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Leiden to participate in Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court Competition 16 January 2024
Master's students in labour law Just Bakker and Tess van der Putten are to participate in the prestigious Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court Competition. This...
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Meijers Prize 2023 for best publication (PhD candidates) 16 January 2024
On 11 January, the book chapter ‘Duty of care as a judicial review tool for SSM composite procedures’ written by Barbora Budinská and Jouke Tegelaar w...
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‘Legal AI is a bit of a Wild West right now’ 15 January 2024
A growing number of AI tools are being developed for the legal sector, to help professionals search lengthy texts or check court rulings. Leiden SAILS...
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Gerrard Boot appointed deputy justice in Central Appeals Tribunal 15 January 2024
As of 1 January 2024, Gerrard Boot, Professor of Employment Law, has been appointed to act as deputy justice in the Central Appeals Tribunal.
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Common Market Law Review Young Academics Prize 2023 15 January 2024
The Common Market Law Review's 2023 Prize for Young Academics has been awarded to Friso Bostoen and David van Wamel for their co-authored article: ‘Th...
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NWA Project on Vulnerability and Social Media awarded to Gianclaudio Malgieri and eLaw colleagues 15 January 2024
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has recently awarded a significant grant of 863,000 euros to the project proposal 'RESOCIAL' led by Dr Gianclaudio Ma...
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Ben Van Rompuy speaks at event organised by Dutch Competition Law Association 11 January 2024
On 10 January, Ben Van Rompuy spoke at the New Year's meeting of the Dutch Competition Law Association in Amsterdam.
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Education and teaching: an exciting year at the faculty 11 January 2024
There are lots of important items on the education and teaching agenda for 2024. Reaccreditation for the Law programmes including Notarial Law and Tax...
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Each country interprets human rights differently. But why? 08 January 2024
Why are universal human rights not applied in the same way across the world? This question has long been a topic of debate. Obiora Okafor, Professor o...
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EJIL article on UK’s Trade Continuity Agreements 02 January 2024
The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law features an article written by Dr Joris Larik entitled 'Imitation as Flattery: The UK’s ...
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Kim Schuurman wins 2023 Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 22 December 2023
Each year, the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award is presented to the student who has written the best master’s thesis in the Netherlands or Bel...
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How queer is Artificial Intelligence? 22 December 2023
AI is playing an increasingly important role in our lives, but that is not without danger. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga at eLaw warns that AI does not pay ...
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Floris Tan wins the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2023 20 December 2023
Tan, former PhD candidate Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, received the award for the best dissertation with his thesis on armed confli...
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New issue Common Market Law Review 20 December 2023
The December 2023 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 60 No. 6 is now available online.
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Interview in Switzerland with Christa Tobler on Swiss-EU relations 19 December 2023
On 16 December 2023, the Swiss federal government published information on the next steps in its relationship with the EU.