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Alumni enjoy inspirational Leiden Revisited event05 September 2024On 30 August 2024, former Leiden Law School students once again sat in their favourite spots in the lecture hall at the annual Leiden Revisited event....
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Evaluation of the Dutch Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Temporary Amendment) Act05 September 2024Leiden University's Company Law department will work with research agency SEO to conduct an evaluation of the Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Tem...
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Managing space debris through space law04 September 2024It’s becoming increasingly crowded in the orbits around Earth that are popular for space travel. And that's not just due to satellites – there's also ...
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Do multinationals pay their fair share of taxes? Join the global debate!03 September 2024How do, or don’t, multinationals pay their taxes? Learn all about this in the new online course given by Leiden University’s Department of Tax Law: 'T...
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Lieke Beekers wins Young Economist Award 202430 August 2024On 28 August 2024, Lieke Beekers won the Young Economist Award 2024.
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The Dutch government wants to declare an asylum crisis, but what does that mean?29 August 2024More people seeking asylum, overcrowded asylum accommodation and asylum procedures that take years because of a lack of capacity. The current governme...
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Recent Labour Law LLM graduate publishes article29 August 2024Rose Horstman adapted her master’s thesis and published an article on the impact of an employee’s age in just and equitable compensatory award decisio...
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Graduation Ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2023-202428 August 2024On Friday 23 August 2024, the Academy Building of Leiden University was filled with celebration as the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Childre...
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Wim Voermans wins 2023 Book of the Year at University of Texas School of Law26 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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Jonathan Todres appointed as Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s Rights 2024/202526 August 2024Leiden University is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Jonathan Todres as the Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s Ri...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor19 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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Yao Yuan’s Research Visit at the Lauterpacht Centre, University of Cambridge13 August 2024Yao Yuan, a PhD candidate from the Company Law Department, has recently concluded a research visit at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for Internationa...
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Heated debate about combatting bankruptcy fraud: should the trustee have the final say?12 August 2024Bankruptcy fraud is not being combatted effectively. When the trustee finds irregularities, the fraudster is not always punished. Politicians and the ...
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Carlotta Rigotti attends UNFPA Moldova08 August 2024In anticipation of future legal reforms on gender-based violence in the Republic of Moldova, Dr Carlotta Rigotti was invited by the United Nations Pop...
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Leiden researchers predict seller success on dark web markets30 July 2024Researchers from Leiden University have developed a method to predict which sellers will be successful in illegal online marketplaces. This could help...