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Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The courage to choose the right direction

The fight-or-flight response is particularly strong in the populist movements, but it takes us in the wrong direction. Choosing the right direction is a matter of being open, vulnerable and courageous.

Public Law

The GDPR: one year on

25 May 2019 marks the one year anniversary since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force. This blog laments the EU’s missed opportunity to get the fundamental right to data protection right for all.

Public Law

Cyberattacks are rewriting the ‘rules’ of modern warfare – we aren’t prepared for the consequences

When Israeli Defence Forces bombed a building allegedly used by Hamas computer hackers, it marked the first time that kinetic force has been used in response to a cyberattack.

The Grundgesetz turns 70 – On the Europeanness of the German Constitution

The European parliamentary elections commence and the German Constitution turns 70 today, both on the very same day. Although arguably coincidental, this overlap offers the opportunity to investigate how “European” today’s German Constitution is.

Public Law

The motives for the period of office in the PCIJ and their implementation in the ICJ today

In recent years, elections of judges to the ICJ have shown their political side. States try to place their candidates for the term of nine years. This entry investigates how this period of office evolved and still influences the work of the court.

Tax Law and Economics

Promotion of Tax Compliance: Cooperative Compliance and the Dutch Horizontal Monitoring Model

How has the Dutch tax administration incorporated the concept of Cooperative Compliance in its compliance strategy, and how is it contributing to the further development of compliance strategies and their functioning in practice?