A Series of Leiden Law Blogs on the Russian aggression in Ukraine Europe is shocked, the world is shocked, by the Russian aggression in Ukraine and the human suffering as a result of Russia’s flagrant violation of key rules of international law. Niels Blokker • March 15, 2022
In need of the wisdom of de-escalation To prevent a global disaster we badly need to stop the escalation of international conflicts, like the one between North Korea and the US. But how can we open the way to de-escalation? And can law or mediation contribute anything here? Wim Bonis • October 02, 2017 • 2 comments
Living in a world of give and take We tend to respond to the taking away behaviour of terrorists and criminals in general by taking away even more from them, and focus as a result on what we do not want in our world. Yet it is important to shift our focus to what we actually do want. Wim Bonis • December 11, 2015 • 2 comments
HL Hart in South Sudan: the war-torn secondary rule of recognition To what extent does an authoritarian regime still need to justify its course by reference to law? Hart’s classic distinction between primary& secondary legal rules offers a useful tool for analyzing politico-legal contestations in (post-)conflict societies Bruno Braak • November 06, 2015
