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Courts as an Arena for Societal Change

More than 120 scholars from all over the world will share their findings and views on 8 and 9 July 2022 at Leiden Law School during the conference Courts as an Arena for Societal Change. Several blogs will be published on the Leiden Law Blog on the themes of the conference.

Blogs

Legal mobilization in the field of asylum law: A revival of political opportunity structures?

Increasingly, courts are now institutions where collective actors, like NGOs, want to achieve change. The field of European asylum law is no different in that sense. But who are these actors and why choose litigation as a strategy?

Kris van der Pas • June 21, 2022

Courts as social engineers: A social genesis of judicial decisions?

The perceived development of courts into arenas for societal change comes with many questions. One can question, for example, whether the courtroom forms the right place for bringing societal change about.

Stijn van Deursen • June 17, 2022

The role of European Courts in contemporary (im)migration governance

The migration domain is made of a congeries of institutional and non-institutional actors contending and negotiating their role and space in the migration governance. What is the role of courts in this complex, stratified and ever-changing context?

Madalina Bianca Moraru • June 16, 2022

The delicacy of terroir: Mining, food culture, and the courts as a last resort

Can fine wine, cheeses, and other culturally unique food products co-exist with mining and resource extraction? In a dispute, the courts are the wrong venue to achieve just and sustainable solutions.

Ron Janjua • June 14, 2022

The Argentine Supreme Court: An environmental protection force to be reckoned with

In contrast to the traditional role of judges as neutral arbiters of legal disputes, the Argentine judiciary has played an increasingly political role in recent years, taking a strong interventionist approach in environmental cases.

Asmaa Khadim • June 10, 2022

The Tata saga: Another environmental issue on the court's plate?

After local residents filed charges against Tata Steel, last February the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (PPS) started criminal investigations into the steel company. These events fit in a broader trend of citizens turning to the judiciary when they feel other institutions are failing them.

Lisa Ansems • June 09, 2022

Courts as an Arena for Societal Change

Please join our conference, Courts as an Arena for Societal Change, on 8 and 9 July 2022, at Leiden Law School, Leiden University, in the Netherlands.

Alex Geert Castermans • May 30, 2022