Latest blog articles

  • Excusing illegal use of force

    From illegal but legitimate to legal because it is legitimate? This post argues that, analogous to the concept of defences in municipal legal systems, international law on the use of force should adopt a systematic distinction between justifications and excuses.

    Excusing Illegal Use of Force: From Illegal but Legitimate to Legal Because it is Legitimate
  • The Strasbourg Court

    The Strasbourg Court should change its approach to improve the effectiveness of justice systems in Europe.

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  • Is there such a thing as ‘European Private Law’?

    Is there such a thing as ‘European private law’? In my opinion there is not, just as there is no Dutch, French, English, or Chinese private law. Let me explain. Legal rules, including rules of private law, have many characteristics. 

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  • About honour crimes and millennials

    Globalising law, justice and legal education in the Western world and Arab countries. Is it reasonable for academics and judges to engage in a dialogue with the Arab and Islamic world about the curriculum of legal education? (Dutch only)

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  • Flawed strategies to reducing labor exploitations

    May 17th 2017 Phd defense by Mark Kawakami. The main question that this thesis addressed was what private actors - from the companies to the consumers and even the laborers themselves – can do differently than what they are currently doing to further reduce instances of labor exploitation taking...

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