Leiden Law Blog

Private Law

A Historic Milestone for Mainland China-Hong Kong Cross-border Insolvency

A recently-signed Record of Meeting marks a milestone for cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong on cross-border insolvency issues. What is it about? And what does it mean for the future?

Shuai Guo • 25-05-2021

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Are the Dutch complacent compliers? The interplay between COVID-19 regulations and the sociolegal domain

Compliance has been key in stopping the spread of COVID-19, but there is a fine line between compliance and complacency. If this line becomes blurred, what are the implications beyond the scope of the pandemic?

Julia Rootenberg + 2 others • 21-05-2021

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Debating genocide, but in whose language?

To legally categorise what is happening in Xinjiang as crimes against humanity or genocide assumes genocide is the crime of crimes and necessarily entails killing. We need to decolonise genocide.

Michael Liu • 18-05-2021

Private Law

Turmoil in the banking sector? The transferability of credit claims after the Promontoria case (2020)

In July 2020, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands answered in its so-called Promontoria case ruling four preliminary questions in the context of the transferability of credit claims from banks to non-banks. The financial sector was on edge, but could breathe a sigh of relief after the judgment.

• 06-05-2021

Public Law

In for a penny, in for a pound? The (lack of) ICC funding for situations referred by the Security Council

The ICC continues to suffer widespread critique, notably regarding its costs. To alleviate pressure, the UN must adequately fund investigations where the Security Council refers situations.

Lianne Baars + 4 others • 20-04-2021

Private Law

The Dutch implementation of the EU framework for the screening of Foreign Direct Investments

The implementation of an EU Framework for the screening of Foreign Direct Investments, the Act on Economy and National Security and several sector-specific laws befit this era and a world with geopolitical threats

Mathijs Enthoven + 1 other • 19-04-2021

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A Historic Milestone for Mainland China-Hong Kong Cross-border Insolvency

Are the Dutch complacent compliers? The interplay between COVID-19 regulations and the sociolegal domain

Debating genocide, but in whose language?

Turmoil in the banking sector? The transferability of credit claims after the Promontoria case (2020)

In for a penny, in for a pound? The (lack of) ICC funding for situations referred by the Security Council

The Dutch implementation of the EU framework for the screening of Foreign Direct Investments