Private law climate litigation against corporations

Elbert de Jong is Professor of Private Law at the Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (Ucall) and the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law. 

In his research, De Jong focuses on the law of obligations, civil procedure, and the institutional position of civil law judges in society. He published on the precautionary principle in tort law, the relationship between innovation and tort law, injunctive relief proceedings in the context of health and environmental risks, European tort law, climate change and tort law, State liability and human rights, causation, preliminary ruling procedure in Dutch civil law, policy concerns in judicial law making and the reasoning in judicial decisions.