Amsterdam Center for International Law
Eijsbouts, Prof. Dr. W.T.

Key Publications
2004
- With profs. J.H. Jans and F.O.W. Vogelaar Europees Recht, Algemeen Deel Groningen, 2004, Europa Law Publishing, 389 pp. [European Law, General Doctrine. Textbook of EU Law].
- 'Europolis' in Europees Burgerschap The Hague, 2004, pp. 1-10. [Perspectives of European Citizenship for the Nature of European Union].
- 'De rechter en het volk. Opzet en ironie in de stichting van de VS en in die van de EU.' In P. Cliteur e.o. (ed.) Naar een Europese Grondwet , The Hague, 2004, pp. 55-65.
- 'The Member Status under the Constitution' in The European Union: An Ongoing Process of Integration - Liber Amicorum Alfred E. Kellermann. The Hague, 2004, pp. 87-95
- 'The European Way. History, Form and Substance.' European Constitutional Law Review (1) 2005-1, pp. 5-11.
- 'The Purse and the Power' European Constitutional Law Review (1) 2005-1, pp. 117-122.
2003
- 'Presidenten, parlementen, fundamenten. Europa's komende constitutie en het Hollands ongemak. Nederland Juristenblad 2003, pp. 662-673 [Article analysing the stakes of the European Convention and Dutch reluctance].
- 'Europa, recht en binnenmarkt. Nieuw leven in de publieke taak', in: J.W. Sap, B.P. Vermeulen, C.M. Zoethout red.), De Publieke taak, Deventer: Kluwer 2003, p.55-67. [Contribution to the Constitutional Law Conference, 2002; comparison between the capacities of non-discrimination v. Rule of Reason tests in the establishment of the Internal Market; the Market considered as a catalyst of evolution of European public interest ].
2002
- Het verdrag als tekst en als feit (inaugurele oratie 2001) Amsterdam, 2002
55 pp. (AUP). [The Treaty as a Text and as a Fact. Inaugural Lecture, Chair of European Constitutional Law, University of Amsterdam]
- 'Quo vadis civis. Neorepubliek, inburgering, Europa', Kloek-Tilmans (red.) Burger. Een geschiedenis van het begrip 'burger' in de Nederlanden van de Middeleeuwen tot de 21ste eeuw. Amsterdam (AUP) 2002, pp. 347-365. [Quo vadis civis. On the History and Present of the Concept of Citizen in the European Context]
- 'Direct Effect, the Test and the Terms. In Praise of a Capital Doctrine of EC Law'. In: Direct Effect, Rethinking a Classic of EC Legal Doctrine Groningen 2002, (Europa Law Publishing) pp. 235-249.
2001
- 'In Defence of EC Law' in Vandamme-Reestman (ed) Ambiguity in the Rule of Law, Groningen 2001, pp. 37-50
2000
- 'Classical and baroque constitutionalisms in the face of change' Common Market Law Review 37: 2000, pp. 213-220.
- 'De raad van opperhoofden' in A.K. Koekkoek (red.) Bijdragen aan een Europese grondwet (preadviezen staatsrechtconferentie 2000), Deventer 2000 (Tjeenk Willink), pp. 59-87 [Contribution to the Constitutional Law Conference 2000, concerning the position of the European Council in the EU Architecture]
Curriculum
- Law degree, Leiden, 1969
- DEA Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies, 1971
- Journalism until 1986 (De Tijd, De Volkskrant, Binnenlands Bestuur, Free Lance)
- Ph.D. Thesis Recht en toeval [Law and Chance in the Context of Public Policy], Leiden 1989
- Director of the Hogendorp Centre for European Constitutional Studies, 1996
- Chair Jean Monnet European Constitutional Law and History, 1997
- Chairman of the board of editors, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 2000
- Chair European Law, Europa Instituut Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2003
- Chairman, Department of International Law, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2003
- Founding editor in chief European Constitutional Law Review, 2004
- Member European Constitutional Law Network, 2004
- Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, 2004-5
- Languages: fluent in Dutch, English and French. Speaks Spanish, Italian, German and Russian.

