News
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Conventions: the oil in the engine of the state system 04 August 2021
The rise of populist parties, the expansion of the role of the state and now the fragmentation of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Dutch p...
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Joyce Esser gives lecture on American administrative law during virtual Res Publica study trip 01 June 2021
The traditional Res Publica study trip took place this year from 20 to 24 April. Because of the coronavirus restrictions, the members of Res Publica –...
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SAILS Summer Conference on Law & AI 25 May 2021
Leiden Law School is organising a summer conference on Law and Artificial Intelligence as part of the interfaculty and interdisciplinary research prog...
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Leiden University hosts Young FIDE Seminar for junior EU lawyers 19 May 2021
Last Wednesday, on 12 May 2021, Leiden University hosted the virtual Young FIDE Seminar. This online event brought together junior EU law scholars and...
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Tom Barkhuysen on ruling extending access to court 22 April 2021
By a ruling of the Dutch Council of State, local residents and organisations can after all take their case to court even if they made no objection dur...
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Blog Anne Meuwese on European AI regulation 22 April 2021
Yesterday, the European Commission presented its long-anticipated proposal for an AI regulation. After the Commission had outlined the European legisl...
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Anne Meuwese and Bart Custers in Trouw on Covid apps 06 April 2021
The more people are vaccinated, the more society can slowly reopen. Technological developments, like the Covid passport and other apps, can play a rol...
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From tunnel vision towards an open view. Lessons from the North/South metro line on compensation of damages 30 March 2021
An article by Georgina Kuipers has been published this month in Dutch journal Overheid & Aansprakelijkheid (Government and Accountability). It deals w...
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Clara van Dam gives seminar for Lund University about EU guidance in the national legal order 30 March 2021
On 18 March 2021, Clara van Dam gave an online seminar for Lund University about EU Commission guidance in the national legal order. The seminar was h...
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Save the (firefighter)volunteer from EU law: Geerten Boogaard and Armin Cuyvers in newspaper Trouw 18 March 2021
The Dutch Minister of Justice and Security is about to turn the entire volunteer fire brigade upside down. Not because it is good, but because it is a...
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Clara van Dam gives a guest lecture on guidance documents of the European Commission 08 March 2021
On 26 February 2021, Clara van Dam was invited by Dr Oana Stefan to give a guest lecture for students of King’s College London in the elective course ...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel on Tocqueville and modern democracy 23 February 2021
Recently, Hans-Martien ten Napel was in the news on the above subject several times.
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New book by Wim Voermans on Dutch political & governance culture: past and present 18 February 2021
The past decade, against the backdrop of a fragmented political landscape, has witnessed the greatest changes to the Netherlands since the aftermath o...
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Wim Voermans in Buitenhof on postal votes 17 February 2021
In a lawsuit concerning the upcoming Dutch elections, the Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals) is claiming that everyone should be able to ca...
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Wim Voermans in Nieuwsuur on weak legal basis of curfew 17 February 2021
The decision by the court in preliminary relief proceedings to immediately lift the curfew in the Netherlands – following a case brought by pressure g...