Bart Krans
Professor of Private Law and Civil Procedure
- Name
- Prof.mr. H.B. Krans
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 4783
- h.b.krans@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7212-3665
Bart Krans holds the chair in Private law and Civil procedure law since August 2016.
Bart Krans defended his PhD (on Compensation for breach of contract) in Leiden in 1999. He then worked as a practicing lawyer at Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn in the Hague. In August 2005 he was appointed as full professor in Private law, in particular civil procedure law, at the University of Groningen.
In the academic year 2010-2011 he was a guest professor at the TPR chair at Ghent University (Belgium). In 2015 he was visiting professor at Ghent University.
Research
Krans is interested in civil procedure law, contract law and liability law.
The Europeanisation of civil procedure law is one of his research topics. In 2016 The European Union and National Civil Procedure (editors prof. dr. A. Nylund, University Tromso and prof. dr. Bart Krans), Intersentia was published.
Krans wrote the monograph Nederlands burgerlijk procesrecht en materieel EU-recht (Deventer – Kluwer 2010); a book on Dutch civil procedure law and substantive EU law.
Krans is – with prof. dr. M.H. Wissink en dr. G.T. de Jong - author of the book Verbintenissenrecht algemeen (Studiereeks Burgerlijk Recht); a book on the Law of Obligations.
Krans writes cases notes for the leading Dutch case note journal Nederlandse Jurisprudentie (NJ).
Teaching
Krans teaches in the fields of substantive civil law and civil procedure law.
In 2018 he received the price for the best teacher of Leiden Law School for the academic year 2017/2018.
In 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2106 he has received the price from Leiden Law School for the best evaluated lecture for law professionals.
ICCL
Krans is Programme Director of the Advanced Master International Civil and Commercial Law (ICCL); see https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/international-civil-and-commercial-law
Editorial Boards
Krans is an editor of Tekst & Commentaar Burgerlijk Wetboek; a commentary on the Dutch Civil Code.
He also serves as aditor of Tekst & Commentaar Vermogensrecht.
He is also a member of the editorial board of the bookseries Burgerlijk Proces & Praktijk; a bookseries on Civil Procedure and Practice.
Krans is a member of the advisory council of the Belgium Journal Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht (TPR).
From 2009 to 2019 Krans was editor of the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Burgerlijk Recht (NTBR); a leading Dutch journal on Civil law.
From 2008 to 2018 he was member of the editorial board of the Tijdschrift voor Civiele Rechtspleging (TCR); a leading Dutch journal on Civil Procedure law.
Krans has (co-)edited several books.
Professor of Private Law and Civil Procedure
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Privaatrecht
- Civiel recht
- Krans H.B. 14 February 2024 - 16 February 2024. Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective. Universiteit Leiden. Leiden. Organisator. [contribution to an event].
- Krans H.B. (16 February 2024), The changing role and position of the Dutch Supreme Court in civil cases. Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective. Universiteit Leiden, Leiden. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (20 June 2023), The Dutch preliminary ruling procedure: questions from lower courts to the Dutch Supreme Court. Summer School of Post Doctoral Students, Complutense Universidad, Madrid. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (1 September 2023), Consumer dispute resolution in the Netherlands: current issues. International workshop on consumer dispute resolution, University of Bergen, Bergen. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (13 March 2023), Covid-19 and digitisation of civil proceedings. International Workshop: E-Justice, Information Technology and Human Rights, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (9 March 2023), The Dutch preliminary procedure: questions from lower courts to the Dutch Supreme Court. Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (9 March 2023), Position of the Judicial Officer in the Netherlands. Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (7 November 2023), Digitisation of civil proceedings: findings from the Netherlands and the influence of Fundamental Procedural Rights. Colloquium Challenges of the Digitization of Procedural Law from a Comparative Law Perspective, Georg August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (2 September 2022), De teleurgestelde schuldeiser en het recht op prijsvermindering: [lezing voor het tijdschrift TPR]. Koksijde. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (14 June 2022), Procedural Agreements and Ex Officio Application of EU Law. Bergen. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (18 October 2022), Inpendence, impartiality and civil liability for court decisions. Ludwig Maximilians Universität - International Symposium ‘European requirements for the organisation of civil courts’, München. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (11 May 2021), Openingslezing: 'Noviteiten in het burgerlijk procesrecht' op het congres 'Het civiele procesrecht in een nieuw jasje'. Suum Cuique, Leiden. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. & Nylund A. (25 May 2021), Covid as catalizor for procedural reform. Book presentation: Civil Courts Coping with Covid-19 (Bart Krans & Anna Nylund eds.). Inter University Centre Dubrovnik, Public and Private Justice Conference: 'Civil Procedure – what after Covid?'. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (17 September 2021), Kommentar - Online-Symposium zum 160-jährigen Jubiläum der deutsch-japanischen Beziehungen "Digitalisierung im Zivilprozess unter den Aspekten von Demokratie, Rechtsstaat und Menschenrechten". Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (15 May 2020), Covid-19 and Civil Justice: three remarks. Online conference Covid-19 and Civil Justice, Montreal. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (12 February 2020), Ex officio application of EU Law. Uppsala. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (3 October 2019), Ex officio application of EU law: the Dutch perspective. International symposium on Procedural Autonomy of Member States in Consumer Law Cases, Gent. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (4 November 2019), Organiser and moderator “Open Afternoon”. Kobe. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (8 November 2019), The EAPO: a view from the Netherlands. International Colloquium “Effective Enforcement of Creditor’s Rights in Civil Execution through Effective Discovery of Debtor’s Assets”, Kyoto. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (16 May 2018), Gastcollege 'EU law and national civil procedure law' voor Engelstalig mastervak burgerlijk procesrecht - Universiteit Leuven. Universiteit Leuven. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (24 March 2018), Ambtshalve toetsing van algemene voorwaarden door geschillencommissies (Congres Algemene Voorwaarden). Juridisch PAO, Leiden. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (6 July 2018), Verhaal op bitcoins; lezing op het symposium ‘Met Flach en wimpel’ ter gelegenheid van de pensionering van dr. René Flach bij de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (22 November 2018), Procedural Autonomy of the Member States: a perspective from the Netherlands. international seminar 'Procedural Autonomy: Room for Manoeuvre?', Universiteit Leiden. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (1 September 2017), EU driven-judicial activism. Symposium: Civil Procedure inside and outside the EU. Tromso, Noorwegen. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (13 January 2017), Van verzuim van rechtswege? Kop d’r veur. RUG afdeling privaatrecht. [lecture].
- Krans H.B. (28 October 2016), De partijgetuige: huismus of paradijsvogel?. Universiteit Leiden. [lecture].
- Raadsheer-plaatsvervanger
- lidmaatschap Beroepenveldcie ESL
- Incidenteel docent (PAO) voor advocaten en andere juristen
- auteur en redacteur