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Emma van der Vos on curbing income inequality 13 February 2023
Excessive remuneration of top executives often sparks heated debate in the Netherlands. Ministers are summoned to Parliament, where they then tend to ...
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Daniëlla Dam-de Jong appointed as professor International Sustainable Development Law 13 February 2023
Starting 1 February 2023, Daniëlla Dam-de Jong has been appointed as professor to the new Chair International Sustainable Development Law at the Groti...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'We have to protect our heritage on the moon, like Neil Armstrong’s footprints' 09 February 2023
Space is becoming increasingly busier due to the launching of satellites and tourists. But no binding international agreements have been made since 19...
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Student event 16 February – Meet Rosa: pleading (successfully!) in an LGBTQIA+ case before the CJEU as an early-career lawyer 07 February 2023
Dive into the CJEU’s recent judgment in Case C-356/21 on non-discrimination from three unique perspectives on the 16 February at 17.00 hrs. Abogada Ro...
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Fatma Çapkurt appointed member of State Committee on Rule of Law 06 February 2023
On Friday 3 February, Minister Bruins Slot of the Interior and Kingdom Relations appointed Fatma Çapkurt, of the Department of Constitutional and Admi...
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Luuk van Middelaar on EU Green Deal Industrial Plan 06 February 2023
Following developments in the US, the EU has now also opened the door for large-scale State aid to its own sustainable industries. A means to curb Chi...
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Conference on children's rights and migration 31 January 2023
On 26 January 2023, a conference was held at Leiden Law School on children’s rights and migration. The conference, organised by Stichting Migratierech...
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Reijer Passchier speaks about digital transition at SER 31 January 2023
What does digitalisation mean for the labour market, the business sector and society in general? Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor Leiden Law Scho...
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Piqani and Jesse lecture at the Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights in Prague 25 January 2023
Darinka Piqani and Moritz Jesse, both from the Europa Institute Leiden, were invited as speakers at the Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights,...
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Darinka Piqani on transparency and the right to information in EU law in Tirana 24 January 2023
Darinka Piqani visited the Law Faculty of the University of Tirana (Albania) on 16-20 January 2023 and lectured on the transparency and the right to i...
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Professor Mila Versteeg distinguished fellow at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law 23 January 2023
Professor Versteeg is currently Professor of Law at Virginia School of Law in the United States, where she has been working since 2011 as Miller Cente...
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Dutch cabinet not adopting Boot Committee's main recommendation on ZZP plans 23 January 2023
According to Gerrard Boot, Professor of Labour Law, the recommendations of the Committee he chaired on model agreements (Boot Committee) are only part...
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Gert Jan Geertjes awarded 2023 Meijers Prize and Van Wersch Springplank Prize 13 January 2023
Traditionally, at the beginning of each new calendar year, Leiden Law School awards the Meijers Prizes for the best article in the previous year for e...
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Committee Heerma van Voss findings: Chroom-6 payment regulation is equitable 19 December 2022
In 2014, the Dutch Ministry of Defence received signals from employees and former employees suspecting that they had become ill from working with chro...
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Restatement of Labour Law: new book on employment termination law 19 December 2022
The third book in the Restatement of Labour Law Series has recently been published by German publisher Beck. This part addresses employment terminatio...