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Green Light from the Advisory Board Legal Technologies programTechnological developments rapidly advance. The Leiden Legal Technologies Program was on the agenda of the Advisory Committee in their second meeting ...
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Invitation Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award Ceremony 2020The department of Child Law of Leiden University and Defence for Children invite you to the eighth Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony. ...
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More than a quarter of all Dutch PhD research on administrative law is conducted at Leiden UniversityIn October 2020, the Dutch Journal of Administrative Law had a special PhD issue, giving an overview of all PhD research currently being conducted in ...
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Nicolas Rennuy is awarded the Common Market Law Review Prize for young academics 2020The Editorial Board is pleased to announce the result of the 2020 Common Market Law Review Prize for an article submitted by a young academic.
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Outward appearance in Dutch criminal law. What is the suspect up to?On 27 February 1976, two men wearing motorcycle helmets and carrying loaded guns ring the door of temping agency Cito. A security van has just deliver...
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Jaap van den Herik in Universiteit van Vlaanderen podcast on computers in the courtroomCan a computer give just as good a judgment as a judge? Professor emeritus Law and IT believes it can and talks about using computers in the courtroom...
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Ingrid Leijten on radio about freedom of expressionOn 12 November Ingrid Leijten was a guest on Dutch NOS NPO Radio 1 programme Met het Oog op Morgen. She was asked to speak about the right to freedom ...
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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child follows third party intervention
Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics submitted a third party intervention in a case against Fran...
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Marie Curie funding for Simone van der HofSimone van der Hof has been awarded funding for a Marie Curie Initial Training (PhD) Network for NETHATE. NETHATE will bring together an interdiscipli...
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Raisa Blommestijn: Removal of children’s books about Black Pete troublingLibraries in the Netherlands are removing books that contain references to Black Pete. According to the director of the Public Library Association, a ...
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Mariëlle Bruning on exceptional juvenile court rulingA pregnant woman from Drenthe will lose her baby directly after it is born. A juvenile court has already ruled during her pregnancy that the infant wi...
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Call for interns - Spring 2021The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies is offering two internships on a full-time basis in spring 2021.
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Code for digital children's rightsIn collaboration with the De Waag Technology & Society, Simone van der Hof of the Centre for Law and Digital Technology (eLaw department) will develop...
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‘A week feels like a month at the National Think Tank’In the National Think Tank (NDT) 20 young academics spend four months reflecting on how to solve a societal problem. Four participants from Leiden tol...
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Christa Tobler on the system of dynamic adaptation of EEA lawOn 29 October 2020, the Europa Institute Zurich organized a conference entitled «1. Zürcher Europarechtstag: Europäische Integration, Drittstaaten und...