Prof. Dr A.W. Heringa
Aalt Willem Heringa (1955) graduated from the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden in 1978. He was a visiting researcher at the Centre of European Governmental Studies of the University of Edinburgh (1986) and at the European Research Center of the Harvard Law School (1996). In 1989 he completed his Ph.D. thesis 'Sociale Grondrechten' (Social Rights).
He has been working at Maastricht University, the Faculty of Law, since 1987; he was appointed full professor of comparative constitutional and administrative law in 1995. Author and editor of numerous books and articles on Dutch Constitutional law, the European Convention of Human Rights, the European Social Charter, comparative constitutional law, US constitutional law and Human Rights. Member of the Netherlands Commission on Equal Treatment. He is one of the founding editors of EHRC (European Human Rights Cases) and of EVRM Rechtspraak & Commentaar (a loose leaf commentary on the European Convention of Human Rights). He serves on the supervisory board of Hiil (the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of the Law) and of LVO (a major Limburg bases school board for secondary education). Since 2003 he is Dean of the Law Faculty.
Expertise
- Human Rights
- (Comparative) Constitutional Law
- The interaction between international and national law
- Constitutional Interpretation
Languages
Dutch, English, German, French
Publications
Gerards, J.H., Heringa, A.W. & Janssen, H.L. (2005). Genetic Discrimination and Genetic Privacy in a Comparative Perspective. Antwerpen-Oxford-New York: Intersentia. (241 p.)
Heringa, A.W. (2005). International and national legal instruments. In J.H. Gerards, A.W. Heringa & H.L. Janssen (Eds.), Genetic Discrimination and Genetic Privacy in a Comparative Perspective (pp. 27-46). Antwerpen-Oxford-New York: Intersentia.
Heringa, A.W. (2005). Judicial Lawmaking (un)limited. In F Stroink & E. van der Linden (Eds.), Lawmaking and administratve law (pp. 99-119). Antwerpen-Oxford-New York: Intersentia.
Heringa, A.W. (2005).Noot bij : EHRM (22-09-2005), EHRC 2005-109, p.1069-1074.
Heringa, A.W. (2006). Chapter 12. Right to Respect for Privacy (Article 8). In P. van Dijk, F. van Hoof, A. van Rijn & L. Zwaak (Eds.), Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights (pp. 663-750). Antwerpen: Intersentia.
Heringa, A.W. & Hoof, F. van (2006). Chapter 15. Freedom of Association and Assembly (Article 11). In P. van Dijk, F. van Hoof, A. van Rijn & L. Zwaak (Eds.), Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights (pp. 817-840). Antwerpen: Intersentia.
Heringa, A.W. & Hoof, F. van (2006). Chapter 33. Prohibition of Discrimination (Article 14). In P. van Dijk, F. van Hoof, A. van Rijn & L. Zwaak (Eds.), Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights (pp. 1027-1051). Antwerpen: Intersentia.
Heringa, A.W. (2006). De 'duas' in het staatsrecht. Een verlate bespreking van Stroinks Maastrichtse oratie. In A.W. Heringa, A.M.L. Jansen, E.C.H.J. van der Linden & L.F.M. Verhey (Eds.), Het bestuursrecht beschermd (pp. 7-16). Den Haag: Sdu.
Heringa, A.W. (2006). Human Rights and general principles and their importance as a legislative technique. Do they matter in legislation? An analysis with specific reference to environmental protection. In M. Faure & N. Niessen (Eds.), Environmental Law in Development. Lessons from the Indonesian Experience (pp. 9-23). Cheltemham: Edward Elgar.
Heringa, A.W., Jansen, A.M.L., Linden, E.C.H.J. van der & Verhey, L.F.M. (Eds.). (2006). Het bestuursrecht beschermd. Liber Amicorum F.A.M. Stroink. Den Haag: Sdu. (302 p.)