Reforming judicial review with respect for democracy

Judicial review of the Constitution has long been a topic of discussion. How do democracy and the rule of law relate to each other?

Jorieke Manenschijn • November 24, 2022 • 1 comment

A court’s competence to decide on a religious group deciding to ‘disfellowship’ a member

On 31 May 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that ‘courts should not decide matters of religious dogma’.

Cees de Groot • September 06, 2018

Amending our freaky Constitution

Last week Parliament debated a significant amendment to the Dutch Constitution concerning the judicial protection of civil rights. Although hardly anyone thinks a change desirable, there is little consensus on what kind of change.

Jerfi Uzman • March 10, 2015

CJEU ‘data retention’ judgment: no more indiscriminate storing of electronic communications data

On 8 April, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its landmark judgment in the Data Retention case. What are the guidelines that the judgment provided for the review of the Data Retention Directive, and what might be its wider implications?

Iryna Ievdokymova • May 13, 2014

Data sharing is caring? The PNR agreement: an old Big Brother story told anew

Public records, banking information, correspondence…the list of data accessed by police would be incomplete without Passenger Name Records. The new EU-US PNR agreement will enter into force soon – will it also bring a higher data protection standard?

Iryna Ievdokymova • May 15, 2012

Olympic qualification perils

In the quest for London 2012 Dutch gymnasts seek justice and successfully challenge premature Olympic selection in court.

Rosmarijn van Kleef • April 30, 2012

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