CURRICULUM VITAE PROFESSOR Dr HANFRANKEN
Functions:
– Professor of Information Law, University of Leiden
– International Arbitrator and Mediator
Additonal functions:
– Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
– Member of the editorial board of the Dutch Arbitration Journal
– Member of the editorial board of the Journal for Privacy and Information
– Member of the Advisory Board of the Association for Accountability and Internet
Democracy
– Chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Association of EDP-Auditors
Education:
– Dr. Jur. (cum laude), University of Amsterdam (1973)
– Law study, specializing in civil law and administrative law, University of Leiden,
(graduated in 1959)
– Law study, specializing international private law, Faculté de Droit et des Sciences
Economiques, Sorbonne, Paris (1962)
Professional qualifications and activities:
– Assistant public prosecutor Rotterdam (1962-1965)
– Member of the bar of Rotterdam (Nauta, Dutilh c.s., 1966-1969)
– Judge in the district court of Rotterdam (1969-1974)
– Full professor of Jurisprudence, Erasmus University of Rotterdam (1974-1977)
– Full professor of Jurisprudence, University of Leiden (1977-1983)
– Member of the State Council (1983-1987)
– Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1988
– Judge in the appeal court of The Hague (1977-2004)
– Member of the Social Economic Council of the Netherlands (1988-2004)
– Full professor of Jurisprudence and Law and Computer Science University of Leiden
(1987- 2001)
– Professor of Information Law, University of Leiden ( 2001- )
Former functions:
– Senator, member of the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament (since 2004 – 2015)
– Deputy Chairman of the Senate (2011 – 2015)
– Deputy Chairman of the Christian-Democratic Group (2007 – 2015)
– Chairman of the Netherlands Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe (2009 – 2015)
– Chairman of the Netherlands Parliamentary Delegation of the Organisation
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2009 – 2015)
– Dean of the Faculty of Law of Leiden University (1995-1998)
– General Secretary of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999 -2002)
– Member of the board of the Netherlands Mediation Institute
– Member Editorial Board ICT-contracts
– Chairman of the Council for the Arbitration and Mediation in ICT-conflicts (1990-2009)
– Chairman of the Appeal Council for disciplinary affairs with regard to Tax-advisers
– Member of the Board of the Carnegie Foundation (the governing body of thPeace Palace) (1998 – 2010)
– Member of the board of the Hague Academy for International Law (1998 – 2010)
– Member Editorial Board Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn Themis (1980 – 2008)
– Chairman of the governmental Working committee Information Technology andLaw, to advise the Dutch ministers of Economic Affairs and of Education andSciences (1994 – 2002)
– Member of the board of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Organisation for commercial conflicts (1992 – 2007)
– Member and chairman of various special advisory committees for the Dutch
Government in relation to the use of radio and tv broadcasting
– Chairman of the board of the research institute of the Christian Democratic Party (1987-1995)
– Member of the Advisory Board of the Insurance Company “Onderlinge ‘s Gravenhage” (1990 – 2010)
– Consultant in the programme of the United Nations Development Programme of upgrading the judiciary in developing countries, special tasks in Indonesia, Vietnam and Moldova
Major publications:
Books:
– Vervolgingsbeleid: The policy of public attorneys in the Netherlands (Ph.D.
dissertation 1973)
– Maat en Regel (Measures and Rules): the prospect of jurimetrics (1974)
– Introduction to the Theory of Law, (1981- 10th ed. 2003)
– ICT-contracten: Models for the practising lawyer (1991,yearly updates)
– Recht en Computer (ed.) (Information Technology and the Law),(4th ed.2001)
– Information Technology and Criminal Law (ed.), (1987)
– Nemo Plus…(an analysis of Law and the Internet) 2001
Articles:
More than 300 articles and opinions in the field of jurisprudence and legal theory, criminal law, company law and information law.
Awards:
– Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion (1995) for outstanding performances for the
benefit of the Dutch community
– The “COMGE”award (1992) for an excellent contribution to the conscientious use of
new means of technology
– The “Van Borsselen” award of the City of Rotterdam (1987) for an impressive
contribution to stimulate the cultural life in the city of Rotterdam
-The “Modderman”reward for the best doctorate thesis in the field of criminal law and
sociology of law (1973)
January 2018
Contact: Prof. Dr Hans Franken, Laan van Clingendael 94, 2597 CE The Hague, Netherlands
e-mail: h.franken@xs4all.nl, mob +31 6 52 43 50 62