Latest blog articles

  • Designer babies; morality or intellectual property?

    Unlike other sectors, improvements in Genetic technology raise issues of morality. The new human gene editing technology CRISPR/CAS9 has raised many such concerns. Can the current patent system deal with these concerns or should morality be dealt with by the inventors themselves?

    Designer Babies - Morality or Intellectual Property
  • Brexit and the Economics of Federalism

    With Brexit, Yellow Jackets and EU-scepticism dominating the news and everyday discussions, I would like to direct our blog readers’ attention to some of the lessons that law and economics can offer to the (polarizing) debate on the future of the EU.

    Brexit and the Economics of Federalism
  • Chimera

    In the hour of need, the United Kingdom is saddled with elected officials who fail to match the moment.

    Brexit blog bt Prashant Sabharwal_Law blog update feb19
  • Week from hell

    Theresa May’s favoured Brexit deal is finished. The question remains when the Prime Minister will finally be prevailed upon to understand this reality – and when Parliament will finally take charge of the process.

    Brexit update 21 dec 2018 blog image flag UK
  • Endgame

    With the final draft of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement having been published, the ball is back in the corridors of power in the United Kingdom. Will it take the deal?

    Brexit blog Theresa May_Prashant Sabharwal - Law Blogs Maastricht
  • Ever closer edge

    With its preparations woefully short and lacking a coherent strategy, the United Kingdom is sleepwalking into the worst-case No-Deal Brexit scenario.

    Update Brexit blog October 2018
  • Getting serious

    The dreaded “No Deal” is becoming ever-more plausible

    With the summer holidays about to end, Brexit negotiations between the European Union and United Kingdom will resume in earnest. The question on everyone’s mind is simple: Will there be a deal or will the United Kingdom leave the European Union...

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  • Call the bluff, prime minister (part 2)

    The Brexiteers had their chance in the past two years – they have pushed around a cabinet with a zeal driven by ideology, not practicality or reality. It is time for the remaining adults in the room to take charge. It is time for Theresa May to call the hard right’s bluff. Whether she will have the...

    Call the bluff_Brexit blog