Leiden Law Blog

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Corona crisis-related inequality in access to university education in Eastern Indonesia

How can students participate in online courses without proper Internet access?

Jacqueline Vel • 22-05-2020

Private Law

De Covid-19 crisis en een toename van ‘moderne’ vormen van slavernij

De Covid-19 crisis heeft vergaande gevolgen. Die gevolgen zijn medisch en economisch, maar een ander gevolg kan zijn dat het risico van modern slavery toeneemt.

Yong Yong Hu + 1 other • 21-05-2020

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Adolescents’ ‘consent’ to sex: Law and morality in the age of consent laws

The age of consent has risen over time throughout the world. Is this due to ‘moral panic’ over pedophilia? A look at debates on the age of consent illuminates the relationship between law, morality, and liberty.

Hoko Horii • 20-05-2020

Public Law

Is monetary policy too important to be left to judges?

Last week’s controversial judgment of Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court exposed the challenges for judges in ruling on macro-economic matters.

Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • 18-05-2020

Public Law

Rule of law conditionality in EU spending: Time to pull the plug on illiberalism

Illiberal leaders in Poland and Hungary are using Covid-19 to consolidate their powers and violate EU values. Could the Union’s budget be used as leverage to force them to comply with the rule of law?

Amandine van Zuylen • 13-05-2020

Public Law

How to exit the exit? Corona crisis during social unrest

In some countries the COVID-19 pandemic has put protests and social unrest on hold. How should lockdown exit strategies in those countries take special account of human rights standards?

Carolina Flores • 12-05-2020

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Corona crisis-related inequality in access to university education in Eastern Indonesia

De Covid-19 crisis en een toename van ‘moderne’ vormen van slavernij

Adolescents’ ‘consent’ to sex: Law and morality in the age of consent laws

Is monetary policy too important to be left to judges?

Rule of law conditionality in EU spending: Time to pull the plug on illiberalism

How to exit the exit? Corona crisis during social unrest