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Public Law

Towards legal access for asylum seekers

People drowning in the Mediterranean reach the headlines of the news, but the problem that there is no legal way of access for asylum seekers is hardly discussed. In this post the underlying problem of border deaths is discussed.

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The Rule of Law and the World of Myth

According to law philosophers Western civilisation, reigned by law and reason, has always differed profoundly from the ‘savage’ world guided by myth. Yet by making the creation of order out of chaos central to the concept of law, myth has lived on.

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Freedom – finding a home for us all

When Leiden University was founded, freedom meant non-interference by authorities. In the 1960s it was expanded inwardly to living authentic lives. And amidst a mass immigration of boat refugees, the West is still struggling to fully realize its freedom.

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The amoral mentality of bankers

Joris Luyendijk, who has thoroughly analysed the world of bankers in London, argues that bankers can behave amorally because they only check whether their behaviour is permitted by law. Yet they definitely do violate the moral basis of law.

When is a child forced to leave the EU?

In Ruiz Zambrano the Court of Justice of the EU decided that a minor EU child may not be forced to leave the territory of the EU. Four years later it is still not clear what implications this ruling has.

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Crime and (lack of) empathy in a changing world

Research has established a link between lack of empathy and crime. It is interesting and illuminating to look at both phenomena from the context of the historical development of human consciousness in the Western world.