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Matthias Haentjens appointed as Professor of Civil Law
Starting 1 January 2023, Matthias Haentjens has been appointed as Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University. His expertise lies in the field of property law, insolvency law, and private international law.
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35 students visit Leiden Law School for the Space Summer School
On 28 June, a group of 35 students (13 from Leiden) visited the law faculty as part of the Space Summer School, a 5-day course organised by the LDE Centre 'Space for Science and Society' and NL Space Campus.
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Leiden student team in the final of Helga Pederson Moot Court Competition
A team of four Leiden master's students has qualified for the final of the prestigious Helga Pederson Moot Court Competition 2022. This final will take place in May at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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Leiden University organises first Young Administrative Law Researchers Day
On Friday 24 June 2022, the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of Leiden University welcomed more than forty administrative law scholars to the first Young Administrative Law Researchers Day.
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Katie Pentney wins Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2021 with master’s thesis
The Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award is presented every two years on 10 December (Human Rights Day) in recognition of outstanding academic works in the field of international human rights.
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René Cassin Thesis Prize in Human Rights for Aleydis Nissen
Aleydis Nissen was awarded the René Cassin Thesis Prize 2021. The René Cassin Foundation - International Institute of Human Rights organises the competition. This Prize is awarded to the best PhD theses on human rights.
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Eric De Brabandere on Shell’s liability for oil spills in Nigeria
Shell Nigeria is liable for damages from oil spills in Nigeria. The Hague Court of Appeals gave this ruling in a case that was brought by four Nigerian farmers.
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Steven Truxal on Deutsche Welle about International Air Transport Association
On 6 December 2022, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents around 260 airlines in the world, released its Economic Outlook & State of the Industry, projecting that globally airlines would return to profit in 2023.
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Tycho de Graaf
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carlotta Rigotti
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Armin Cuyvers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hendrik Kaptein
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jessie Pool
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan Michiel Otto
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daniel Vale
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gerard Versluis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ebbe Rogge
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bart Schermer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Geerten Boogaard
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eric De Brabandere: 'Both Ukraine and Russia have an interest in a ceasefire'
Last week Russia and Ukraine met for the first time since the outbreak of the war. The talks took place in Belarus.
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Peter van Es appointed Professor of Notarial Law
Van Es is the successor to Professor Huijgen whose retirement is approaching after nearly 27 years’ professorship. This new appointment is from October 2022, but Van Es has been working at the faculty for some time.
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Sjoerd Lopik in Mr. Online on environmental criminal law
Dutch online news platform Mr. Online interviewed external PhD student Sjoerd Lopik about the development of environmental criminal law in the Netherlands and about his experiences combining his job as a researcher with his work in the legal practice.
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Leiden Law School Hall of Fame Students 2023
In 2023, a number of students from the bachelor’s, master’s and advanced master’s degree programmes won prizes for their outstanding achievements. Congratulations to the award winners and their supervisors who contributed to these successes.
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GLOBTAXGOV team and CIAT launch general anti-avoidance rule toolkit
The launch of the 'Toolkit for the Design and Effective Implementation of Domestic and International General Anti-avoidance Rules' generates strong interest among tax administrations.
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CIAT and GLOBTAXGOV publish general anti-avoidance rule toolkit
The Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations CIAT and the GLOBTAXGOV project have published the 'Toolkit for the Design and Effective Implementation of Domestic and International General Anti-Avoidance Rules'.
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Freya Baetens writes fact sheet on free trade agreements for Dutch Lower House
Free trade negotiations and agreements are important instruments of EU trade policy. An increasing number of EU climate, environmental and sustainable development objectives play a role in free trade agreements.
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Esther Huiskers-Stoop
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maaike Kempes
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Danielle Chevalier
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gert Jan Geertjes
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan van Staalduinen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gerrit Dijkstra
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Marijn Franx
Science
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Somayeh Djafari
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten Neuteboom
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mason Marks
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lisa Ansems
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mark Klaassen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ministry’s appeal against WOB ruling: 'Sabotaging the law'
The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is to appeal against a recent court ruling on the Public Access to Government Information Act (Wet openbaarheid van bestuur, WOB). The court ruled that the way in which the Ministry handles WOB requests was not in accordance with the law.
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Launching Leiden Law Academy
Organisation
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Jelle Plesman
Faculty of Humanities
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Afshin Ellian
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Adriaan Bedner
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Willemien den Ouden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ellen van Beukering-Rosmuller
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden Law Cast #1: Child benefits scandal & compassion with Professor A.G. Castermans
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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De Volkskrant on professors of tax law and the commercial sector
The majority of professors of tax law in the Netherlands have links to accounting and law firms, writes Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant.
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Jan Vleggeert and Jan van de Streek on ethics and tax law
If we want tax evasion to become a thing of the past then there has to be more balance in how tax advisers are educated, according to tax professors Jan Vleggeert and Jan van de Streek.
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Leiden Lawcast S02E02: Developments in Space Law with Tanja Masson-Zwwan
During the second episode of this Leiden Law podcast, hosts Juli Wentholt and Ishana Badhai will talk with Tanja Masson-Zwaan about the latest developments in Space Law.