Leiden Law Blog

Private Law

Emotional customers, cautious banks

Banks have to warn their customers against the risks of trading in options and futures, all the more so when the customer is emotional about previous losses. Does that not, generally speaking, go too far?

• 28-05-2012

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Population of Holland also “marked for death”?

Does the publication of Wilders’ book Marked for Death make the Netherlands more vulnerable to terrorist attacks? And what to do about this?

• 25-05-2012

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Wiretapping Internet Communications

The effectiveness of internet wiretaps deteriorated over the last decade, while at the same time the necessity of wiretapping internet communications has increased. This blog post is about the possibilities of wiretapping internet communications.

Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • 24-05-2012

Criminal Law and Criminology

A vintage approach to tackling crime

The British conservative government wants to abolish the repressive ASBOs in favour of alternative 'community-based' social control policies. Can we expect the, in September, newly-elected Dutch politicians to follow this retro look on crime?

Monique Koemans • 23-05-2012

Public Law

No More Promised Land Waiting at the End of the Road for EU?

No matter whether one views the EU as constitutional or administrative in character, its democratic legitimacy has come under increasing pressure, the reason being the separation of power and legitimacy and the collapse of political messianism respectively

Hans-Martien ten Napel • 22-05-2012

Private Law

Netherlands Court Cooks Up Healthy Solution to Chef Martin’s Problems

A recent court decision in the Netherlands under the so-called inquiry procedure may give food for thought to other countries and induce them to introduce a similar procedure. This is of great value to small/medium-sized companies that are at standstill.

Iris Wuisman + 1 other • 21-05-2012

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