David Haljan

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Georganiseerde studiedagen en colloquia

Contactgegevens

Instituut voor Constitutioneel Recht – K.U.Leuven
Tiensestraat 41 - bus 3441
3000 Leuven
Tel.: ++ 32 16 32 52 13
Fax: ++ 32 16 32 54 66
E-mail: david.haljan@law.kuleuven.be

Gebouw 103.03, lokaal 03.13.
Spreekuur na afspraak.

Biografische gegevens

Geboren te Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 12 maart 1968

STUDIES / EDUCATION

PhD (Laws), K.U. Leuven  (2007)

Thesis: The Justiciability of Secession: A Theoretical Foundation for Constitutional Association and Disassociation

LLM, King’s College London, University of London (1995)

LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto, Canada) (1991)

BA, University of Alberta (1988)

WETENSCHAPPELIJKE FUNCTIES / CURRENT POSITION

Vrijwillig wetenschappelijke medewerker / Research Fellow, Instituut voor Constitutioneel Recht (2006 – )

Co–Editor, Constitutional Law Series, International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Kluwer Law International

WETENSCHAPPELIJKE EN PROFESSIONELE ASSOCIATIES / PROEFESSIONAL AND LEARNED SOCIETIES

Lid van de Balies / Member

Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) (1993 – )

Law Society of Alberta (1993 – )

LOOPBAAN / PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law Research Fellow, University of Utrecht (2007 – 2010)

Deeltijds assistent (Tutor), KU Leuven (constitutional law, legal theory) (2000 – 2007, 2009 – 2010)

Associate Lawyer, Burnet Duckworth & Palmer, Barristers and Solicitors (Calgary, Canada) 1996 – 1997

Associate Lawyer, Fasken Campbell Godfrey, Barristers & Solicitors (Toronto, Canada) 1991 – 1994

TEACHING

Guest Lecturer on Legal Theory (Summer Course), European Academy for Legal Theory, KU Brussels (Summer 2007)

Tutorial on Constitutional Law (Winter Term 2000 – 2006)

Tutorial on Legal Theory and Jurisprudence (Spring Term 2005 and Spring Term 2007)

Guest Lecturer on Canadian constitutional structure and federalism for Federalism Theory Seminar

Guest Lecturer on the 1998 Supreme Court of Canada opinion Reference re Quebec Secession for Federalism Theory Seminar

Tutorial on the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (1998)

AWARDS GRANTS

HiiL Research Grant (2007 - 2010)

CH Lane Prize (property law), Fogler Rubinoff Prize (property law), Rutherford Scholarship, Blackley Long Prize in British History

Onderzoek / Research Interests

Publicaties / Publications

BOEKEN / BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS

i. (co-)auteur / (co-)author

1. Separating Powers: International Law before National Courts (publication in 2012)
2. The Justiciability of Secession: A Theoretical Foundation for Constitutional Association and Disassociation (in preparation for publication)

ii. (co-)editor

1. Co–Editor, Constitutional Law Series, International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Kluwer Law International
2. Contributing Editor, Monograph on Belgian Constitutional Law, International Encyclopaedia of Laws – Constitutional Law (Kluwer Law International, forthcoming 2012)
3. David Haljan (ed.), “The Constitution of Canada”, International Encyclopaedia of Laws - Constitutional Law (Texts of Constitutions), Kluwer Law International, 2000
4. B. Saunders & D. Haljan, Whither Multiculturalism? (Leuven UP, 2003)

ARTIKELEN / ARTICLES

1. Is the Rule of Law a Limit on Popular Sovereignty?” in E. Claes, W. Devroe & B. Keirsblick, The Limits of the Law (Springer, 2009) 273–298
2. “Het Canadese multiculturele model” in R. Stockx en E. Brems (reds.), Tegenspraak cahier “multiculturalisme” (Intersentia, 2005)
3. “Self–Determination, Federalism and Minority Protection” in D. Vanheule (red.), Cultural Identity, Language Rights, and Federalism. Perspectives from Canada and Belgium (Shaker Publishing, 2002)
4. “Een Grondwettelijke Verplichting tot Onderhandelen” [1999] Tijdschrift voor Bestuurswetenschappen en Publiekrecht 231
5. “A Constitutional Duty to Negotiate Amendments: Reference Re Secession of Quebec”,(1999) 48 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 447
6. Ph. Lambrecht & D. Haljan, “Investor Protection and the European Directives Concerning Securities” in H. van Houtte (ed.), Conflicts of Laws and Transnational Securities Transactions (Sweet & Maxwell, 1999)
7. “Negotiating Québec Secession” [1998] 1 Revue Belge de Droit International 190

LEZINGEN / CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Lecture “Constitutional Role Models: Is Canada More Than Ice Hockey and Mosquitoes?” delivered 9 March 2010, University of Groningen, Canadian Studies Centre
2. Participant, The Forum of Federations Global Dialogue roundtable on federalism and diversity (co-coord. Profs F. Delmartino and H. Dumont) Bussels, Belgium, 22 Feb 2008 
3. Paper “Striking a Balance Between Private Rights and Public Rights” delivered at the international conference “Conflicts Between Fundamental Rights” Human Rights Centre, University of Gent, 15–16 December 2006
4. Rapporteur, Third International Conference on Federalism The Role of Constitutional Courts in a Federal State, Brussels, Belgium, 3-5 March 2005
5. Invited Paper, “Self-Determination, Federalism and Minority Protection”, delivered at the 1998 Annual Conference “On Cultural Identity, Language Rights and Federalism” of Het Studiegenootschap Canada –- Vlaamse Vereniging voor Canadastudies

VARIA

1. “Cross-Border Insolvencies in the European Community” [September, 2003] CCH Commercial Times 1
2. “Re Fields: Exemptions and the PPSA in Ontario” [May, 2002] CCH Commercial Times 1
3. “Bankruptcy Exemptions and Unperfected Security” [December, 2001] CCH Commercial Times 1
4. “Bank Act v. PPSA Security: A Quick Refresher” [October, 2001] CCH Commercial Times 1
5. “Guarantees and the PPSA” [May, 2001] CCH Commercial Times 1
6. “The Constructive Trust in the UK – a brief comparison” [November, 2000] CCH Commercial Times 1
7. “Agency and Bills of Exchange” [September, 2000] CCH Commercial Law Times 1
8. “Liens and Judicial Discretion under the CCAA” [April, 2000] CCH Commercial Law Times 1
9. pre-2000 available upon request

Georganiseerde studiedagen en colloquia / Conferences Organised

Co-organisator (met B. Saunders) van het internationale congres “Whither Multiculturalism? Critical Perspectives from Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands”, KU Leuven, 7–8 oktober 1999, namens het Studiegenootschap Canada–Vlaamse Vereniging voor Canadastudies en de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Canadastudies.

Dit curriculum vitae werd laatst bijgewerkt op / updated 01/01/2012.