3,943 search results for “empirical legal studies” in the Public website
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The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)
In The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Expansion (1686-1746) Elisabeth Heijmans places directors and their connections at the centre of the developments and operations of French overseas companies.
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Rogues: Rebels, Revolutionaries, and Racketeers at the Frontiers of Empires
Age of Rogues is a study of the frontier cultures of revolution that shaped the making of the modern Middle East. Rebels, revolutionaries, and racketeers played central roles in the violent process of imperial disintegration as it unfolded in the frontiers of the Ottoman, Habsburg, Romanov, and Qajar…
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Legal Implications of Airport Privatization in India
On Thursday 24 November 2016 Moses George will defend his PhD dissertation ‘Legal Implications of Airport Privatization in India’. The defence will commence at 11.15 hrs, in the Academy Building of Leiden University. The Supervisors are Professor Pablo Mendes De Leon and Professor Brian F. Havel (DePaul…
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European Lone Actor Terrorists Versus “Common” Homicide Offenders: An Empirical Analysis
The term “Lone Actor” has been applied to a variety of violent individuals who are thought to act out of ideological motivations using terrorist tactics.
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Resistance against the Achaemenid Empire: The Egyptian Rebellions of 521 and 487/86 BC
On 15 February 2023 Uzume Wijnsma successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Labour law, judicialisation, and the future of socio-legal studies in Indonesia
Labour is back as a significant social and political force in Indonesia, as was shown in the recent 1 May trade union demonstrations in Jakarta. Over the past years major changes have taken place in Indonesian labour law, leading to new forms of judicial and political resolution of labour disputes.
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Leiden Law Methods Portal
Leiden Law School has a methods portal that offers an overview of the various phases of empirical legal research.
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Methods Café
Informal introduction for empirical-legal novices and knowledge seekers.
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Introducing: Eurasian Empires projectgroep
The Horizon programme 'Eurasian Empires: integration processes and identity formations' started September 1st 2014. The six PhD students and two Postdocs introduce themselves.
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Legal Aspects of Active Debris Removal (ADR)
PhD defence
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Geslaagde studentenconferentie 'empirisch-juridisch onderzoek en het privaatrecht'
Waarom is empirisch-juridisch onderzoek van belang voor de rechtspraktijk en het wetenschappelijke onderzoek? Op die vraag kregen masterstudenten van de afstudeerrichtingen civiel recht, ondernemingsrecht en financieel recht antwoord tijdens het congres over empirisch-juridisch onderzoek en het privaatrecht…
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What kept Eurasian empires together?
How do you integrate minorities into a society, and what kind of influence does this have on the collective identity? These questions may seem modern, but they have been relevant for a long time. The new Eurasian Empires research group studies how integration and formation of identity took place in…
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ELS first aid kit for doctrinal legal scholars
Empirical legal studies is receiving more and more attention. At Leiden Law School, we have chosen the topic ‘markets, behaviour, and the regulatory role of the law’ as starting point to advance our empirical legal research. The goal is to bring together legal scholars and social scientists from across…
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Apocalypse, Empire, and Universal Mission at the End of Antiquity: World Religions at the Crossroads
PhD defence
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EuDEco Report on the legal analysis (D2.2)
D2.2 comprises the in-depth legal analysis of the initial heuristic model, focused on addressing, in more detail, the main legal concerns for data reusers in the European data economy. This detailed analysis of the legal propositions presented in D2.1 is supplemented by an analysis of the technological,…
- ELS lab meeting - Work in Progress Session: Working from Home: what empirical questions arise? by Merel Cornax
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Measuring relevance and relations of Dutch legal publications
Legal scholars and professionals are confronted with a rapidly increasing volume of legal publications. Only part of these publications are relevant enough to be cited. This project aims to determine which documents that are, and whether alternative metrics are a reliable way to predict whether documents…
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Hoe kijken Nederlandse bedrijven naar online prijsdiscriminatie? Kimia Heidary, Bart Custers, Helen Pluut en Jean-Pierre van der Rest schreven
Hoe kijken Nederlandse bedrijven naar online prijsdiscriminatie? Kimia Heidary, Bart Custers, Helen Pluut en Jean-Pierre van der Rest schreven hier een artikel over.
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Resistance and Revolt in Egypt and Babylonia: The Persian Empire (539-330 BC) in the Eyes of its Rebels
The Persian Empire (539-330 BCE) was the first world empire in history. At its height, it united a territory stretching from present-day India to Libya - and it would take 2,000 years before significantly larger empires emerged in early modern Eurasia. Its size and power was revered by some, feared…
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Activities
ELS@Leiden organizes lab meetings and other activities on a regular basis. Our events are open to all! Find out what our lab can do for you in helping you develop your empirical-legal research skills.
