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Truth-finding in courts under threat from propduction pressure 01 November 2016
As a result of production pressure, judicial powers focus more on efficiency and less on making sure they get to the truth. Professor of Criminology J...
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Call for Papers Interdisciplinary Conference 'EU Criminal Justice Policy and Practice - Reflections and Prospects' 27 October 2016
This interdisciplinary conference, to be held on 26-27 June 2017, will bring together lawyers interested in EU law and criminal law, criminologists, p...
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PhD dissertation Jasper de Bie third in international competition 14 October 2016
Jasper de Bie, who obtained his doctoral degree at the Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology and who is currently employed by the Ministry of Securi...
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800,000 euro funding for research on living conditions in prisons 29 September 2016
Researchers at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology - Paul Nieuwbeerta, Anouk Bosma, Esther van Ginneken, Hanneke Palmen and Maria Berghuis ...
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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...
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Honours Summer Course: Law, Power and Inequality 12 August 2016
Have you ever wondered what law has accomplished in different countries and jurisdictions? If it even has accomplished anything at all, or that it are...
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk appointed Full Professor of European Criminal Law 23 June 2016
As from 1 August 2016 Jannemieke Ouwerkerk will be appointed to the position of Full Professor of European Criminal Law at the Institute for Criminal ...
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Eleven Vidi grants for Leiden 13 May 2016
NWO has awarded eleven Leiden researchers a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. The research subjects range from Cicero and muscle dystrophy to the archaeolo...
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What really is happening in the Dutch borderlands 26 April 2016
As a result of the refugee crisis and the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (RNM) is stepping up immigration...
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The Institute Criminal Law -Criminology Leiden Law School presents research report Dutch practice of pre-trial detention 20 April 2016
The practice of the application of pre-trial detention in the Netherlands raises questions in light of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Huma...
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EPPO Conference: “State of Play and Perspectives” 17 March 2016
On 7 and 8 July 2016 the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Law Faculty of Leiden University organise a two-day symposium on EPPO.
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Euthanasia as a legal question 15 March 2016
In the Netherlands, euthanasia has no longer been a criminal offence since 2002. The practice is governed by very strict conditions. Nonetheless, the ...
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Maartje van der Woude appointed as full professor of Sociology of Law at Leiden University 05 January 2016
Starting 1 January 2016 Maartje van der Woude is appointed as full professor of Sociology of Law at Leiden University.
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Seminar on Labour Exploitation in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
In 2015 the division ‘Migration and Crime’ of the Dutch Society for Criminology has been established to bring together academic researchers that are a...