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Effective 1 July 2010, Mr
D.W.F. Verkade was appointed professor by special
appointment in Special aspects of Private Law at the
University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Law. The chair was
designated on behalf of the Marcel Henri Bregstein
Stichting. Feer
Verkade will be focusing on the development of
legislation in the area of illegal competition. Ever
since the French Revolution, the legal and political
system has been struggling to find the approriate
balance between the freedom to exercise a profession and
conduct a commercial enterprise on the one hand and
protection against abuses of these freedoms on the
other. As part of this process, the legislative
authorities regularly make - and repeal - decisions.
However, there will always be cases in which judges are
called upon to intervene on the basis of 'unwritten
law'. As the day-to-day practice has repeatedly borne
out, court decisions can have a major impact on society.
Feer Verkade has served
as Advocate General at the Supreme Court since 2002,
serving as an extraordinary member since 1 May 2009.
Prior to this time, he served in various positions
including professor at Nijmegen Radboud University and
Leiden University. Verkade began his academic career at
the UvA in 1968. He also spend almost 30 years working
as a (part time) lawyer in Amsterdam. Verkade is a
member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts (KNAW)
and the Ministry of Justice's Copyright Commission. In
addition to a large number of articles, he has published
a great many books, including the 2009 publication
Oneerlijke handelspraktijken jegens consumenten
(Kluwer publishers).
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