Friday October 24th Honours students had to present their case studies on a topical issue related to Humanities. All Honours students made posters in pairs of two and had to defend their case in front of an audience at the Old Observatory. It was a tense experience, since they were being graded by…

Benjamin Scott, master student Air and Space law in Leiden, was given a unique chance by Professor Pablo Mendes De Leon. Benjamin was allowed to edited “The Law of Unmanned Aircraft Systems”. In close collaboration with the professor, staff of the International Institute for Air and Space Law at Leiden…

From 2-4 November Jorrit Rijpma taught the students of the Master in European Law at the European Public Law Institute in Athens.

Jan van de Streek is a tax scholar who conducts research into the taxation of multinationals. His appointment will commence on 1 January 2021.

The International Health Regulations are a set of binding rules which organise the global response to viral outbreaks and other similar transboundary risks to public health.

Research on 45 years of legal and economic data for 132 countries by international team shows the addition of one right for LGB people is associated with over $2000 in GDP per capita

How do poor and disadvantaged Indonesians address the injustices they face in daily life and how can their situation be improved?

Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.

Scholars and lawyers come across situations where insolvency office holders (court-appointed administrators/trustees) of insolvent/bankrupt companies chase the company’s directors, and sometimes shareholders, because the directors/shareholders did not prevent the insolvency/bankruptcy. In addition,…

The October 2022 issue of the Common Market Law Review, Vol. 59 No. 5, is now available online.

This special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik (Brill, 2021) brings together articles that explore new digital ways of analyzing and annotating Old English vocabulary.

Over the coming year, a quartermaster will explore the possibility of a Leiden Law Park in the centre of Leiden. In a building close to Leiden Law School, researchers, students and legal companies and start-ups would together address the topics of technology, law and ethics.

The LLM Advanced International Civil and Commercial Law programme (ICCL) got off to a successful start last year. As a result of the academic bonds forged between staff and students Ilya Kokorin (ICCL student 2014-15) and Jeroen van der Weide (ICCL lecturer) took part in a competition for best comparative…

The Leiden Law Blog has been completely renewed. It is now more interactive and blogs can be more easily shared.

The June 2023 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 60 No. 3 is now available online.

The August 2022 issue of the Common Market Law Review, Vol. 59 No. 4, is now available online.

The August 2024 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 61, no. 4 is now available online.

From 24 to 30 November 2018, a delegation from Leiden Law School, led by dean Joanne van der Leun and Adriaan Bedner, visited several partner universities and other organisations in Indonesia.

The October 2023 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 60 No. 5 is now available online.

The February 2023 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 60 No. 1 is now available online.

The April 2023 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 60 No. 2 is now available online.

The August 2023 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 60 No. 4 is now available online.

Niek Strohmaier, PhD Candidate in the field of Empirical Legal Studies and associated with the department of Business Studies has written an article for the Leiden Law Blog.

On Monday November 7th the research outcome ‘Involuntary (after) care for vulnerable young adults? A study to the legal possibilities for the provision of (involuntary) care to vulnerable young adults after child protection’ was presented to the members of the Parliament.

Should criminal law have a greater role in protecting this democracy? In his inaugural lecture, Professor Jeroen ten Voorde urges caution.

Human trafficking is much more than kidnapping and selling people. Those who commit labour exploitation can, for example, also be sentenced for human trafficking. Criminologist Masja van Meeteren hopes to simplify the complexity of the phenomenon by charting the different forms of labour exploitati…

A presentation on the latest developments in artificial intelligence and law, several public lectures on Criminal Justice, and a brand new trial in which Leiden female serial killer ‘Goeie Mie’ was acquitted after all. It was all possible during Leiden European City of Science 2022. Below is an overview…

The Common Market Law Review is proud to present a Special Issue on legal issues relating to Brexit following the lustrum conference on Brexit and the Future of the European Union that was held in Leiden in 2017 to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Europa Institute of Leiden University.

On Tuesday 19 January 2016, dr. Nelleke Koffeman LL.M, assistant professor at the Europa Instituut of Leiden Law School, appeared as a guest on the radio show ‘Juridische Zaken’ (‘Legal Affairs’) for the Dutch national radio channel BNR Nieuwsradio to discuss the proposal by the Alliance of Liberals…

On 4 September, Eva Grosfeld and Armin Cuyvers presented at the UACES Annual Conference in Belfast in a Themed Track on empirical approaches to the rule of law. Their contribution to the panel focused on the approach of the Court of Justice to the rule of law and how this approach affects citizens’…

Many adults and juveniles who are in prosecuted in criminal courts also have financial problems. This applies to almost one third of probation cases and around 60% of all prisoners.

The contribution ‘Article 50 TEU and Brexit: the legal contours of a political drama’ is the most read article of the Dutch Journal for EU Law (NtER).

Three years after the very first cohort of the Leiden University Bachelor of International Studies graduated, approximately 40 alumni and staff got together for a day of recollecting pleasant memories and sharing new stories. The BAIS Alumni Board collected some ‘Lessons learned’ from their alumni.

Dr. Vicky Kosta (Europa Institute, Leiden University), together with Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne (University of Edinburgh), provided a course on “Cultural Diversity and European Law” at the EUI’s Academy of European Law two-week summer course in June 2023.

On Friday 25 November 2016 the daughter of Professor Cleveringa, Mrs Ten Kate-Cleveringa, presented Leiden Law School with a magnificent bronze bust sculpture of her father.

On Friday 10 December 2021, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) of the Leiden Law School, hosted its annual Research Colloquium exploring the theme 'Law Gone Digital'. The event gathered presentations by eLaw PhD candidates and professors on a wide range of topics at the interface of…

The June 2022 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 59 No. 3 is now available online.

The August 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 4 is now available online.

The February 2020 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 57 No. 1 is now available online.

The October 2024 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 61, no. 5 is now available online.

The August issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 55 No. 4 is now available online.

The February 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 1 is now available online.

The June 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 3 is now available online.

The June issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 55 No. 3 is now available online.

The August 2019 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 4 is now available online.

The April 2022 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 59 No. 2 is now available online.

The October 2019 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 5 is now available online.

The February 2022 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 59 No. 1 is now available online.

The December 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 6 is now available online.

The June 2019 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 3 is now available online.