News
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Hans-Martien ten Napel on Tocqueville and modern democracy23 February 2021Recently, Hans-Martien ten Napel was in the news on the above subject several times.
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Wim Voermans in Buitenhof on postal votes17 February 2021In 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 curfew17 February 2021The decision by the court in preliminary relief proceedings to immediately lift the curfew in the Netherlands – following a case brought by pressure g...
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BBC Science Focus names Ewine van Dishoeck as one of the six women who are changing chemistry12 February 2021On the occasion of the Women & Girls in Science Day, BBC Science Focus Magazine highlighted 6 prominent female chemists. Among them is Leiden professo...
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Foreign national suspects appear in court and sentenced more often02 February 2021Compared to suspects with the Dutch nationality, foreign nationals face court proceedings more often and are given a prison sentence more often than D...
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How to set ambitious goals for sustainable agriculture25 January 2021Food production in the Netherlands is an economic success but has led to many environmental issues, including nitrogen pollution. Recently, the policy...
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups25 January 2021In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more le...
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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law proud of Sarah Deaney and Eline van Slijpe20 January 2021On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Leiden Law School thesis prizes were awarded at the New Year’s event.
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Meuwese on new developments in Dutch cabinet’s response to child benefits scandal19 January 2021In recent days and weeks, experts have been falling over themselves to point the finger at the main culprit in the Dutch child benefits scandal. Altho...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global Summit19 January 2021
The Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize14 January 2021The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...
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Online Conference The Development of Normative Powers of UN Investigative Mechanisms14 January 2021
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the Chinese Journal of International Law (ChineseJI...
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Christa Tobler in the media about Brexit and Switzerland05 January 2021In the days following Christmas, Christa Tobler gave a series of interviews to Swiss newspapers and Swiss radio about the new Trade and Cooperation Ag...
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Anne Meuwese on use of AI by public authorities17 December 2020New technological applications which the government wants to use need to be thoroughly examined to prevent them causing problems for citizens. Current...
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Our year on social media14 December 2020It’s been a turbulent, bizarre and extraordinary year, 2020. Coronavirus turned the lives of everyone at our University upside down. Out teaching, res...