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Foreign national suspects appear in court and sentenced more often 02 February 2021Compared to suspects with the Dutch nationality, foreign nationals face court proceedings more often and are given a prison sentence more often than D...
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How to set ambitious goals for sustainable agriculture 25 January 2021Food production in the Netherlands is an economic success but has led to many environmental issues, including nitrogen pollution. Recently, the policy...
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups 25 January 2021In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more le...
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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law proud of Sarah Deaney and Eline van Slijpe 20 January 2021On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Leiden Law School thesis prizes were awarded at the New Year’s event.
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Meuwese on new developments in Dutch cabinet’s response to child benefits scandal 19 January 2021In recent days and weeks, experts have been falling over themselves to point the finger at the main culprit in the Dutch child benefits scandal. Altho...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global Summit 19 January 2021The Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize 14 January 2021The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...
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Online Conference The Development of Normative Powers of UN Investigative Mechanisms 14 January 2021
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the Chinese Journal of International Law (ChineseJI...
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Christa Tobler in the media about Brexit and Switzerland 05 January 2021In the days following Christmas, Christa Tobler gave a series of interviews to Swiss newspapers and Swiss radio about the new Trade and Cooperation Ag...
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Anne Meuwese on use of AI by public authorities 17 December 2020New technological applications which the government wants to use need to be thoroughly examined to prevent them causing problems for citizens. Current...
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Our year on social media 14 December 2020It’s been a turbulent, bizarre and extraordinary year, 2020. Coronavirus turned the lives of everyone at our University upside down. Out teaching, res...
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Inside-Out Prison Exchange: unique course involving students and prisoners 11 December 2020Inside-Out Prison Exchange is a course in which students and prisoners work together on research questions in the area of crime, law enforcement and m...
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New Podcast Asks Guests to Reimagine Education 08 December 2020The Centre for Innovation has launched a new podcast series called What if Education… In each episode, the host Monika Theron invites students, teache...
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Dutch nationals abroad can lose Dutch nationality when passport expires 08 December 2020Around 23,500 Dutch nationals have been affected by this rule This was revealed by government figures on the number of Dutch nationals who submit an a...
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Coronavirus: Powers of employers to deal with reckless behaviour of workers 30 November 2020In the public debate on the coronavirus, bold assertions from academics, doctors and other medical practitioners are often heard. For example, that th...