Modderman Prize 2020, honorable mention for Elvira Loibl
Elvira Loibl received an honorable mention from the selection committee of the Modderman Prize 2020 for her thesis, entitled 'The Transnational Illegal Adoption Market. A Criminological Study of the German and Dutch Intercountry Adoption Systems'. She wrote this thesis under the guidance of Prof. A.H. Klip, Prof. S.W.E. Rutten and Prof. E. Wesseling.
The Modderman Prize is awarded once every two years by the Prof. A.E.J. Modderman Foundation, which is affiliated with Leiden University. The prize is awarded to a thesis that demonstrates a special scientific quality and which relates to criminal law or related sciences insofar as they are important for a good understanding of criminal law and which has been defended at a Dutch university.
Previous winners of Criminal Law and Criminology were David Roef, Jeroen Blomsma and Johannes Keiler.
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Femicide in Dutch legal practice: towards a clear definition and consistent approach
The Research and Data Centre (WODC) has published a research report on femicide in Dutch legal practice.
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Bridging the valley of death: a socio-legal theoretical exposition
PhD thesis by Krishnamani Jayaraman
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Research on intercountry adoption and pesticide legislation receives Dutch Research Council funding
Mariolina Eliantonio and Elvira Loibl both received an open competition SSH XS grant for their research projects.
