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Is the precautionary principle adequately embedded in the Dutch Environment and Planning Act? 16 October 2024Rogier Kegge, Assistant Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, contributed to the technical brief on the precautionary ...
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Inspiring book review: The Story of Constitutions 10 October 2024On 8 October, an inspiring session was held at the KOG Building. The session focused on the award-winning book entitled 'The Story of Constitutions' b...
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'A Changing Europe in a Changing World' conference 17 September 2024The annual meeting of the European Group of Public Law (EGPL) took place on 13 and 14 September 2024 in Legrena, Greece.
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High attendance at Kirchheiner Conference on ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’ 10 September 2024On Thursday 29 August 2024, Leiden University hosted the conference on theme of ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’. More than 100 participants from pro...
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Wim Voermans wins 2023 Book of the Year at University of Texas School of Law 26 August 2024Wim Voermans' recent book ‘The Story of Constitutions’ takes an interdisciplinary approach in attempting to understand how constitutions come about an...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor 19 August 2024The Executive Board has appointed Wim Voermans to the position of distinguished professor. This is a unique role that allows professors to take the le...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel publishes volume on democracy as a cultural phenomenon 17 July 2024
Hans-Martien ten Napel recently published a volume entitled 'Culture, Secularization and Democracy: Lessons from Alexis de Tocqueville', co-edited wit...
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CUPL delegation welcomed to Leiden Law School 08 July 2024On Friday 28 June 2024, Leiden Law School's Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law welcomed a delegation of administrative law scholars f...
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Esteban Szmulewicz speaks at Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw 03 July 2024As part of his PhD trajectory, Esteban Szmulewicz was invited to give a presentation at a seminar titled 'Challenges of representative and participato...
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State Commission on the Rule of Law presents advisory report 02 July 2024On 10 June 2024, the Dutch State Commission on the Rule of Law presented its advisory report to citizens and the three state powers. Fatma Çapkurt, a ...
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Meuwese and Çapkurt awarded funding for algorithmic profiling research 04 June 2024The social coalition 'Over Informatie Gesproken' (meaning ‘Speaking of Information’) recently approved eleven grant applications for research aimed at...
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International spotlight on transparency research 21 May 2024The 8th Global Conference on Transparency Research (GCTR) took place between 15 and 17 May.
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Interest organisations take legal action ‘so that most vulnerable are heard’ 12 April 2024Interest organisations are increasingly taking legal action and that’s a good thing for democracy, says PhD candidate Rowie Stolk. ‘It means that the ...
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Reijer Passchier discusses the risks of artificial intelligence 11 April 2024Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, recently published a statement entitled 'The AI Safety Summit at Bletc...
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KNAW grant awarded for ‘People-centered constitutional law’ research project 09 April 2024Recently, Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security...