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Alumnus, legal philosopher, and globetrotter Bart Jansen: ‘don’t focus, but scatter yourself’ 18 April 2023
Alumnus 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 2023
On 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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Joanne van der Leun reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School 09 November 2022
Professor 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 2022
Every 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 2022
On 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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Ministry and Leiden Law School to work together more closely 25 October 2022
The 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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Publication chapter by Timo Slootweg in "Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries" 16 September 2021
Timo Slootweg, associate professor at he department Philosophy of Law, published a chapter about Paul Scholten in "Great Christian Jurists in the Low ...
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Philosopher of law Ali Kösedag: Hague heart, Leiden mind 11 August 2021
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this fourt...
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Faith in Democracy. Justice, Politics and Transcendence 13 January 2020
This book explores the spiritual potential of faith, mysticism and transcendence in answer to the dangers of a mythologised state and the sacro-sancti...
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Hans-Martien ten Napel and Mark Leiser 24 September 2018
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different institutes situated within Leiden Law School and are steadily de...
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The first edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars 2018-2019 in retrospect 18 September 2018
On Thursday 13 September 2018, the first ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year took place. Geerten Waling and Michael Klos kicked off the ILS Lunch ...
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The festive ILS Lunch Seminar series 2018-2019 kick-off with Geerten Waling and Michael Klos 05 September 2018
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars have become a regular point on the Law School’s agenda and are steadily developing into somewhat of a tradition. During...
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‘Too much empathy is bad for justice 23 August 2018
It is good for a judge to have some empathy with victims and offenders. But too much empathy can be harmful to the practice of the law, as PhD candida...
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Looking back on the successful inaugural ILS PhD Workshop 23 January 2018
On 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 2018
The 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...