News
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The rise of the 'prosumer’ 07 October 2021
Now that selling via digital platforms is flourishing, we need to take a closer look at the rights and obligations of all the parties involved. This i...
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Cathalijne van der Plas appointed to chair in Private International Law 16 September 2021
Cathalijne van der Plas will become Professor of Private International Law (0.4 fte) at Leiden University as of 1 October 2021. She succeeds Prof. Sie...
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Can businesses and employers demand proof of vaccination? 09 August 2021
Can bars, gyms and travel providers refuse customers who have no proof of vaccination? And can an employer dismiss employees who are not vaccinated? R...
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SAILS Summer Conference on Law & AI 25 May 2021
Leiden Law School is organising a summer conference on Law and Artificial Intelligence as part of the interfaculty and interdisciplinary research prog...
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Gitta Veldt wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize 19 January 2021
The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Veldt received the prize for her contrib...
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Sierd Schaafsma appointed justice in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands 24 August 2020
The Dutch Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of a Vice President and of three justices, including Professor Sierd Schaafsma, in the Sup...
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Two new assistant professors for Empirical Legal Studies 03 July 2020
Niek Strohmaier and Gitta Veldt will start as assistant professors within the project Empirical Legal Studies (ELS). Their appointments are part of th...
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Vanessa Mak appointed Chair of Civil Law 01 July 2020
Vanessa Mak is appointed Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University as of 1 October 2020. She will succeed Professor Jac. Hijma who is retiring.
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Farewell Symposium John Cartwright and Inaugural Lecture Ewan McKendrick 13 February 2020
On Monday 16 March, Ewan McKendrick will give his inaugural lecture in the Academy Building at 16:00 hrs, on Commercial Contract Law: How Important is...
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Looking back on the ILS Lunch Seminar of November 02 December 2019
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different Institutes situated within Leiden Law School. On Thursday 28 Nov...
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Melanie Fink and Tycho de Graaf 17 November 2019
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars have slowly developed into somewhat of a tradition. During this seminar series, all researchers from Leiden Law School ...
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Presentation about bitcoin, crypto-custodians and their insolvency 15 July 2019
During a conference in Oxford on the 26th of June, Ilya Kokorin, Matthias Haentjens and Tycho de Graaf presented a paper about bitcoin, the insolvency...
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Winner NJV Publication Award 2019: Thijmen Nuninga 11 July 2019
Thijmen Nuninga was presented the publication award 2019 by the Dutch Lawyers’ Association (NJV) for the best scholarly article.
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Contract law offers framework for legal relationship between pupils and schools 10 December 2018
When a pupil applies for a place at a school and is admitted, a legal relationship is established between them. The exact nature of this legal relatio...
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Board the Blockchain Train! 20 November 2018
When talking about innovative technologies, Blockchain should certainly be mentioned. In the Honours Class ‘Board the Blockchain Train!’, students lea...