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What is Private Law for?

10 February 2017
Albert Camus famously wrote that ‘life is the sum of all your choices.’ Private lawyers could not agree more. At the core of private law lies the idea that individuals are allowed to know better than the State.
by:
- J.M. Smits
in Law
Brexit and the decision/decisions of 19 February 2016

26 February 2016
On 19 February 2016, the European Council reached agreement on the Brexit dossier (EUCO 1/16); if the British decide to remain in the union on 23 June 2016, certain thing will change, or at least, will have to change... This blog is only available in Dutch.
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
The ball is back in the FCC´s ´court` [The CJEU´s OMT-decision of 16 June 2015]

23 June 2015

While Europe holds its breath and follows the negotiations between Greece and its partners on the financial assistance, another ´piece in the puzzle` of the European attempts to contain the sovereign debt crisis has prominently featured in the press recently. The Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered...