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DR. MAARTJE DE VISSER Assistant Professor of Law

Singapore Management University School of Law LL.M (Maastricht), MJur (Oxon), PhD (Tilburg) mdevisser@smu.edu.sg | www.law.smu.edu.sg

Capsule Biography: Maartje de Visser is Assistant Professor of Law at Singapore Management University. Prior to this, she held appointments at Maastricht University and Tilburg Law School in the Netherlands. Maartje read for law at Maastricht (meester in de rechten, cum laude) and Oxford University (MJur with distinction), and obtained her PhD at Tilburg University (cum laude). The topic of her doctoral thesis formed the basis for her first book, entitled Network-based Governance in EC Law: The example of EC Competition and EC Communications Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2009). Maartje’s main research interests are in the fields of European and comparative constitutional law. Between 2008 and 2013, she was a member of the European and National Constitutional Law (EuNaCon) project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), researching the organisation and operation of constitutional review in 11 European countries and the European Union. The results of her research will be published as Constitutional Review in Europe – A Comparative Analysis (Oxford, Hart Publishing, forthcoming late 2013). Maartje has further published on judicial networks and judicial dialogues, EU institutional law and comparative constitutional law, and has recently co-edited a volume entitled Constitutional Conversations in Europe – Actors, Topics and Procedures (Antwerp, Intersentia, 2012). APPOINTMENTS Singapore Management University School of Law, Singapore, July 2013 – present

Assistant Professor of Law, teaching the courses “Comparative Legal Systems” and “Ethics & Social Responsibility ”

Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, the Netherlands, September 2010 – 13

Assistant Professor of Law, teaching courses on European Union law and conducting research on the organisation and operation of constitutional review for the European and National Constitutional Law project. National University of Singapore, Singapore, Winter/Spring 2010 Visiting Scholar Tilburg University, School of Law, the Netherlands 2008 – 10 Assistant Professor of Law, teaching courses on European Union law, international law and media law and conducting research on the organisation and operation of constitutional review for the European and National Constitutional Law project.

Tilburg University, School of Law, The Netherlands 2004-8 Doctoral researcher, writing a dissertation on the effectiveness and normative attractiveness f a new institutional arrangement for the better application of EU law and teaching courses on European and international law, state aid and public procurement and coach for the European Law Moot Court.

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EDUCATION PhD (cum laude), Tilburg University, 2011

With a thesis entitled “Network-based Governance in EC Law: The example of EC competition and EC communiations law”. Supported by a grant from the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Commercial edition published in 2009 by Hart Publishing (Oxford). MJUR in European and Comparative Law (with distinction), Oxford University, 2004 LL.M. (cum laude), Maastricht University, 2003

HONOURS AND AWARDS

• University dissertation prize, runner up 2009 Tilburg University, the Netherlands

• Clifford Chance proxime accessit prize for outstanding MJur achievement 2004 Oxford University, United Kingdom

• Winter Williams prize for the best paper in European Business Regulation 2004 Oxford University, United Kingdom

• Nuffic Talent Scholarship (Talentenbeurs) 2003 Dutch Ministery for Education

PUBLICATIONS I Books and Monographs Authored 1. M de Visser, Constitutional Review in Europe – A Comparative Analysis (Oxford: Hart Publishing,

forthcoming 2013) 556 pages 2. M de Visser, Network-based Governance in EC Law – The example of EC competition and EC communications

law (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2009), 440 pages Edited 1. AP van der Mei and M de Visser (eds), 20 years Treaty on European Union – Reflections from Maastricht

(Cambridge: Intersentia, under contract for publication in 2013) 2. M Claes, M de Visser, P Popelier and C van de Heyning (eds), Constitutional Conversations in Europe

(Cambridge: Intersentia, 2012), 414 pages 3. W Witteveen and M de Visser (eds), The Jurisprudence from Aharon Barak: Views from Europe

(Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers 2011), 218 pages II Book chapters 1. M de Visser, ‘A Cautionary Tale – Some Insights regarding Judicial Activism from the National

Experience’ in M Dawson, B De Witte and E Muir (eds), Judicial Activism at the Court of Justice – Causes, Responses and Solutions (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2013), pp. 188-210

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2. M de Visser and M Claes, ‘Courts United? On European Judicial Networks’ in B De Witte and A Vauchez (eds), The European Legal Field (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2013), pp. 75-100

3. AP van der Mei and M de Visser, ‘Juridisch Kader’ in S Peters and R Beltzer (eds), Inleiding Europees Arbeidsrecht (Deventer: Kluwer Uitgevers, 2013)

