interaction between legal systems

Private Law

Coercion (drang) in the Dutch youth care system: legal position in limbo between judicial systems

Last Tuesday the Dutch States General was informed about the effectiveness of the Youth Act. One of the important conclusions focuses on the use of coercion in the youth care system and the legal position of the clients and professionals involved.

Denise Verkroost • 02-02-2018

Private Law

Unaccompanied children travelling by air, a human rights issue

This blog explains how child trafficking in aviation may work in practice and why it desperately needs to be reframed as a human rights issue, in order for the relevant state agents and private actors to intensify their efforts to combat it.

Chrisje Sandelowsky • 08-01-2018

Private Law

The New Delaware and its Kirchberg Plateau

The European Court of Justice recently confirmed in its Polbud judgment the extent to which regulatory competition may prevail in the field of corporate law. A review.

Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • 04-12-2017

Private Law

A child-friendly ASEAN?

This blog discusses the compliance of the ASEAN instruments on children’s rights with international standards, their capability in addressing current regional issues and whether an ASEAN children’s rights treaty is needed.

Klarise Anne Estorninos • 02-11-2017

Public Law

New Corporate Tax Regime for Universities

What will be the effects of the legislative proposal of the Dutch government which aims to subject public enterprises to corporate taxation. Will universities have to pay corporate tax?

Ali Mohammad • 03-10-2014

Public Law

Making the case for the rights of street children at the global and local level

The Child Law Department has produced a new report on the rights of street children in an exciting new partnership bringing the work of academia and the NGO world together, to support the 2012 International Children’s Peace Prize.

Claire Achmad • 15-10-2012

Private Law

Common European Sales Law and EU-Competence: A Never Ending Game?

What is the legal basis for the proposed Common European Sales Law: art. 114 TFEU or art. 352 TFEU? The European Commission must clarify this issue before engaging the analysis of the concrete provisions of the CESL.

Jeroen van der Weide + 1 other • 08-08-2012

Public Law

The European Court of Human Rights: towards a too procedural approach?

The ECtHR nowadays uses a more procedural approach when assessing an alleged human right violation. What lessons can be learned from experiences in Dutch administrative law with a procedural approach?

Jaap van Rijn van Alkemade + 1 other • 12-06-2012

Public Law

The European Convention and Environmental Protection: the Case of the Waste Crisis in Italy

How much flexibility should we allow the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in order to provide for protection of important interests? The example of the Italian waste crisis and how it led to a violation of the European Convention.

Ingrid Leijten • 05-06-2012

interaction between legal systems

Blogs

Coercion (drang) in the Dutch youth care system: legal position in limbo between judicial systems

Unaccompanied children travelling by air, a human rights issue

The New Delaware and its Kirchberg Plateau

A child-friendly ASEAN?

New Corporate Tax Regime for Universities

Making the case for the rights of street children at the global and local level

Common European Sales Law and EU-Competence: A Never Ending Game?

The European Court of Human Rights: towards a too procedural approach?

The European Convention and Environmental Protection: the Case of the Waste Crisis in Italy