A peaceful rebellion against extinction

The people joining the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ protests are reviving an ancient indigenous sense of landownership. This views the land not in terms of exclusive private properties, but as an inclusive living being that can only be owned by itself.

Wim Bonis • October 30, 2019 • 3 comments

The controversial legal status of directed mutagenesis techniques

Recent scientific developments have enabled the emergence of directed mutagenesis techniques which are novel techniques of genetic modification that produce GMOs in a faster, easier and cheaper way. Their legal status is controversial under Directive 2001/18.

Laura Jakobs • October 22, 2019 • 2 comments

The first personal bankruptcy case in China

It has been long held in China that a debt must be repaid, particularly the debt of a father by his son. Is this going to change? What does the first personal bankruptcy case in China tell us?

Shuai Guo • October 18, 2019 • 4 comments

The Black Panther Party: Freedom Fighters or Radicalists?

The Black Panther Party was a political organization in the United States during the 1960s-1980s. Labelled the greatest threat to internal security by the FBI, the Party was primarily focused on monitoring police officer behaviour through Panther Patrols and running community survival programs.

Kelsey Engstrom • October 10, 2019

Terrorism: one man’s insecurity is another man’s freedom fighter

An analysis of a Dutch counterterrorism law through the lens of the theoretical perspective that Giddens calls the ‘risk society’.

Jorieke Besselink • October 02, 2019

Could online dispute resolution help in the Thomas Cook bankruptcy?

Online Dispute Resolution and Blockchain technology: how does ODR work? What is a smart contract? Could ODR be helpful in settling numerous potential and related legal proceedings of a relatively simple nature? And how? Endless possibilities…

Maarten van Buuren • October 01, 2019

The risky aspects of our hate speech laws

Recent events around the trial against Dutch politician Geert Wilders demonstrate that our laws prohibiting hate speech should be reconsidered. Not only for the sake of the right to freedom of expression in political debate, but also in order to protect independence of both parliament and judiciary.

Jip Stam • September 13, 2019

The curious case of T.C.E.: The protection of Family Unity under EU and ECHR law

Had T.C.E.'s claim for a residence right to stay with his daughter been adjudicated by the CJEU, not the ECtHR, the case would have ended differently. This begs the question, why does EU law treat the unity of multi-national families more favourably?

Tom Boekestein • September 12, 2019

The Singapore Mediation Convention: a promising start, an uncertain future

On 7 August, 46 countries signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. These states have to ensure that international commercial settlement agreements are enforced. After a promising start, there are doubts as to its future implementation.

Hassan Faraj Mehrabi and Hosna Sheikhattar • September 05, 2019

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