PhD positions in Public International Law - Universiteit van

4 PhD positions in the field of public international law The Universiteit
van Amsterdam
4 PhD positions in the field of public international law
Amsterdam, (The Netherlands), 38 hours per week
The Universiteit van Amsterdam

Job description
------------------------------
All four PhD projects will be carried out in the framework of a research
programme on the international constitutional order. The first three
positions are being funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research (NWO) and will be in the context of the NWO VICI project 'The
emerging international constitutional order: the implications of hierarchy
in international law for the coherence and legitimacy of international
decision-making'.

Three of the PhD projects will focus on, respectively:

- The emerging international value system and the re-establishing of
legal control over the exercise of international public power (07-4004).
- The impact of the emerging international value system on private
international law (07-4005).
- The implications of the emergence of 'international partnerships'
consisting of international organizations and private entities within the
international constitutional order (07-4006).

The fourth PhD position is also being funded by NWO and will be carried out
in the framework of the research at the ACIL on the theme of 'Accountability
in the international constitutional order'. This project will focus on:

• The principle of complicity in the international law of state
responsibility (07-4007).

Tasks
The appointees will engage in supervised scientific research that will
ultimately result in a doctoral thesis. They may also be asked to lecture on
subjects in the Faculty's curriculum.

Requirements
------------------------------
Required education/skills:University Graduate

- Qualified jurist with excellent knowledge of public international
law.
- For project 1: excellent knowledge of constitutional law.
- For project 2: excellent knowledge of private international law.
- For project 3: excellent knowledge of the law of international
organizations.
- Excellent writing skills; fluency in English (good working knowledge
of German and/or French preferred).

Foreign candidates will be expected to acquire working knowledge of the
Dutch language within two years.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific
discipline: Law)

Organization
------------------------------
The Universiteit van Amsterdam
The Faculty of Law is strongly engaged in society and has an international
orientation, as is reflected in its research and education activities. The
Faculty offers Bachelor's programmes in Law, Tax Law, and Notarial Law. The
Faculty offers a number of Master's programmes, two of which are taught
exclusively in English (i.e. International and European Law, and European
Private Law). With its 3,500 students and 375 staff members, it is one of
the largest law faculties in the Netherlands. The Faculty is located in the
centre of Amsterdam.

Amsterdam Center for International Law

The Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) is the research institute
for international and European law. Its mission is to facilitate and support
legal research into the internationalization of the law and the development
of the rule of law in international society. The ACIL brings together over
60 researchers specialized in general international law and European Union
law, international criminal law, international economic law, international
tax law, and international aspects of constitutional and administrative law.
The research of the ACIL is organized on the basis of five 3-year research
programmes, one of which focuses on the international constitutional order.

Conditions of employment
------------------------------
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: four years
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointments will be full time (38 hours a week) – although part-time
appointments (32 hours per week) can be facilitated with the consent of the
employer – for a period of four years and should lead to a dissertation.
Projects 1-3 will commence on 1 February 2008; the appointment for project 4
will commence as soon as possible. The gross monthly salary will be in
accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, and will
range from € 1,956 in the first year up to a maximum of € 2,502 in the last
year.

Additional Information
------------------------------
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following
links:

- About the organization <http://www.uva.nl/> (http://www.uva.nl)
- About the
function<http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/object.cfm/objectid=F1FEBD62-8FD5-49F2-94C2\
0B40E6D3BAD0>(

http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/object.cfm/objectid=F1FEBD62-8FD5-49F2-94C20B40E6D3B\
AD0
)


Application
------------------------------
You can apply for this job before 25-03-2007 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your
application to:

*E-mail:
solliciteren-fdr@...<solliciteren-fdr@...?subject=Application%204%20PhD%20\
positions%20in%20the%20field%20of%20public%20international%20law>

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT
07-4004/05/06/07.*