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Criminal Law and Criminology

Policing prison

In an attempt to reduce crime and disorder, prisons are being taken away from the Ministry of Justice. Could such a policy ever prove effective, and what does it mean for inmates, their rights and freedoms, and the criminal justice landscape as a whole?

The Mediator in Insolvency Law: Exploring New Terrain

On 11 September 2018, the Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch handed down a remarkable interlocutory judgment in a case involving the bankruptcy of a tiling company.

Private Law

The new kid on the block: the HCCH Judgments Convention of 2 July 2019

The HCCH has adopted a new convention that offers a facilitated regime of global circulation of court decisions in civil and commercial matters aiming to foster international trade. Care is needed to coherently shape the treaty’s place in existing regimes.

Criminal Law and Criminology

A trip to Oslo and through the Norwegian penal exceptionalism

After a year studying Criminology from the Dutch perspective, Leiden students set off on a journey to learn about the Norwegian criminal justice system and its exceptionalism. What can the Netherlands, and the world, learn from Norway?

Private Law

Yes, we can (change)

By the end of 2019 The French Supreme Court will change the structure and motivations in all its decisions. The ‘most important’ decisions will be provided with an ‘extended’ motivation.

Private Law

What about the makfuls? Kafala, the Family Reunification Directive and Children’s Rights

Should children, who are the subject of kafala arrangements, be reunified with their carers under the Family Reunification Directive?