Kaleidoscopic approaches to legal history can only be beneficial, serving as means to enhance collaboration and further disciplinary development. Advocates for a blended approach to legal history leave behind strict disciplinary boundaries and call for interdisciplinary efforts. They seek to find a...
This explainer provides essential context on the ICJ’s advisory opinion request on states’ climate obligations. The hearings, scheduled from 2 to 13 December 2024, will be live-streamed at the Law Café of the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
I had the pleasure discussing my research at the intersection of law, health, and technology at the M-EPLI Talk on 5 November organised by Professors Daniel On and Kate O’Reilly. In the talk, I focused on medical liability for the use of AI-driven technology in medicine. And now in my role as a M...
Years ago, when I still had a tv, one of my guilty pleasures was watching Hell’s Kitchen. You know, that show in which a certain foul-mouthed Scottish master chef tries to teach a bunch of unskilled wannabees how to prepare a decent meal, predominantly by yelling at them all the time? Quite an...
On 30-31 October and 1 November 2024, Maastricht University Faculty of Law held the Narratives, Frontier Technologies & The Law (NFT-L) Conference. The goal of this conference was to examine the interplay between frontier technologies and the law, mainly how the stories we tell ourselves (our...
Dear members of the UM Community,
Outside, it’s getting a little darker and a little colder, and I don’t just mean in terms of the weather. But it may help to remind ourselves that our basic mission remains the same: to use the awesome power of sciences and academics to help our students and our...
Written by Mindy Nunez Duffourc, Johanna Gunawan and Caroline Cauffman.
The Digital Services Act (DSA), which entered into force on 17 February 2024, governs (online) intermediary services, such as social network platforms and online marketplaces. The DSA seeks to harmonise the rules for ‘safe...
Dear members of the UM Community,
With the new academic year in full swing, the University Council is also back in business, discussing all the major issues that affect our university in what will no doubt be a challenging time. For this year, the Council welcomed eight new students, who were elected...
On 3 July Sarah Schoenmaekers and Tongle Si organized the conference ‘Public Procurement: A key tool to reach sustainability in Europe and beyond’. The conference was a great success and led to engaging discussions and lively debates among presenters and participants, fulfilling its purpose of being...
Academic life entails walking a path in which we can learn and help others learn. It is a two way road, where awareness of roles and of the impact of our actions is fundamental. A question tends to emerge in that academic path: to what extent is it possible to speak of the existence of academic...
