Leiden Law Blog

Public Law

Commercial space industry: the new guardian of space sustainability

Commercial space companies often make headlines for their technological advances and mission success. Beyond their technical achievements, they also actively engage in the governance of space activities.

Zhuang Tian • 12-04-2024

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

De MSC Zoe-milieuramp: verloren containers in zee en het recht op milieu-informatie

Verloren lading op zee moet worden beschouwd als milieuvervuiling en informatie hierover moet openbaar worden gemaakt, maar dat gaat niet altijd goed.

Esther Kentin • 28-03-2024

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Military discipline and police discretion are historically and theoretically incompatible

Belonging to the Dutch military limits your civil rights and can negatively impact individual discretion within policing. Both history and theory suggest trouble where the military and the police force meet.

Tim van Lit • 21-03-2024

Tax Law and Economics · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The Digital Services Act is here: what about its enforcement?

All online platforms in the EU must now comply with the Digital Services Act. Due to delays by the Dutch government, the DSA is yet to be enforced here. Time for clarification and swift action.

Kimia Heidary • 27-02-2024

Private Law

Gaat de Verklaring omtrent Risicobeheersing (VOR) voor meer duidelijkheid zorgen?

Er is overeenstemming bereikt over de VOR. Beursgenoteerde vennootschappenmoeten vanaf 2025 in hun bestuursverslag laten zien hoe ze omgaan met risico's. Maar wat betekent dit eigenlijk voor die vennootschappen en voor hun manier van risico's beheren?

Carlijn van der Hek • 26-02-2024

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Squeezing out an imperative right? The right to data portability in the Indian context

The new Indian data protection law includes elements of data portability but falls short of fully incorporating this right in the Indian data protection regime.

Helena Vrabec + 2 others • 26-02-2024

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Commercial space industry: the new guardian of space sustainability

De MSC Zoe-milieuramp: verloren containers in zee en het recht op milieu-informatie

Military discipline and police discretion are historically and theoretically incompatible

The Digital Services Act is here: what about its enforcement?

Gaat de Verklaring omtrent Risicobeheersing (VOR) voor meer duidelijkheid zorgen?

Squeezing out an imperative right? The right to data portability in the Indian context