Master of Laws (LL.M) Multilevel Constitutionalism and Fundamental Rights in Europe Multilevel Constitutionalism and Fundamental Rights in Europe Module coordinator: Professor Cedric Jenart The cluster ‘Multilevel Constitutionalism and Fundamental Rights in Europe’ studies constitutional law and…

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…

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 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…

Bureau Ethische Commissie Misuse, Human Rights & Security Paul Cos functie voorzitter tel: +3232652628 Toon e-mailadres Catherine Van De Heyning functie ondervoorzitter Toon e-mailadres Joachim Denil functie ondervoorzitter tel: +3232658901 Toon e-mailadres Kristien Hens functie ondervoorzitter tel:…

Ethische Commissie Misuse, Human Rights & Security (MiHRS) Theo Notteboom functie effectief stemgerechtigd lid tel: 032654797 Toon e-mailadres Johan Verbeeck functie effectief stemgerechtigd lid tel: +3232653249 Toon e-mailadres Peter Hellinckx functie effectief stemgerechtigd lid tel: +3232651686 T…

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…

DigiTax search menu search content Artificial intelligence and taxpayers' rights Summary Artificial Intelligence can improve tax administration’s efficiency. However, artificial intelligence is dependent on the availability of vast quantities of data, including personal data, which raises concerns…

Law and Development search menu search content Mediating land rights The frustrating bottom-up account of the ongoing experience of nine communities in DRC Reform Development Finance Institutions’ (DFIs) grievance mechanisms to uphold human rights In November 2018, leaders from nine communities fr…

Rechten Studieprogramma Master in de rechten Studieprogramma Master in de rechten De masteropleiding heeft een tweedelig modeltraject: twee opeenvolgende delen van 60 studiepunten per academiejaar (als je voltijds studeert). Het aantal studiepunten geven je een goed beeld van de tijd die je zal best…

Ethische Commissie Misuse, Human Rights & Security (MiHRS) Theo Notteboom function effectief stemgerechtigd lid tel: 032654797 Show email address Johan Verbeeck function effectief stemgerechtigd lid tel: +3232653249 Show email address Peter Hellinckx function effectief stemgerechtigd lid tel: +32326…

Bureau Ethische Commissie Misuse, Human Rights & Security Paul Cos function voorzitter tel: +3232652628 Show email address Catherine Van De Heyning function ondervoorzitter Show email address Joachim Denil function ondervoorzitter tel: +3232658901 Show email address Kristien Hens function ondervoorz…