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VVI joins PhD conference on Children’s Rights 13 December 2016
On 8-9 December 2016 the Department of Children’s Rights of Leiden Law School held an international PhD conference on Children’s Rights in Leiden, und...
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Call for papers: International Conference 'Adat Law 100 years on: towards a new interpretation?' 12 December 2016
The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society (VVI), in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Cari...
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Sign up as a speaker at the ILS Lunch Seminars! 30 November 2016
ILS organizes a new lunch seminar series where all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and ...
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Maartje van der Woude on the advisory board of Oxford Law’s Border Criminologies 22 November 2016
As of today, Maartje van der Woude (Professor of Sociology of Law, Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance & Society) has become a member of the...
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Article in 'de Volkskrant' by Adriaan Bedner 22 November 2016
Adriaan Bedner wrote an article on the relationship between Indonesia and the Netherlands in 'de Volkskrant' of 21 November 2016.
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Thinking ‘out of the box’ at the Honours College Law 10 November 2016
Professor of Sociology of Law Maartje van der Woude has been appointed as the new Director of the Honours College Law (HC Law). She will succeed Sjoer...
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Interaction in Action – ILS 2.0 kicked off! 03 November 2016
On Wednesday 26 October the kick-off event of the research profile area ‘Interaction between Legal Systems 2.0’ (ILS) took place. Speakers explained t...
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Use of virtual girl 'Sweetie' to fight child abuse problematic in the Netherlands 19 October 2016
The use of virtual girl Sweetie, used by the police to investigate pedofiles, is problematic in the Netherlands. Researchers of Leiden University and ...
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Bart Custers @ Cyber Summit 2016 13 October 2016
This year’s theme of the Cyber Summit is: “Using Technology Responsible”. The Cyber Summit will take place in Banff, Canada on October 26th-28th. Dr. ...
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Two Scientists of Leiden University in Opzij Top 100 12 October 2016
Researchers Bibi van den Berg and Ionica Smeets are featured in the Opzij Top 100, the yearly list of most influential woman in the Netherlands.
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Guest lecture by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Leiden Law School 10 October 2016
At the invitation of Professor Afshin Ellian, Prime Minister Rutte today gave a guest lecture to first-year law students as part of the course Inleid...
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Indonesian and Dutch experts discuss water management 25 September 2016
A group of ten Indonesian scholars, NGO-members, and state officials coming from the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry visited their Dut...
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Melanie Fink and Merinda Stewart present in Riga in the framework of ILS 2.0 14 September 2016
On 7 September 2016, Melanie Fink and Merinda Stewart presented at a Research Forum organised by the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Inte...
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The Leiden Socio Legal Series 01 September 2016
Starting this academic year (2016-2017) Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Sociology of Law at the Van Vollenhoven Institute will organize the Leiden...
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Save the date: 26 October kick-off event Interaction between Legal Systems 31 August 2016
What is Interaction between Legal Systems (ILS) and what does it entail as research profile area at Leiden Law School? More on this at the kick-off ev...