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Minister Van Leeuwen gives guest lecture on current global developments 09 April 2024On Monday 8 April, a high-profile guest visited Leiden Law School. Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Geoffrey van Leeuwen g...
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Alumnus, legal philosopher, and globetrotter Bart Jansen: ‘don’t focus, but scatter yourself’ 18 April 2023Alumnus Bart Jansen does not like to sit still. He teaches courses, for instance, in the Netherlands, Malaysia, and Curacao. He also likes to dabble i...
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Photo report Bachelor’s Open Day KOG 02 March 2023On 25 February, the KOG opened its doors once more to welcome a large crowd of people looking to find their perfect study programme during the Bachelo...
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New commentary on the Constitution presented to Prime Minister Mark Rutte 01 December 2022The Netherlands has gained a third commentary on the Constitution – with Leiden as its home base. The first copy of Een nieuw commentaar op de Grondw...
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Joanne van der Leun reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School 09 November 2022Professor Joanne van der Leun has been reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School by the Executive Board of Leiden University. She has been appointed un...
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Leiden Law School receives praise during research evaluation 02 November 2022Every six years, the research conducted at all law schools in the Netherlands is evaluated during a research evaluation. On 6 and 7 October, it was Le...
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Photo Report: Bachelor's Open Day KOG 26 October 2022On Saturday 22 October, the KOG filled up with prospective students looking for their next course of study. The lecture halls were packed to the brim ...
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Is it possible to ban a political party? 26 October 2022Dutch right-wing political party Forum for Democracy has repeatedly demonstrated that it has no lower limit when it comes to morals. Should the courts...
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Ministry and Leiden Law School to work together more closely 25 October 2022The Ministry of Justice and Security and Leiden Law School are planning to collaborate on a more structural basis. This is the outcome of a meeting th...
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Bashir Azizi: ‘Not war or civil war, but a global civil war’ 28 May 2021These days we do not just have wars and civil wars – more of a global civil war, says Bashir Azizi, who received a PhD in April 2020 for his thesis on...
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Erwin Dijkstra joins editorial team Handicap & Recht: 'A great opportunity to share my knowledge' 11 February 2021At the end of 2020 researcher/lecturer Erwin Dijkstra joined the editorial team of academic journal Handicap & Recht (Disability & Law), published by ...
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Erwin Dijkstra: important for people to know that there are also academics with a disability 08 October 2020
We hardly ever seen people with a disability appearing on talk shows and other media channels. The Dutch Minister for Disability Issues, Rick Brink, d...
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PhD defence: critical reflections on law and the question of the animal 11 December 2019This project contemplates an ethics of difference and singularity that can effectuate a displacement of anthropocentrism and radical transformation in...
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Michael Klos speaker at World Forum for Democracy 2019 02 December 2019Early November 2019 lecturer Michael Klos spoke about the freedom of speech on social media at the World Forum for Democracy 2019 in Strasbourg.
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‘Governments must provide fundamental rights to certain animals’ 02 October 2019Legal proceedings conducted on behalf of apes and animals who are starved for the purpose of an ecological project. What position do animals actually ...