Frank van Ommeren
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- +31 20 59 86343
- 1a-30
- f.j.van.ommeren@vu.nl
- faculteit der rechtsgeleerdheid/faculty of law ( staats- en bestuursrecht )
- Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law
(Nederlands)
Prof. Dr. F.J. van Ommeren (Frank)
- Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Director of the research programme ‘Public Contracts: Law and Governance’ of the VU Centre for Law and Governance (VU CLG)
- Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law (part-time from 2002; fulltime since 2008)
- Senior Legal Counsel at the Department of Legislation at the Dutch Ministry of Justice (1999 – 2007)
- Researcher and lecturer at the departments of Constitutional and Administrative Law of the VU University Amsterdam (1989 – 1994), University of Utrecht (1994 – 1997) and Tilburg University (1997 – 1998).
Research activities
He has a special interest in the public-private law divide, government and different kinds of governance, such as regulation with limited licenses, public contracts (voluntary agreements) and self-regulation.
- Public-Private Law Divide (Public Contract Law)
- State Liability Law
- Legislation and Regulatory Reform
- Comparative Public Law (Dutch Law / English Law)
General administrative law, Constitutional law, Legislative studies and Regulatory reform, Public contract law, Comparative law (Dutch law / English law).
Frank van Ommeren has also amassed considerable expertise as a former senior legal counsel at the Department of Legislation at the Dutch Ministry of Justice.
Selected publications
- The Public-Private Divide in English and Dutch Law: a Multifunctional and Context-Dependant Divide, Cambridge Law Journal 2012, vol. 71(1), pp. 172-199 (co-author: Gerdy Jurgens)
- F.J. van Ommeren, W. den Ouden & C.J. Wolswinkel (ed.), Schaarse publieke rechten, Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers 2011, 435 p.
- De bevoegdhedenovereenkomst in de Awb en de verhouding met het BW, in: T. Barkhuysen e.a. (ed.) Bestuursrecht harmoniseren: 15 jaar Awb, Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers 2010, p. 717-735.
- De opmars van het onderscheid tussen publiekrecht en privaatrecht in het Engelse recht. Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers 2009, 182 p. (co-author: Gerdy Jurgens). With a summary in English: the Rise of the Public-Private Divide in English Law.
- Schaarse vergunningen; De verdeling van schaarse vergunningen als onderdeel van het algemene bestuursrecht, inaugural lecture VU University, Deventer: Kluwer 2004, p. 85.
Postal address
VU University Amsterdam
Faculty of Law
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam