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Legal community determined to get rid of religious accommodation 18 June 2019There is a crisis in the law concerning the accommodation of religious practice. The legal profession is demanding that the law be changed because it ...
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Rise of drones necessitates revision of laws of war 18 March 2019Nowadays, it is almost impossible to imagine warfare without unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. For instance, they have been deployed in the war in ...
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Law student Erwin Dijkstra awarded second prize Leiden University Thesis Prize 2019 19 February 2019Master's student Erwin Dijkstra won for his thesis on the position in society of people with a disability.
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‘Relationship between the state and religious and ideological beliefs in Belgium has reached its best-before date’ 30 January 2019In Belgium, officially recognised religions receive financial support from the state. Partly as a result, there is no clearly implemented secularism (...
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Afshin Ellian and Bastiaan Rijpkema publish new volume on Militant Democracy with Springer 03 December 2018How can party bans be justified? Which parties were banned in post-war Europe – and why? Do militant democracy instruments work? Is an international m...
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‘State must protect citizens in domain cyberspace’ 26 April 2018‘It is recommended that the State assumes sovereign responsibilities to protect life, liberty and property of its citizens in the domain of cyberspace...
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Looking back on the successful inaugural ILS PhD Workshop 23 January 2018On 18 January 2018, the inaugural ILS PhD Workshop took place, featuring two Interaction Between Legal Systems lectures by the invited academics Prof....
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Prof. Jean-Pierre van der Rest and Maria Berghuis 22 January 2018The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars unite the several Institutes situated within Leiden Law School. On Thursday 15 February 2018 from 12:00 hrs until 13:00...
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Education for double-quick learning children 28 August 2017Dr. Willy de Heer defended her PhD Thesis "The paradigm of equality in Dutch primary education. Research into education for double-quick learning chil...
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Last ILS Lunch Seminar before summer! 21 June 2017During this lunch seminar series all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and nice way what ...
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Joan Williams: Visiting Professor 16 March 2017Hastings College of the Law and Leiden Law School have a longstanding exchange programme. Each year students participate in the existing student excha...
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ILS Call open for the submission of subsidy proposals - deadline March 1, 2017 24 February 2017As part of ILS 2.0 seed money is available for the submission of subsidy proposals and – directly linked and inherent to this – the development of new...
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Happy ILS Lunching 2017! 30 January with Professor Joanne van der Leun 20 January 2017The first ILS Lunch Seminar of 2017 will take place on Monday 30 January. During this lunch seminar series all researchers from Leiden Law School can ...
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Guest lecture by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Leiden Law School 10 October 2016At the invitation of Professor Afshin Ellian, Prime Minister Rutte today gave a guest lecture to first-year law students as part of the course Inleid...
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate 05 April 2016The 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...