Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Personal Rights and Property Rights Welcome Welcome to the website of the Personal Rights & Property Rights research group at the University of Antwerp On this website, you will find information about the group’s research mission, meth…

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Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Affiliations Our research group has various national and international affiliations: National affiliations ICAV – Interuniversitair Centrum voor Aansprakelijkheids- en Verzekeringsrecht ICBO - Interuniversitair en Intradisciplinair Cen…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Expertise Barbaix Renate Renate Barbaix is specialised in family property law, specially in inheritance law. Her research is both individual and as a promotor of several PhD students. Technique Legal research Users Academic and practical…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Publications Les métiers d'assistance à la fonction juridictionnelle : les exemples de l'Allemagne, de la Belgique, de l'Italie et la Roumanie, comparés au système français Source Paris, Institut Robert Badinter, 2025,239 p. Author(…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Contractualisation Research leader: Nicolas Carette Overview Private law upholds the principle of personal autonomy. The Code civil (Code Napoléon of 1804) limited this principle only in a few areas of law. Although general private law …

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Members Spokesperson Kristof Van Assche Member Renate Barbaix Eva Bernet Kempers Sander Briké Wannes Buelens Nicolas Carette Aurélie Cassiers Maxime Castermans Lies D'Hondt Christophe De Ridder Elodie Decorte Ariël Decoster Evelien De…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content About us (National, European and international) private law is at the core of our research activities. We strive for high quality scientific, critical research that pays attention to the various domains of private law. Our research progr…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Reproductive autonomy in the European legal context: A multidimensional approach. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract This research analyses the legal translation of reproductive autonomy in European legal…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Redefining kinship Research leaders: Frederik Swennen, Elise Goossens & Mariano Croce Short text This research line is embedded in the FWO Scientific Research Network RETHINKIN (Rethinking Legal Kinship & Family Studies in the Low Countr…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Research lines Personality rights Contractualisation Liability and accountability Redefining kinship Distinction between person and thing Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the proper functioning of the…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Personality rights Research leaders: Thierry Vansweevelt & Kristof Vanassche Overview Personality rights protect everyone’s body, thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in their relationship with other citizens. In that respect, they are pr…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Projects and Publications Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and can not be switched off. They are generally defined only as a result of actions you carry out and t…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Liability and accountability Research leaders: Thierry Vansweevelt & Britt Weyts Short text Liability law outlines the conditions under which an injured party can recover damages from a third person. This line of research examines how th…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Ongoing Doctoral Research Castermans, Maxime Maxime Castermans holds a Master's degree in Law (KU Leuven, 2021) and a Master's degree in Gender and Diversity (UGent, 2022). She spent a semester at the Université de Montpellier as part o…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Completed Doctoral Research 2023 Eva BERNET KEMPERS - Towards a legal paradigm of 'animal dignity' 2022 Larissa VANHOOFF - Compensation funds: their Nature, their Function and their Legality Veerle VANDERHULST -Zorgplanning voor zorgenki…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Research mission and method The research program aims to study the entire field of private law. We pay attention to non-contractual liability law, family property law, health law, property law, law of persons and family law and law of ob…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Distinction between person and thing Research leaders: Frederik Swennen, Elise Goossens & Eva Bernet Kempers. Short text Since the late modern period, private law has relied on the dichotomy between persons and things. However, recent so…

Devanshi Saxena onbezoldigd medewerker Onderwijs Devanshi Saxena 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Practicum Intellectual Property Law Practicum Intellectual Property Law Studiegidsnr: 1200RECIPL Bachelor in de rechten Schakelprogramma rechten overlay sluiten 2024-2025 Practicum Intellectual P…

Devanshi Saxena unpaid staff Education Devanshi Saxena 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Practical Intellectual Property Law Practical Intellectual Property Law Course code: 1200RECIPL Bachelor of Laws Bridging Programme on Law close overlay 2024-2025 Practical Intellectual Property Law Practi…

Nicolas Carette professor Education Nicolas Carette 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Bachelor of Laws Contract Law Contract Law Course code: 1100RECBOV Bachelor of Laws Bridging Programme on Law Bachelor of Laws Bridging Programme on Law Practical Property Law and Contract Law Practical Prope…

Antwerp Doctoral School search menu search content Confidentiality and intellectual property The following contains important information for PhD researchers regarding crucial aspects of your role and responsibilities in the field of intellectual property and confidentiality. Please take a moment to…

Thibaut Verhofstede grad. teaching & research ass. Education Thibaut Verhofstede 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Practical Property Law and Contract Law Practical Property Law and Contract Law Course code: 1200RECZAK Bachelor of Laws Bridging Programme on Law close overlay 2024-2025 Practica…

Hendrik Vanhees full professor Education Hendrik Vanhees 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Law and Corporation Law and Corporation Course code: 1105TEWVSG Bachelor in Social-Economic Sciences Bachelor of Applied Economics: Business Economics Bachelor of Applied Economics: Economic Policy Bache…

Master of Laws (LL.M) Economic Governance Economic Governance Module coordinator: Professor Jan Blockx In the cluster ‘Economic Governance’ you will study several aspects of economic regulation. This includes the European Union’s approach in this field, and how it combines government intervent…