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This blog post is part of a series reflecting on the panel discussions held during the conference "Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate", which took place at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University on June 20 and 21, 2024. This panel focused on Institutional...
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This blog post is part of a series reflecting on the panel discussions held during the conference "Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate", which took place at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University on June 20 and 21, 2024. This panel addressed inequality and...
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This blog post is part of a series reflecting on the panel discussions held during the conference "Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate", which took place at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University on June 20 and 21, 2024. This panel discussed Environmental...
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This blog post is part of a series reflecting on the panel discussions held during the conference "Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate", which took place at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University on June 20 and 21, 2024. This panel covered issues related to...
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The conference “Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate” which took place at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University on the 20 and 21 of June 2024, was the closing event of a series of initiatives that revolved around the European elections.
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Every now and again, and especially when redesigning a curriculum, the question regarding the role and place of legal history in said curriculum is brought up. And rightly so. That is why the Open University Law School (UK) organized an online event on 15 December entitled Diversity, Dilemmas and...
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In this piece, I will use two memes to begin to unpack what I think is the common denominator of contemporary populist rhetoric. I will explain that the real substance of this rhetoric is the creation of a false moral equivalence, revealing a nihilism. Finally, I will suggest how this false moral...
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Fairy tales, when understood as manuals of behaviour that are shared within the household, can serve as a means to study and understand the law at a specific time and space. This claim is not new. The Grimm Brothers, the renowned scholars Friedrich C. von Savigny (1779-1861) and John H. Wigmore...
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Throughout the EU, the rights of asylum seekers come under pressure. Overdue policy changes remain stuck in negotiations because of lacking political will. It is up to the European Commission to step up and protect the fundamental rights of asylum seekers.