The European Court of Human Rights: towards a too procedural approach?

The ECtHR nowadays uses a more procedural approach when assessing an alleged human right violation. What lessons can be learned from experiences in Dutch administrative law with a procedural approach?

Jaap van Rijn van Alkemade and Tess de Jong • June 12, 2012

Child-friendly health care

Children in health care are vulnerable. Participation is one of the key principles to ensure children’s rights in health care. How can children, parents and medical professionals contribute to involving children in their own health care?

Sarah Spronk • June 11, 2012 • 41 comments

The Dutch cookie conundrum

This week, the new Dutch cookie law came into force, leading to confusion and chagrin among website owners. The cookie law is controversial, as it requires website owners to get consent from the user before placing cookies, which can be quite burdensome.

Bart Schermer • June 09, 2012

The Future of Our Textbooks

Textbooks and course books for first-year law students have a tradition which goes back to the Greeks. But what makes a good textbook? And even more importantly: does it make sense to invest in traditional textbooks in the virtual communities we live in?

Carel Stolker • June 08, 2012 • 1 comment

Supreme Court – not so supreme truth

Our esteemed Supreme Court “civilized” criminal evidence and proof concerning victims’ claims. Or: one more reason not to become a criminal defendant: you may really need to prove your innocence from now on.

Hendrik Kaptein • June 07, 2012

The criminal justice system as a car wash

Using the metaphor of a car wash, the Minister for Security and Justice revealed his plans for criminal justice reforms.

Jeroen ten Voorde • June 06, 2012

The European Convention and Environmental Protection: the Case of the Waste Crisis in Italy

How much flexibility should we allow the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in order to provide for protection of important interests? The example of the Italian waste crisis and how it led to a violation of the European Convention.

Ingrid Leijten • June 05, 2012

The Dutch right of inquiry as an export product

New regulation, which introduces a right of inquiry in Curacao, took effect from 1 January 2012. Although the regulation follows the same path as its Dutch counterpart, there are some interesting differences.

Tom Dijkhuizen and Paul Jager • June 04, 2012

Source state taxation in model tax treaties

In this Leiden Law Blog the main difference between the UN Model and the OECD Model is described. Lodewijk Wisse explains why the difference in application of the source state taxation principle in both Models is still relevant.

Lodewijk Wisse • June 01, 2012 • 2 comments

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