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Bastiaan Rijpkema on political party ban in De Volkskrant 24 November 2022The proposal by Dutch political party D66 to amend a section of law to make it possible to ban a political party is unwise, says legal philosopher Bas...
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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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Wouter Hins: Intimidating journalists undermines democracy based on the rule of law 27 October 2022Angry politicians, angry journalists: the initiative of Forum for Democracy politician Gideon van Meijeren during which he secretly filmed a reporter ...
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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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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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Philosopher of law Ali Kösedag: Hague heart, Leiden mind 11 August 2021In 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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ILS Lunch Seminar with Hans-Martien ten Napel and Mark Leiser 24 September 2018The 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 2018On 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 2018The 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 2018It 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 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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Bastiaan Rijpkema Wins New Scientist Academic Talent Prize 23 June 2017Bastiaan Rijpkema, legal scholar and philosopher at Leiden University has won the 2017 New Scientist Academic Talent Prize.
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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 ...