Awarded the Mauro Cappelletti Prize for the best comparative law doctoral thesis, 2006.
Defence date: 5 February 2005
Examining board: Prof. Jacques Ziller (Supervisor, European University Institute) ; Prof. Marie-Ange Moreau (European University Institute) ; Prof. Robert Wintemute (King's College, London) ; Judge Wilhelmina Thomassen (Supreme Court of the Netherlands)