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Do municipal councils meet behind closed doors too often? 27 June 2023
‘Dutch municipalities’ backroom meetings a massive breach of the law’ was the main headline of Dutch newspaper De Stentor on 24 June 2022. According t...
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Luc Verhey appointed member of the Dutch Council of State 25 May 2023
Luc Verheij, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law (Kircheiner chair) at Leiden Law School has been appointed as a member of the 'Raad va...
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What is the merit of the Constitution and what should we know about it? 15 May 2023
This theme is central to the recently published book 'Onze Constitutie' by Wim Voermans, professor of constitutional and administrative law. The colos...
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Leiden University organises Moot Court Competition Administrative Law 2023 12 May 2023
By tradition, the moot court competition of the 'Vereniging voor Bestuursrecht' (VAR, Dutch Administrative Law Association) takes place in May every y...
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Open University and Leiden University start Joint Legal Technologies Program 11 May 2023
The Open University and Leiden University will join forces to offer a (Dutch-taught) Joint Legal Technologies Program for professionals. In doing so, ...
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Safety of journalists most important theme of 2022 Press Freedom Index 04 May 2023
On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day was held and the Dutch 2022 'Persvrijheidsmonitor' was presented. The safety of journalists in 2022 was the most imp...
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Richard de Mos acquitted – and now? 01 May 2023
The acquittal of Richard de Mos and his fellow party member has caused quite a stir in the Netherlands. Can De Mos simply return to local politics now...
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Conference 25 years of Dutch subsidy law in practice: time for innovations in public financing? 24 April 2023
How can governments reach their policy goals in the most effective way? Which manner of financing is the most suitable? Does the spirit of our times c...
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Esteban Szmulewicz publishes an article on intergovernmental relations 24 April 2023
Szmulewicz, a PhD candidate at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, has written an article on intergovernmental relations (IGR) fr...
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To what extent is ChatGPT capable of drafting legislation? 18 April 2023
All sorts of predictions have already been made about the AI system ChatGPT: the programme is going to turn education on its head, make search engines...
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Annemarie Drahmann speaker at debate on closed government 17 April 2023
On 12 April, Annemarie Drahmann, Associate Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of Leiden Law School, was one of the s...
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Esteban Szmulewicz on political fragmentation and governance deficit in Chile 17 April 2023
Esteban Szmulewicz, PhD candidate at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of Leiden University and expert on decentralisation issue...
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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law well represented at Global Summit on Constitutionalism 03 April 2023
The Global Summit on Constitutionalism took place from 16 to 18 March. Wim Voermans, Gert Jan Geertjes and Rowie Stolk, from the Department of Constit...
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Michiel Tjepkema appointed professor at Open University 13 March 2023
From 1 March 2023, Michiel Tjepkema has been appointed professor of government liability and mining damage at the Open University in the Netherlands. ...
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Wim Voermans launches new book 'Onze constitutie' 06 March 2023
The Netherlands has one of the oldest constitutions in the world and a stable system of government lasting more than two centuries. The system’s ‘grou...