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A fitting punishment30 May 2017There are frequent calls from society for heavier prison sentences, but the question is whether longer sentences result in a safer society. Judges are...
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Patrick van Berlo: 'Outsourcing the reception of asylum seekers has its downsides'29 May 2017Asylum seekers wanting to get to Australia often end up in a detention centre on the tiny island state of Nauru. What effect does this ‘outsourcing’ o...
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Upcoming ILS Lunch Seminar: core rights, data and peace agreements24 March 2017During this lunch seminar series all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and nice way what ...
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Book launch: The European Union as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice16 March 2017On 3 March the book “The European Union as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice” edited by Maria Fletcher, Claudio Matera and Esther Herlin-Karnel...
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk independent and free thanks in part to Veni02 March 2017‘Without that Veni grant, I would never have been able to delve into my subject so deeply. During the first two months, I only read articles and other...
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ILS Call open for the submission of subsidy proposals - deadline March 1, 201724 February 2017As part of ILS 2.0 seed money is available for the submission of subsidy proposals and – directly linked and inherent to this – the development of new...
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‘Justice is not possible without determining the truth’31 January 2017Professor of Criminalistics Charles Berger thinks miscarriages of justice can be avoided more often by clearer determination of the truth. He therefor...
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Happy ILS Lunching 2017! 30 January with Professor Joanne van der Leun20 January 2017The first ILS Lunch Seminar of 2017 will take place on Monday 30 January. During this lunch seminar series all researchers from Leiden Law School can ...
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Targeting recidivism19 January 2017On Thursday 26 January 2017 Anouk Bosma will defend her doctoral thesis ‘Targeting recidivism: An evaluation study into the functioning and effectiven...
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The Subjectively Experienced Severity of Imprisonment12 January 2017On Thursday 12 January 2017, Ellen Raaijmakers defended her doctoral thesis ‘The Subjectively Experienced Severity of Imprisonment: Determinants and C...
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4th Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture – Constitutions and Ethnography by Prof. Scheppele06 January 2017On Friday January 13 between 13.00 - 15.00 (room C 1.04 of the Old Observatory) there will be another Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture, entitled 'Constituti...
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Second ILS Lunch Seminar with Dr. Cuyvers en Dr. Broekhuijsen14 December 2016
After the kick-off on 28 November, the next ILS Lunch Seminar will take place on Monday 19 December. During this lunch seminar series all researchers ...
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Pitfalls of discretionary conduct12 December 2016Judicial officers have some leeway in how they act. In most cases that's fine, but it can also lead to abuses, such as ethnic profiling. It is easy to...
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Sign up as a speaker at the ILS Lunch Seminars!30 November 2016ILS organizes a new lunch seminar series where all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and ...
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Criminology number one in Keuzegids 201717 November 2016The University Keuzegids 2017 has rated the Leiden Bachelor programme Criminology as the best in the Netherlands.