Private law 2.0: On the role of private actors in a post-national society

Private Law 2.0: On the Role of Private Actors in a Post-National Societyis the inaugural lecture delivered by Jan M. Smits as Maastricht University-HiiL Chair on the Internationalisation of Law on Tuesday 30 November 2010. Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) Shaping the Law of the Future | HiiL is an international research institute that studies the challenges globalisation poses to legal systems, in particular at the national level. Fundamental research for practical solutions | HiiL joins the best thinkers from top-level universities with practitioners in bottom-up knowledge partnerships to generate real solutions for the challenges of the law of the future. Flexible and global | HiiL is a networked organisation with a Small in-house staff and over 140 HiiL Fellows from around the world working on its projects. www.hiil.org