Students Publish Book on the Law of the Future
My students in the 2011 MARBLE-HiiL course have just published a little book that contains the papers they wrote on how to see the role of law in a globalising world. It contains contributions written by the six students who participated in the course, preceded by a Preface I wrote. The book can be downloaded from a special page on the website of HiiL.
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Rethinking Vulnerability: How Consumer Law Forgets About Elders
On March 13, 2025, M-EPLI welcomed Professor Bianca Gardella Tedeschi from the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy to present her groundbreaking research on recognising elders as vulnerable consumers in EU consumer law. The presentation, moderated by Dr. Daniel On, sparked a vibrant discussion...
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Comparative Insights on the Role of Values in Contract Law
M-EPLI welcomed Dr. Timothy Dodsworth on 19 February as a speaker in the M-EPLI Talks series. Dr. Dodsworth’s talk entitled, The Underlying Values of German and English Contract Law, focused on looking at German and English court decisions to extract insights into how legal systems balance competing...
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Clarifying the Legal Status of Online Logistics Platforms in Europe
Our recent study (with Prof. Wouter Verheyen University of Antwerp) explores the legal uncertainties associated with the rise of online logistics platforms, which optimise the flow of goods through digital procurement mechanisms but lack a clear regulatory framework akin to international transport...
