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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law proud of Sarah Deaney and Eline van SlijpeOn Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Leiden Law School thesis prizes were awarded at the New Year’s event.
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Archaeologist Maikel Kuijpers reflects on academic feud over Nebra sky discIn a New York Times report on a bitter archaeological feud over the Nebra sky disk, Maikel Kuijpers reflects on its importance. 'It’s really unfortuna...
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Meuwese on new developments in Dutch cabinet’s response to child benefits scandalIn recent days and weeks, experts have been falling over themselves to point the finger at the main culprit in the Dutch child benefits scandal. Altho...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global SummitThe Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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'Rutte cannot fully hide behind indirect responsibility'On Friday 15 January, the Dutch ‘Rutte III’ government resigned following the scathing report on the childcare benefits scandal. What are the politica...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prizeThe Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...
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Online Conference The Development of Normative Powers of UN Investigative Mechanisms
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the Chinese Journal of International Law (ChineseJI...
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Nathaniel Martin: why won’t antibiotics cure us anymore?Current means of fighting bacteria are no longer as good as they used to be because of antibiotic resistance. These days, people are dying from bacter...
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Felienne Hermans explains why you should talk to your computerWhy should you talk to your computer? When children start learning how to read, they do so by using their voice and speaking the words out loud. In th...
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Dental remains shed light on drug use in 19th century Dutch villageArchaeologist Bjørn Peare Barthold suspected farmers in a doctorless 19th century Dutch village may have been self-medicating to manage pain and disea...
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Jelle van Buuren in NRC on social media and the storming of the CapitolJelle van Buuren, university lecturer at ISGA, discusses the role that social media played in the storming of the Capitol last Wednesday
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Court case of 15-year-old anorexia patient: force-feed or right to self-determination?Via expedited proceedings at Leeuwarden Court of Appeal, a mother is trying to impose a relatively new treatment for her 15-year-old daughter’s eating...
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LUMC starts vaccinating staff against COVID-19Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has started vaccinating staff from its intensive care, emergency and COVID departments. Junior doctor Christia...
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Joris Larik on Al Jazeera on the new EU-UK trade agreementJoris Larik, university lecturer at LUC, discusses in this interview with Al Jazeera the new trade and cooperation agreement between the EU and the Un...
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Can non-vaccinated persons soon be barred?Private businesses will probably soon refuse access to non-vaccinated persons in the near future. But this is more difficult when it comes to public a...