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Should the law be disobeyed when it is perceived to be unjust – by judges or civil servants in particular, but also more generally? We will be examining the issue at the VWR 2022 winter meeting.

Sometimes it is easy to get demotivated by all the negative news that surrounds us. For instance, the World Meteorological Organization reports that 2015-2025 was the hottest period on record, with 2025 reaching 1.43 °C above the 1850-1900 average and more extreme events such as heavy rainfall and...

Mislukkingen als bron van innovatie

The phony war between the United Kingdom and the European Union is over. Now, for the real deal. However, this agreement (which is not final until all details have been ironed out) comes at a heavy price.

Published on LBM. To an increasing extent many EU Member States are victim of a variety of natural disasters, including heavy rainfall, flooding, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and tsunamis. A major problem is that after every new natural disaster politicians often have the tendency to play Santa...

"Supply chain response to food safety incidents"

The Irish Supreme Court has quoted MCEL member Professor Lisa Waddington in a recent judgment.

A group of leading nutritionists, comprising the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC), reported at a symposium held in Rome that increased intake of whole-grain products is directly associated with a reduced mortality risk, a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and...

PhD thesis written by Sieb Kingma. After the 2008 global financial crisis, the international tax landscape really changed. Intergovernmental organizations such as the G20, OECD and UN are working on a fundamental reform of the international tax regime to make multinational enterprises and rich...