4. M de Visser, ‘Changing the Judicial Conversation in the Netherlands? Two recent legislative proposals evaluated from a European and a comparative perspective’ in M Claes, M de Visser, P Popelier and C van de Heyning (eds), Constitutional Conversations in Europe (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2012), pp 343-368

5. M Claes, M de Visser, P Popelier and C Van de Heyning, ‘Introduction: On Constitutional Conversations’ in M Claes, M de Visser, P Popelier and C Van de Heyning (eds), Constitutional Conversations in Europe (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2012), pp. 1-10

6. M Claes and M de Visser, ‘Reflections on the Comparative Method in European Constitutional Law’ in M Adams and J Bomhoff (eds), The Study of Comparative Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 143-169

7. M de Visser, ‘Van Duyn: De mislukte reis van een secretaresse van de ‘Church of Scientology’ in G Essers, AP Van der Mei and F Van Overmeiren (eds), Vrij Verkeer van Personen in 60 Arresten – De Zegeningen van het Europees Burgerschap (Deventer, Kluwer, 2012), pp. 25-31

8. M Claes and M de Visser, ‘The European Court of Justice as a Federal Constitutional Court: A Comparative Perspective’ in E Cloots, G De Baere and S Sottiaux (eds), Federalism in the EU (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012), pp. 83-109

9. M de Visser, ‘Constitutional Dialogues between Courts and Legislatures’ in W Witteveen and M de Visser (eds), The Jurisprudence of Aharon Barak: Views from Europe (Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers 2011), pp. 51-66

10. M de Visser and W Witteveen, ‘Barak and Montesquieu’ in M de Visser and W Witteveen (eds), The Jurisprudence of Aharon Barak: Views from Europe (Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers 2011), pp. 9-14

11. W Witteveen and M de Visser, ‘Epiloque – or: from monologue to dialogue’ in M de Visser and W Witteveen (eds), The Jurisprudence of Aharon Barak: Views from Europe (Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers 2011), pp. 209-215

12. M de Visser, ‘Trends and Challenges in the Public Enforcement of EU Law’ in E Buttigieg (ed), Enforcing One’s Rights under EU Law (Malta: Gutenberg Press 2011), pp. 133-145

13. M de Visser, ‘Wetgeving, uitvoering en controle: ontstaan van machtenscheiding’ in W Eijsbouts, J Jans, L Senden and A Prechal, Europees Recht: Algemeen Deel (Groningen: Europa Law Publishing 2010), pp. 335-362

14. M de Visser, ‘Surveing Regulatory Regimes for EC Communications Law’ in P Curwen, J Haucap and B Preissl (eds), Telecommunications Markets: Drivers and Impediments (Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag 2009), pp. 481-501

15. M Claes, M de Visser, G-J Leenknegt and L Senden, ‘ Ceci n’est pas une constitution: Report for the Netherlands’ in H Koeck and M Karollus (eds), Preparing the European Union for the Future? Necessary revisions of primary law after the non-ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (FIDE XXIII Congress, Vienna: Nomos 2008), pp. 243-280

16. S Lavrijssen and M de Visser, ‘The European Energy Regulators Group: A Panacea for Good Governance’ in M Roggenkamp and U Hammer (eds), European Energy Law Report II (Antwerp: Intersentia 2005), pp. 99-115

III Journals & Other Publications Peer-reviewed 1. M de Visser, ‘National Constitutional Courts, the Court of Justice and the Protection of

Fundamental Rights in a post-Charter Landscape’ (2013) 14 Human Rights Review, forthcoming 2. M de Visser, ‘Veranderingen in de dialoog tussen Nederlandse rechters en het Hof van Justitie?’

(2012) 3 Tijdschrift voor Constitutioneel Recht pp. 249-280

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3. M Claes and M de Visser, ‘Are You Networked Yet? On Dialogues within European Judicial Networks’, (2012) 3 Utrecht Law Review pp. 100-114

4. M de Visser, ‘Judicial Accountability and New Governance’ (2010) 37(1) Legal Issues of Economic Integration pp. 41-60

5. P Larouche and M de Visser, ‘The Triangular Relationship between the Commission, NRAs and National Courts Revisited’ (2006) 64 Communications & Strategies pp. 125-145

6. S Lavrijssen and M de Visser, ‘Independent Administrative Authorities and the Standard of Judicial Review’ (2006) 2 Utrecht Law Review pp. 111-135

7. M de Visser, ‘The Concept of Concurrent Liability and Its Relationship with the Principle of Effectiveness’, (2004) 11 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law pp. 47-70

