Leiden Law Blog

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law · Private Law

Watching quarrelling neighbours

A Dutch TV programme, dedicated to legally solving cases of quarrelling neighbours, shows how a minor problem can be blown up to immense proportions. We would do better to respect our neighbours from the start, also on a larger scale between countries.

Wim Bonis • 27-08-2014

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Every crime tells a story

Although we rationally try to fight crime, we are fascinated by crime stories at the same time. They reach back to the mythical battles between the forces of good and evil. Yet do these stories also help to reduce crime?

Wim Bonis • 11-06-2014

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The law that everyone should know

The principle that everyone is expected to know the law is not connected to any specific body of written laws. It refers to the spirit on which the Rule of Law is founded, which manifests itself as the famous Golden Rule.

Wim Bonis • 16-04-2014

Private Law

Has the Dutch Supreme Court accepted the English concept of the floating charge in Dutch Law?

This blog draws a comparison between the English floating charge and the Dutch 'verzamelpandakte-constructie'. Has the Dutch Supreme Court accepted the English concept of the floating charge in Dutch law?

Jeroen van der Weide + 1 other • 31-03-2014

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

What we can learn from fruit flies

Recent research with fruit flies has shown that close contact between a female and a male fruit fly reduces aggression in the male fruit fly considerably. What does this discovery mean for the prevention of male aggression and crime in the human world?

Wim Bonis • 11-02-2014

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The feminine face of justice

Though women until quite recently had no role to play in the legal world, justice has always been represented in a feminine way. Now that more women are studying law and entering the legal professions, justice will finally get an earthly feminine face.

Wim Bonis • 22-11-2013

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Watching quarrelling neighbours

Every crime tells a story

The law that everyone should know

Has the Dutch Supreme Court accepted the English concept of the floating charge in Dutch Law?

What we can learn from fruit flies

The feminine face of justice