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The deaths of Don Quixote and Pepe the Frog: copyright-wise
11 December 2018Authors may sentence fictional characters to death to counter unwanted transformation of their characters. The authorship that copyright vests in authors grants them indisputable authority over their creations, so that their characters do not die from users’ transformation. -
Let’s not talk about universality
10 December 2018Seventy years to the day have passed since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. International human rights have since gained ground in theory, discourse, and practice. In this short post, I argue that for human rights to regain some of their traction, we should take care not to use claims to universality in order to avoid substantive moral and legal debates. -
Sovereignty in a globalised and polarised world?
9 December 2018What does sovereignty mean in today’s world, given trends of globalisation, Europeanisation and also polarisation? -
The supposed rise of empirical research in European legal journals
7 December 2018Over the years, I have heard various colleagues say they thought empirical legal research (ELR) has been on the rise. Some see this as a positive development, making law and legal research more evidence-based and diverse.
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