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Visiting Professorship in Oslo for legal sociologist Maartje van der Woude 31 January 2017
Professor of Sociology of Law Maartje van der Woude (Van Vollenhoven Instituut, Metajuridica) has been appointed as visiting professor at the Departme...
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Peering Through the Legal Mobilisation Lens to Analyse the Potential of Legal Advocacy 26 January 2017
Friday 3 February ILS 2.0 presents: Leiden Socio-Legal Series:“Peering Through the Legal Mobilisation Lens to Analyse the Potential of Legal Advocacy”...
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A new leaf for land rights? 19 January 2017
Willem van der Muur's article on Indonesia's recent recognition of indigenous land rights was published by New Mandala.
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4th Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture – Constitutions and Ethnography by Prof. Scheppele 06 January 2017
On Friday January 13 between 13.00 - 15.00 (room C 1.04 of the Old Observatory) there will be another Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture, entitled 'Constituti...
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VVI joins PhD conference on Children’s Rights 13 December 2016
On 8-9 December 2016 the Department of Children’s Rights of Leiden Law School held an international PhD conference on Children’s Rights in Leiden, und...
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Call for papers: International Conference 'Adat Law 100 years on: towards a new interpretation?' 12 December 2016
The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society (VVI), in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Cari...
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Maartje van der Woude on the advisory board of Oxford Law’s Border Criminologies 22 November 2016
As of today, Maartje van der Woude (Professor of Sociology of Law, Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance & Society) has become a member of the...
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Article in 'de Volkskrant' by Adriaan Bedner 22 November 2016
Adriaan Bedner wrote an article on the relationship between Indonesia and the Netherlands in 'de Volkskrant' of 21 November 2016.
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Thinking ‘out of the box’ at the Honours College Law 10 November 2016
Professor of Sociology of Law Maartje van der Woude has been appointed as the new Director of the Honours College Law (HC Law). She will succeed Sjoer...
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Interaction in Action – ILS 2.0 kicked off! 03 November 2016
On Wednesday 26 October the kick-off event of the research profile area ‘Interaction between Legal Systems 2.0’ (ILS) took place. Speakers explained t...
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Indonesian and Dutch experts discuss water management 25 September 2016
A group of ten Indonesian scholars, NGO-members, and state officials coming from the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry visited their Dut...
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The Leiden Socio Legal Series 01 September 2016
Starting this academic year (2016-2017) Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Sociology of Law at the Van Vollenhoven Institute will organize the Leiden...
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Honours Summer Course: Law, Power and Inequality 12 August 2016
Have you ever wondered what law has accomplished in different countries and jurisdictions? If it even has accomplished anything at all, or that it are...
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Final Report 'Assessing Legislation for Libya's Reconstruction' 23 June 2016
The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development and Benghazi Centre for Law and Society Studies, Benghazi University have released t...
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What really is happening in the Dutch Borderlands 26 April 2016
As a result of the refugee crisis and the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (RNM) is stepping up immigration...