Case notes 1. M de Visser, Case C-399/11 Stefano Melloni v Ministerio Fiscal [2013] European Human Rights Cases, 9

pages Book reviews 1. M de Visser, ‘The challenge of conducting comparative research’ [review of the book ‘Judicial

Review – A comparative analysis inside the European legal system] (2012) 8 European Constitutional Law Review pp. 534-539

2. M de Visser, ‘Book review of J van Rijn van Alkemade and J Uzman (eds), Soevereiniteit of pluralisme? Nederland en Europa na het Lissbon-Urteil (2012) 49 Common Market Law Review pp. 833-834

3. M de Visser, Book review of P Kjaer, Between Governing and Governance: on the emergence, function and form of Europe’s post-national constellation’ (2011) 36 European Law Review pp. 440-442

IV Conference Organisation

1. “20 Years Treaty on European Union: Reflections from Maastricht” (together with AP van der Mei), financially supported by the Maastricht Centre for European Law & the City of Maastricht, 25 October 2013

2. “Closing Conference of the European and National Constitutional Law Project”, financially supported by the European Research Council, Maastricht University, 20-22 February 2013

3. “Constitutional Conversations in Europe – Actors, Topics and Procedures” (together with C Van de Heyning), financially supported by Antwerp University and the EuNaCon project, Antwerp, 31 March and 1 April 2012

V Invited Talks & Conference Presentations 1. M de Visser (together with AP van der Mei), ‘Uniform fundamental rights: A threat to European

unity?’, Conference ‘Between Flexibility and Disintegration: The State of EU Law Today’, Maastricht University, 30-31 May 2013

2. M de Visser, ‘Constitutional Review in Comparative Perspective’, Closing Conference of the European and National Constitutional Law Project (discussants: Prof A Barak and Prof T Groppi), Maastricht University, 20-22 February 2013

3. M de Visser (together with M Claes and M de Werd), ‘EU Law in National Courts – Operationalising the European Mandate’, Workshop ‘National Courts vis-à-vis EU Law: New Issues, Theories and Methods’, European University Institute, 29-30 November 2012

4. M de Visser, ‘National Constitutional Courts, the Court of Justice and the protection of fundamental rights in a post-Charter world’, workshop ‘Understanding resistances towards EU fundamental rights policy’, Maastricht University, 25 May 2012

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5. M de Visser, ‘Constitutional dialogues between courts and legislatures’, seminar Montesquieu Institute, Maastricht University, 24 May 2012

6. M de Visser, ‘National constitutional courts as political actors: alleviating legitimacy concerns?’, Centre d’Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales, University of Lille, 5 April 2012

7. M de Visser, ‘The judge as activist’, 36th Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, 13 January 2012 8. M de Visser, ‘Constitutional Courts and their Legitimacy’, expert workshop ‘Constitutional

Adjudication in a European Context’, Maastricht University/Max Planck Institute 8-9 November 2011

9. M de Visser, ‘A cautionary tale – some insights regarding judicial activism from the national experience’, conference ‘Judicial activism at the Court of Justice’, Maastricht University 10-11 October 2011

10. M de Visser (together with M Claes), ‘Judicial networks’, Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars, Cambridge University (UK), 5-8 September 2011

11. M de Visser, ‘Networks of regulators and their legality’, Annual Ius Commune Conference, Leuven University (Belgium), 25-26 November 2010

12. M de Visser, ‘Trends and challenges in the public enforcement of EU law’, conference ‘Rights and remedies in an integrated European market: enforcing one’s rights under EU law’, in the framework of a Jean Monnet Chair, St Julian’s (Malta), 27 September 2010

13. M de Visser (together with M Claes), ‘Reflections on the comparative method in European constitutional law’, colloquium ‘Methodology of comparative legal research: an approach from the inside out’, Amsterdam (KNAW), 20-21 January 2010

14. M de Visser, ‘Network-based governance in EC law’, seminar series Centre for Law & Cosmopolitan Values, Antwerp University (Belgium), 19 October 2009

15. M de Visser and M Claes, ‘European legal and judicial networks’, conference ‘The European Legal Field’, European University Institute (Italy), 25-26 September 2008

16. M de Visser, ‘The role of national courts: lessons from EC competition law’, conference ‘The design of judicial review in electronic communications’, organised by the Interdisciplinary Center for Law and ICT of Leuven University and Centre de recherches informatique et droit Namen University in Brussels (Belgium), 6 November 2006

LANGUAGES Dutch (native) English (near-native) French (competent) German (competent)