks
- To engage in supervised scientific research that will ultimately result in a doctoral thesis;
- The candidate may also lecture on subjects in the Faculty's curriculum.
Required education/skills:University Graduate
- Qualified jurist with excellent knowledge of the law of international organizations and Community law;
- Excellent writing skills; fluency in English; good working knowledge of German and/or French preferred;
- Passion for research in the field of international law, following the comparative method;
- Foreign candidates will be expected to acquire working knowledge of the Dutch language within a period of two years.
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Law)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Law / Amsterdam Center for International Law
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Law is strongly engaged in society and has an international orientation, which is reflected in its research and education activities. The Faculty offers three Bachelor's programmes: Law, Tax Law, and Notarial Law. The Faculty offers a number of Master's programmes, two of which are taught exclusively in English (i.e. International and European Law, and European Private Law). With its 3,500 students and 375 staff members, it is one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands. The Faculty is located in the centre of Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) is the research institute for international and European law. Its mission is to facilitate and support legal research into the internationalisation of the law and the development of the rule of law in international society. The ACIL brings together over 50 researchers who have specialised in general international law and European Union law, international criminal law, international economic law and international tax law. The ACIL conducts 4 research programmes, one of which focuses on the International Rule of Law. The offered Ph.D. position will be part of this research programme.
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be full time (38 hours a week) although a part-time appointment (32 hours per week) can be facilitated with the consent of the employer, for a period of four years and should lead to a dissertation. The gross monthly salary will be in accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 2.000,- in the first year up to a maximum of € 2.558,- in the last year.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Prof. P.J. Kuijper
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 2951
E-mail address: P.J.Kuijper@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
- About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
- About the department (http://jur.uva.nl/aciluk/object.cfm/objectid=19B7C1A4-C262-4C6D-811832E317699FF9)
- About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/C43873DB-1321-B0BE-689AB8D6CD21215C)
You can apply for this job before 19-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
DrP.M. Kwantes
P.O. Box 1030
1000 BA Amsterdam
the Netherlands
E-mail: solliciteren-fdr@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-4022.
