In representative systems are not only about majority decisions, but also about comprimises to find majorities and maintain them. That's something we've seen in the Netherlands over the last couple of years... This blog is only available in Dutch.
During the period of July to October 2016, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada was up for approval at the National States... This blog is only available in Dutch.
Is the Wilders trial a political process - like his attorney Geert-Jan Knoops argues? Is it an impossible task for the judge because, like he said, it is in fact about the party programme of the PVV - and therefore encroaches on the political decision-making process?... This blog is only available...
The public-private divide is one of the 21st century’s flat earth theories. Its conceptions of private rights and obligations and limitations on state power are commonly used in corporate law, contract law and numerous other fields of legal, political, economic and other social scientific research...
The Court of Rotterdam convicted Jos van Rey and determined that passive corruption had been proven, but did not issue a sentence... This blog is only available in Dutch.
On Thursday, 12th May 2016, Dilma Roussef was suspended from her presidential duties, after an in the Brazilian upper house of parliament, the Senate. Deposition Procedures are rare, but are not unusual in many countries. The deposition of Roussef in a comparative perspective.
For a long time it remains silent among art. 119 of the constitution (about misconduct committed by members of parliaments and ministers) and suddenly there's trouble. This article is only available in Dutch.
In 2011 the European Commission announced it would propose a “European Accessibility Act” in 2012. The “Act” was to be an EU instrument which would seek to ensure a free market in products and services which were accessible to people with disabilities.
It has just been accepted by the Dutch Second Chamber, but that does not mean it will make it past the First. That's the status of the tax plan right now. And indeed... This blog is only available in Dutch.
The Administrative Law Division of the Council of State has spoken... This article is only available in Dutch.
