Carel Stolker
Stolker in 2020
Born
Carel Jan Jozef Marie Stolker

(1954-06-23) 23 June 1954 (age 69)
Leiden, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materLeiden University
Occupation(s)University president
(Leiden University) 2013-2021
Websiteuniversiteitleiden.nl/en

Carel Jan Jozef Marie Stolker (23 June 1954) is a Dutch academic administrator and the former rector magnificus and president of Leiden University from February 2013 to February 2021. He was the successor of Paul F. van der Heijden.[1] Stolker is a professor of private law and former dean of the Leiden University Law School (2005–2011).

Biography

Stolker finished high school at Bonaventura College in Leiden. After completing his military service, he studied law at Leiden University. His Ph.D. Thesis (1988) was a juridical dissertation about liability for unsuccessful sterilization. In his book Van arts naar advocaat (1989) Stolker looked at the medical liability crisis in the United States in comparison to the Dutch situation.[2]

Research and education

In 1991 Stolker taught Comparative Tort Law at the University of California, Hastings School of Law. In 1996 he became director of the E.M. Meijers Institute of Legal Studies at Leiden University and in 2001 became a member of the executive board of the law school, in charge of research. He published regularly on issues relating to liability law. From 2005 to 2011 Stolker was dean of the Faculty of Law of Leiden University.[1] In that capacity he straightened out a long lasting dispute between former criminologist Wouter Buikhuisen and Leiden University. In 2012, a one-year sabbatical was devoted to the writing of a book about law schools – a comparative analysis of legal education, legal scholarship, and the different approaches of law schools worldwide.

Professional life

In 1992 and 1993 he contributed, as a member of the Task Force Albania of the Council of Europe, to the development of a civil code for Albania. He was a member of the Air Freight Documentation Committee (the so-called Hoekstra Committee), that conducted an investigation into the cargo of the El-Al aircraft which crashed into the Amsterdam Bijlmer district. He is a deputy judge at the Court of Haarlem and a deputy justice at the Court of Appeal in 's-Hertogenbosch.[2]

Publications in English (selection)

In Dutch:

References

  1. ^ a b Carel Stolker to succeed Paul van der Heijden as Rector Magnificus (News Leiden University, July 2012)
  2. ^ a b Website Carel Stolker, accessed 8 Sept. 2012
Academic offices Preceded byPaul F. van der Heijden Rector Magnificus and President of Leiden University 2013–present Incumbent