Symposium VWR-VSR: Vulnerability and the Law – Multidisciplinary Perspectives
On 14 November 2025, the symposium "Vulnerability and the Law: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" will take place in Maastricht. The event is organised by the Netherlands Association for Philosophy of Law (VWR) and the Dutch-Flemish Law and Society Association (VSR), and is hosted by the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence (MCLJ).
This symposium brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to explore how vulnerability functions as a concept, a condition, and a call to action in legal research and practice. The morning will feature a keynote lecture. In the afternoon, there will be panel sessions with presentations and discussions.
Further information will follow.
Also read
-
MCLJ Annual Conference 2026: “Law in a changing world”
Legal ordering is changing, both globally and domestically. Some talk about a post-American order, others about a new order of Great Powers such as China, Russia or the United States. A power-based concept of law is being put forward, one more characteristic of other centuries. Ecological and techno
-
In the Flow of Fire: The Protection of Water During Armed Conflict under Public
PhD thesis by Meng Wang
-
Supravitality, Post-mortem muscle excitability
PhD thesis by Eric Stigter
