Background
Smits, Jan M. was born on November 15, 1967 in Leiden, Netherlands.
Smits, Jan M. was born on November 15, 1967 in Leiden, Netherlands.
Phd, Leiden University, 1990.
Professor european private law Maastricht University, Netherlands, 1999—2007. Honorary judge Court Appeal, Amsterdam, 2002. Research professor University Helsinki, Finland, 2008.
Visiting professor Dickinson School Law, Carlisle, 2007—2008. Professor european private law and comparative law Tilburg University, Netherlands, since 2008.
Married.