Jan Vranken

Johannes Bernardus Marie "Jan" Vranken (1948 – 17 June 2025) was a professor in the Private Law Department of Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

Vranken specialized in Civil Law, Civil Procedure, Jurisprudence and Methodology in private law on which subjects he published extensively. He received an honorary doctorate from Leiden University and built his reputation as a distinguished practician and theoretician in civil law as Advocate General at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. He was appointed Director of Schoordijk Institute of Tilburg University (Research School for Legislative Studies). In addition, he was awarded the Royal Honour in the order of the Dutch Lion.

Vranken was a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences beginning in 1993.

He died on 17 June 2025, at the age of 77. Provided by Wikipedia