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Evolving capacities of children: teenagers lead anti-gun law protests in America
Teenagers who survived a high school shooting in Florida have sparked a national movement and changed the debate on gun law in America. March for Our Lives remind us how children’s capacities are often underestimated or overlooked.Read more » -
Jurisdiction under the ‘Texas long-arm statute’
The ‘Texas long-arm statute’ gives Texas courts broad jurisdiction in cases where a Texas resident is a party to a contract.Read more » -
Traffic jams and smoking bans
When we compare the latest Dutch measures to deal with traffic jams and smoking, we see that we are actually facilitating the rise of traffic pollution while tightening the smoking bans. This shows that we are still not truly environmentally aware.Read more » -
Data protection under the Insolvency Regulation (Recast)
The European Insolvency Regulation has a separate chapter on data protection of insolvency registers and data transferred when selling an insolvent company. The General Data Protection Regulation takes effect on 25 May 2018. How will it influence the EIR?Read more » -
Reporting obligation for acquisitions in the Dutch telecom sector
Dutch Telecommunications Act amended to ensure the protection of public interests in the case of a takeover.Read more » -
The criminal tackle in football
Aggressive acts in Dutch amateur football are weekly newsworthy items in the media. Although this is problematic enough in itself, the multiple ways to sanction these kinds of actions can cause strong disparities. What is ‘not-done’ on the football pitch?Read more » -
Unaccompanied children becoming young adults and the right to family reunion
The CJEU held in A.S. that family reunification of the parents of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child should be allowed if the applicant was a minor when the asylum application was lodged. This affects the family reunification policies of Member States.Read more » -
It all starts with Aristotle
Much modern thought on good governance is basically a reiteration of classical virtue ethics. Tom Knijp elaborates on this topic by comparing Simon Sinek’s theory of the golden circle with Aristotle’s virtue of practical wisdom or phronesis.Read more » -
Multilateral solutions as regional solutions?
The BEPS Project is regarded as a multilateral solution to prevent base erosion and profit shifting, but are these solutions truly multilateral?Read more »
