Maurits Barendrecht (1956) practiced law at a major Dutch law firm (1982-1997) and is professor of Private Law at Tilburg University since 1992. He studies dispute systems (legal procedures, negotiation processes, ADR, informal dispute mechanisms) from an interdisciplinary perspective. He systematically looks for knowledge from economics, psychology, organisation theory, negotiation theory, and conflict studies that may be integrated with best practices, in order to improve dispute systems so that they serve the interests of the people that rely on them in a better way.

His research takes places within  Tisco (Tilburg Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Civil Law and Conflict Resolution Systems). He is also academic director of HiiL Innovating Justice, a leading innovation institute for the justice sector in which Tilburg University participates. Here, he assists courts and other justice sector organisations with developing innovative procedures and measuring access to justice. He also consults on strategies based on innovation.

PhD candidates

I. Giesen (26 januari 2001) Bewijs en aansprakelijkheid

E.J.A.M. van den Akker (9 maart 2001) Beroepsaansprakelijkheid ten opzichte van derden

J.H. Duyvensz (25 april 2003) De redelijkheid van de exoneratieclausule

A. Pinna (27 oktober 2003) The obligations to inform and to advise

W.C.T. Weterings (24 maart 2004) Efficiëntere en effectievere afwikkeling van letselschadeclaims

R.H.J. van Bijnen (24 juni 2005, Cum laude) Economische en sociale normen in het contractenrecht

R.M.P.P. Cascao (28 november 2005) Prevention and Compensation of Treatment Injury

M.W. de Hoon (14 december 2005) Opzegging van duurovereenkomsten

L.R. van Harinxma thoe Slooten (17 maart 2006) Toegang tot het recht in perszaken

S. van Gulijk (17 december 2008) European Architect Law. Towards a New Design

Y.P. Kamminga (17 december 2008) Towards Effective Governance Structures for Contractual Relations. Recommendations from Social Psychology, Economics and Law for Improving Project Performance in Infrastructure Projects

V.C. Ammerlaan (9 januari 2009) Na de ramp: de rol van de overheid bij de (schade)afwikkeling van rampen vanuit een belangenperspectief van de slachtoffers

J. van der Linden (21 mei 2010) De civiele zitting centraal: informeren, afstemmen en schikken

J. van Veenen (15 juni 2011) Getting to :-) The Potential of Online Communication Tools to Support Interest-Based Dispute Resolution

P. Sluijter (31 oktober 2011) Sturen met proceskosten. Wie betaalt de prijs van verstorend procesgedrag?

M.S. (Malini) Laminarayan (19 november 2012), The Heterogeneity of Crime Victims: Variations in Legal Preferences

J.H. Verdonschot

R.J. Dijkstra