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Justice in the Himalayas: Local Expectations and Legal Interventions
Consensus and harmony or balance and reciprocity?
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Creating public value in frontline teams: an empirical exploration of shared leadership behaviour by frontline officials
The authors aim to provide insight into the way in which frontline officials in teams employ leadership behaviour aimed at creating public value.
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The Iseum Campense from the Roman Empire to the Modern Age. Temple - monument - lieu de mémoire
The Iseum Campense, the impressive sanctuary for Isis and the Egyptian gods on the Campus Martius and arguably one of ancient Rome’s most notable absent presences, is a monument central to various debates.
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Education
ELS@Leiden aims to give empirical legal research skills and interdisciplinarity a prominent place within the law school curriculum.
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ELS lab meeting – Methodology Session: Introduction to Bluetick, AI & Legal Research
Lecture
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Eurasian empires: report on the final conference
The final conference of the Eurasian Empires programme took place from 15 to 17 June 2016 in Leiden. The conference concluded a five-year research programme in which nine researchers worked on their own specific projects within the programme’s Eurasian scope, transcending borders by bringing together…
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Women and Property Rights in Indonesian Islamic Legal Contexts
In Women and Property Rights in Indonesian Islamic Contexts, eight scholars of Indonesian Islam examine women’s access to property in law courts and in village settings.
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Confronting Colonial Objects: Histories, Legalities and Access to Culture
Carsten Stahn has just published Confronting Colonial Objects: Histories, Legalities and Access to Culture. The book is part of the OUP Cultural Heritage Law and Policy Series.
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Toward curriculum reform: an empirical research about the implementation of national mathematics curriculum reform in China
This is a research project on the implementation of national mathematics curriculum reform in Chinese junior high school. The research is expected to provide insight into the ways and reasons of mathematics teachers in Chinese junior high school for implementing national curriculum reform.
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Semi-empirical approach to the simulation of molecule-surface reaction dynamics
Catalysis is of extreme relevance in the production of everyday materials and plays a central role in many aspects of our life.
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ELS Atelier
Craft your own empirical research in workshops of the ELS Atelier!
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ELS Lab meetings
Our lab meetings are organized almost every month for researchers interested in empirical legal research.
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Counter-Terrorism Strategies in a Fragmented International Legal Order
Few events have influenced our global order as intensely as the events of September 11, 2001.
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen
Faculty of Humanities
g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henegouwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6509
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Christopher Green
Faculty of Humanities
c.k.green@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2327
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Civitates Hispaniae: urbanization on the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman Empire
How do we explain the fact that certain areas had many large cities, while other areas were studded with large numbers of small towns and yet other areas had very few urban agglomerations of any kind?
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Legitimacy and efficacy of litigating interest groups in public law
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Research
Our researchers form a unique and interdisciplinary team who are active in various fields.
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Camille Lefebvre
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.l.lefebvre@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nada Heddane
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.heddane@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2398
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Judith van Uden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.j.m.van.uden@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6667
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Channa Li
Faculty of Humanities
c.li.6@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1766
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WODC research project Leiden researchers: evaluation WHOA
Leiden researchers Reinout Vriesendorp, Jessie Pool, and Harold Koster from the Department Corporate Law and Jan Adriaanse and Marc Broekema from the Department Business Studies are about to start a collaboration with Groningen University. The WODC (the knowledge centre in the field of the Dutch Ministry…
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Politicization, Bureaucratic Legalism, and Innovative Attitudes in the Public Sector
Previous studies have identified institutional, organizational, and individual factors that promote innovation in public organizations. Yet they have overlooked how the type of public administration—and the type of administrators—is associated with innovative attitudes.
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Jiayi Xin
Faculty of Humanities
j.xin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Conflictoplossende Instituties
Institutions for Conflict Resolution in Leiden focuses on how the judiciary is able to prevent and solve problems.
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National Law Sector Plan
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, in consultation with the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), provides funding for the Netherlands National Law Sector Plan, part of the domain ‘Social Sciences and Humanities’.
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Studying the Benefits of Using UML on Software Maintenance: an Evidence-Based Approach.
Including modelling as part of software development appears to have various benefits.
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Rebel Legal Order, Governance and Legitimacy: Examining the Islamic State and the Taliban Insurgency
This article explores how ISIS and the Taliban have fostered support through their parallel legal systems.