Courts as an Arena for Societal Change Please join our conference, Courts as an Arena for Societal Change, on 8 and 9 July 2022, at Leiden Law School, Leiden University, in the Netherlands. Alex Geert Castermans • May 30, 2022
Corona: overmacht, onmogelijkheid, onvoorziene omstandigheden In tijden van corona worden sommige contracten danig op de proef gesteld: een leverancier kan door getroffen maatregelen niet nakomen, een afnemer heeft niets aan geleverde zaken of diensten, een schuldenaar komt in betalingsproblemen en beroept zich op betalingsonmacht. Wat is hun positie? Willem van Boom and Alex Geert Castermans • April 01, 2020 • 1 comment
Imagine no insurance The Supreme Court of the Netherlands looked into the liability of horse owners. The Dutch community of horse owners, facing 66,000 horse-related injuries every year, may still have questions. Insurance companies have their work cut out. Alex Geert Castermans • February 08, 2016 • 2 comments
Go, climate change children Since Friday 13 November 2015, la Marseillaise has been sung with a new élan. At the climate change conference in Paris, it may even gain a new meaning, in the combat against climate change. Alex Geert Castermans • November 30, 2015
The Dutch Supreme Court in an ever closer European Union The final book of Hans Nieuwenhuis is deeply rooted in history, philosophy and literature. Yet, it offers answers to very practical questions as well: what to do with the Dutch Supreme Court? Alex Geert Castermans, Ruben de Graaff and Thijs Beumers • November 02, 2015
Me and my VW dealer How to annul the sale of a VW with dodgy software? A letter to the dealer will suffice. Alex Geert Castermans • October 05, 2015
Wilders, equality and what a law school is about On 26 November 2014, the Wilders movement made itself heard, while Leiden University commemorated the address given by professor R.P. Cleveringa on 26 November 1940 in protest against the dismissal of his colleague, professor E.M. Meijers. Alex Geert Castermans and Rick Lawson • December 04, 2014 • 3 comments
Food for law Private law and the legal profession can both contribute to a new Dutch food policy. Alex Geert Castermans and Caspar van Woensel • October 20, 2014
On Academic Integrity What would you do if you happen to be involved in a matter of academic integrity? 30 PhDs discussed the case. The answer is simple. Alex Geert Castermans • June 11, 2013
