Military discipline and police discretion are historically and theoretically incompatible

Belonging to the Dutch military limits your civil rights and can negatively impact individual discretion within policing. Both history and theory suggest trouble where the military and the police force meet.

Tim van Lit • March 21, 2024

The Dutch security dilemma and the role of the Police, the Military Police and the Military

The Netherlands is struggling with organised crime, security issues and police shortages. With the military police and the military now becoming increasingly involved, it’s time for some questions.

Tim van Lit • July 04, 2023

Police, panic, and fentanyl

Police in the United States have told implausible stories about airborne fentanyl exposures for years. The real symptoms appear related to panic attacks and the psychological trauma of policing.

Chase Burton • September 14, 2021

Blurring the line between the police and the military

Should the armed forces have a role in public order management in a domestic context? Recent riots in the Netherlands in response to the curfew have sparked a debate on this issue

Annelies van Vark • March 02, 2021

No man is an island, entire of itself

My short stay this summer on Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, inspired me to think about some law-related issues: about law enforcement, the theory of Thomas Hobbes and the gift economy.

Wim Bonis • October 15, 2014 • 1 comment

The legacy of a fallen Cabinet

In the Netherlands new elections will be held in September this year. It is totally unclear what kind of Cabinet the Netherlands will get. The political landscape is very fragmented at this time.

Erwin Muller • May 02, 2012 • 2 comments

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