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Making use of the possibilities of present-day jurisdictional arbitrage may offer a viable and less expensive alternative to seasteading.

After more than eight years of work, the Ius Commune Casebook on Property Law  - edited by M-EPLI fellow Sjef van Erp and Bram Akkermans, was published. 

In no world, someone comes to a specific town to just study or work (or there’s something wrong with you). And because some of you can’t wait to hit the nightlife, here’s a list of bars that I recommend you to check out for sure.

So you are a prospective student and need to find your way around. You can stroll down the internet to find everything that you need before you arrive here. But why bother? Here’s a summary of some of the most basic things you need to know before you arrive.

Today we went on a tour of the caves beneath Sint Pietersberg Hill. Initially I was not very excited because I heard the caves were man-made and as we all know The Netherlands is not very famous with mountains, so I pictured a couple of small caves built in an attempt to fool tourists in Maastricht...

A new blog on the social sciences and related areas. 

Constanze Semmelmann, lecturer EU law (University of St.Gallen, CH), visiting scholar, Institute for European Private Law (M-EPLI).

The integration level needed for a political union must certainly include private law, not only contract, but also family law, company law, tort law, property law and succession.

The Maastricht Project on European Contract Law shows the importance of innovation in legal education and what students can do when we give them the possibility to take matters into their own hands.