de Groot, René
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Honorary Professor of Private Law
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Private International Law
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Comparative Law
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Last updated May 14, 2025
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René de Groot has been a guest lecturer and an Honorary Professor of Private Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Aruba since 2007. He is also a Professor emeritus of Maastricht University in Comparative Law and Private International Law. Additionally, he is a Consortium member of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), co-director of the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE), and President of the Netherlands Comparative Law Association. Ren has published books and articles on nationality law, comparative law, private international law, legal translation, and the protection of regional and minority languages, like Papiamento.
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Publication De onwenselijkheid van een dubbele taaltoets voor naturalisandi in Aruba en de Nederlandse Antillen(Stichting Migratierecht Nederland, 2009) Mijts, Eric; de Groot, RenéIn dit artikel geven Gerard-René de Groot en Eric Mijts een kritische analyse van een in december 2008 ingediend wetsontwerp ter wijziging van de Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap. Dit ontwerp zou onder meer tot gevolg hebben dat personen die in Aruba en de Nederlandse Antillen een aanvraag tot naturalisatie indienen aan een dubbele taaltoets moeten voldoen. De auteurs stellen dat voorstanders van deze wetswijziging uit gaan van een aantal onaanvaardbare aannames en een onrealistische inschatting maken van de gevolgen van dit beleid. Verder blijken er veel juridische en praktische argumenten te zijn die tegen het voorstel pleiten.Publication The international diffusion of expatriate dual citizenship(Oxford Academic, 2019) Vink, Maarten; Schakel, Arhan H.; Reichel, David; Luk, Ngo Chun; de Groot, RenéWhile the global increase of expatriate dual citizenship acceptance over the past decades has been widely observed, the temporal and spatial contexts of this trend have remained understudied. Based on a novel data set of expatriate dual citizenship policies worldwide since 1960, we find that dual citizenship toleration has increased in the last half century from one-third to three-quarter of states globally. We argue that these domestic policy changes should be understood in light of normative pressure in a world where restrictions on individual choice in citizenship status are increasingly contested and where liberalisation is reinforced through interdependence and diaspora politics. We apply Cox proportional hazard models to examine dual citizenship liberalisation and find that states are more likely to move to a tolerant policy if neighbouring states have done so and that they tend to do so in conjunction with extending voting rights to citizens residing abroad and receiving remittances from abroad. Contrary to other studies, we do not observe significant variation by regime type.Publication Nationality law of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in international perspective(T.M.C. Asser Press, 2004) Bollen, Carlos; de Groot, René; Barnhoorn L.A.M.N. et. al.Although, in principle, states decide completely autonomously which persons are given their nationality, they can limit their autonomy by concluding treaties with each other. Thereby they accept certain international obligations. This article contains critical reflections on the nationality law of the Netherlands in international perspective. The authors provide an overview of the treaties that are relevant in the field of nationality law and that have been ratified by the Netherlands. They proceed by describing the nationality law of the Netherlands. The various grounds for the acquisition – ex lege, by declaration of option and by naturalisation – and loss of Netherlands nationality are discussed. Special attention is paid to the relation of the new provisions of the Nationality Act with the international obligations deriving from the treaties that have been ratified by the Netherlands. The authors conclude that, although some modifications to the Nationality Act that were realised in 2003 were aimed specifically at bringing Netherlands nationality law better in compliance with international obligations, there are still several points which are problematic in perspective of international law.Publication Paesi Bassi(1996) Bollen, Carlos; de Groot, RenéPublication Haasje over springen: aantekeningen bij de Landsverordening herziening namenrecht(Stichting Tijdschrift voor Antilliaans Recht-Justicia, 2010) de Groot, RenéPublication Verknoeit het Europese recht ons Burgerlijk Wetboek?(Wolters Kluwer, 1995) de Groot, René; Bollen, CarlosPublication Twenty Years of CJEU Jurisprudence on Citizenship(Cambridge University Press, 2014) de Groot, René; Luk, Ngo ChunThe history of the European Union has been fraught with constant friction between the sovereignty of the Member States and the supranational powers of the Union, with the Union gaining terrain in fields of law traditionally belonging to the Member States. Despite this tension, certain legal fields are steadfastly asserted as belonging to the Member States. Notably, Member States regulate the grounds of the acquisition and loss of nationality. The Treaty of Lisbon highlights that the nationality of Member States is scarcely governed by European Union law, if at all. The sole provision governing the relationship between Member State nationality and Union law, i.e., Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) stresses the primacy of Member State nationality. Reality, however, is often not as simple as such a cursory reading implies. European Union citizenship, once a mere complementary facet of the national citizenships, has transformed into an institution in its own right, forming a symbiotic relationship between the Member State nationality and the European Union.Publication Geslachtsnaamswijziging(Boom Juridisch Tijdschriften, 2013) Gielen, Miranda; de Groot, RenéIn het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden bestaan een aantal verschillende naamrechtssystemen. In dit artikel worden de verschillende rechtssystemen op kritische wijze vergeleken in het bijzonder daar waar het gaat om het verwerven en wijzigen van de geslachtsnaam.Publication Het oude verbod van erkenning van kinderen door gehuwde Nederlandse mannen: een drama met vele afleveringen - Annotatie bij Hoge Raad 19 januari 2018, ECLI:NL:HR:2018:59 (antwoorden op prejudiciële vragen Gemeenschappelijk Hof)(Boom Juridisch Tijdschriften, 2018) de Groot, RenéIn de onderhavige annotatie staan de prejudiciële vragen in een Caribische zaak centraal die betrekking hebben op de verkrijging van het Nederlanderschap door erkenning in 1990 in het buitenland door een gehuwde man.Publication Netherlands nationality law(LexisNexis Butterworths, 1996) de Groot, René; Bollen, Carlos; Nascimbene, Bruno