The odds of survival

How do judges estimate the odds of some unique event happening, such as the genocide in Srebrenica, as a result of the actions or inactions of bystanders? The ruling by a Dutch appellate court raises interesting questions about this matter.

Daniel Blocq • February 10, 2018 • 2 comments

Life and death in the classroom (shut up)

Academic or just haughty classroom admonitions against euthanasia were overtaken by a harrowing real-life story. The lesson (again): assisted suicide is not a life/death issue at all, but rather an issue of a shorter and better or longer and worse life.

Hendrik Kaptein • February 08, 2018

An exploration into uncharted legal territory

Capra and Mattei argue that the legal world still wrongly bases its core ideas, such as ‘private property’, on mechanistic science dating from the 16th century. They think it badly needs to update them to include the findings of current holistic science.

Wim Bonis • February 07, 2018

NIS Directive – update for the Netherlands

The Security of Network and information Systems (NIS) Directive will be very important for cybersecurity regulation in the EU. This blog will discuss recent developments concerning the implementation of the Directive in the Netherlands.

Pieter Kalis • January 31, 2018

Recycling as panacea for plastic pollution: the EU Plastics Strategy

The circular economy and recycling are the key answers of the EU Plastics Strategy to the plastic soup. What happened to the idea of reducing plastic waste, as single-use plastics make up 50% of the marine litter?

Esther Kentin • January 30, 2018

100th anniversary of Wetboek van Strafrecht voor Nederlandsch-Indie

A century after the implementation of the WvSNI (the Netherland Indies criminal code), the Indonesian parliament wants to replace Dutch colonial inheritance in the criminal code with a new code, which recognises so-called Indonesian “values”.

Fachrizal Afandi • January 11, 2018 • 4 comments

The natural process of mutual integration

Western countries expect immigrants to adapt to their culture, whereas for centuries colonizing Europeans always imposed their ways on the native inhabitants they came across. In reality both cultures will always naturally fuse to become a new one.

Wim Bonis • January 10, 2018

The ‘crime of solidarity’ On the symbolism and the political message behind Court rulings

Imagine yourself driving home and suddenly you come across a human being in direct need of help in terms of shelter, food, clothes, etc. Would you expect to be arrested and punished by your government for helping this individual?

Roxane de Massol de Rebetz • December 14, 2017

Future scenario study on Long-Term Value Creation and Takeovers

Exploring the effect of Long-Term Value Creation on Takeovers.

Thy Pham • December 07, 2017

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