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Three courts and one standard 11 October 2016
On Thursday 27 October 2016 Alke Metselaar will defend her PhD dissertation ‘Drie rechters en één norm. Handhaving van de Europese staatssteunregels v...
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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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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.
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Call for Papers and Kick-off Conference Research Group: From Disorder to Order 31 May 2016
On October 20 and 21, 2016, Leiden University will host an international conference under the title "From Disorder to Order: Conflict and the Resource...
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Europa Institute delegation attends FIDE conference Budapest 31 May 2016
From 18th -21st May, a delegation of the Europa Institute attended the 27th biannual FIDE congress in Budapest, Hungary.
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A new book on constitutional conventions by Leiden scholars 31 May 2016
Leiden law scholars prof. dr. Luc Verhey and Gert Jan Geertjes have edited a book about constitutional conventions and their added value for Dutch con...
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Book presentation Fit for the Future 02 May 2016
This year The Netherlands once again chairs the EU Council. In the book ‘Fit for the Future’ Leiden researchers reflect on the priorities that the Dut...
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Book presentation: 5th edition of Introduction to Dutch Law 28 April 2016
On 22 April the 5th edition of the book Introduction to Dutch Law (edited by Jeroen Chorus, Ewoud Hondius and Wim Voermans) was presented to dr. Geert...
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Tom Tyler speaks on Democratic Legitimacy 11 April 2016
On May 13, prof. Tom R. Tyler (Yale Law School) will hold a lecture at Leiden Law School on "Citizen trust and the legitimacy of democratic governance...
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Lunch Lecture by Prof. Allan Lind 11 April 2016
On April 25, at 1.00 pm, Prof. E. Allan Lind (Duke University) will hold a lunch lecture at Leiden Law School. He will speak about procedural justice....
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate 05 April 2016
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch S...
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Wim Voermans in Brazil 30 March 2016
Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative law, travelled to São Paolo, Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro from 14 to 18 March with a deleg...
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Reijer Passchier talks with Yale Law School students on Skype 23 March 2016
Students attending Richard Albert’s seminar on constitutional change asked Reijer critical questions about an article he recently wrote with Maarten S...
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Delegation from Leiden University forges new links in Brazil 19 March 2016
A delegation from Leiden University is visiting Brazil from 14 to 18 March. The first day of the visit was spent with scientists in São Paolo.
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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 ...