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Wim Voermans in Buitenhof on postal votes 17 February 2021
In a lawsuit concerning the upcoming Dutch elections, the Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals) is claiming that everyone should be able to ca...
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Wim Voermans in Nieuwsuur on weak legal basis of curfew 17 February 2021
The decision by the court in preliminary relief proceedings to immediately lift the curfew in the Netherlands – following a case brought by pressure g...
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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law proud of Sarah Deaney and Eline van Slijpe 20 January 2021
On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Leiden Law School thesis prizes were awarded at the New Year’s event.
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Meuwese on new developments in Dutch cabinet’s response to child benefits scandal 19 January 2021
In recent days and weeks, experts have been falling over themselves to point the finger at the main culprit in the Dutch child benefits scandal. Altho...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global Summit 19 January 2021
The Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize 14 January 2021
The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...
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Anne Meuwese on use of AI by public authorities 17 December 2020
New technological applications which the government wants to use need to be thoroughly examined to prevent them causing problems for citizens. Current...
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Rowie Stolk on strategic litigation by interest groups 02 March 2020
The Dutch legal system perhaps appears at first sight not to be very suited for strategic litigation by interest groups. But judgments such as SyRI an...
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Reijer Passchier about abdication on Japanese TV 16 August 2016
Last weekend, Reijer Passchier talked about the constitutional right of the king to renounce the kingship.