3,459 search results for “private law” in the Public website
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Research
The research within the Private International Law Department covers private international law, with a particular focus on the fundamental principles of formal private international law.
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Research project: Unravelling the Rule of Law
While acknowledging prominent legal-philosophical debates, this project proposes a radically different approach to provide insights into the concept of the rule of law.
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Essential EU Law in Charts and Text
In August 2018, the fourth edition of the teaching and learning materials
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More laws, more problems? The role of (Roman) law in society according to Cornelius Tacitus
Whether implicitly or explicitly, we all have ideas about how the law is supposed to function, whose interests it should represent, and what role it should play in society. This project explores the ways in which these questions are addressed in the works of the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus…
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Enhancing access to EU law: Why bother?
In the past years access to EU law has been significantly enhanced via services such as EUR-Lex. This development not only allows for easy retrieval of individual legal acts, but for collecting information about the evolution of EU law in the aggregate as well.
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EU Executive Discretion and the Limits of Law
The increase in the European Union's executive powers in the areas of economic and financial governance has thrown into sharp relief the challenges of EU law in constituting, framing, and constraining the decision-making processes and political choices that have hitherto supported European integration.…
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Philosophy of Law, Governance and Politics (MA)
This master’s programme introduces the student to philosophical issues arising at the intersection of law, politics, and policy. This master’s programme is meant for students who wish to combine a master’s in Law, Political Science, Public Administration, or an adjacent discipline with a master’s in…
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Notarial law
The notary is involved in various occasions during lifetime.
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Child Law
The Department of Child Law is a knowledge centre dedicated to academic research and education for both students and professionals in the field of child law and children's rights.
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Civil Law
The section Civil Law provides education and research in the field of civil law.
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Company Law
Company Law provides education and research in the field of commercial and corporate law, insolvency law and International Business Law.
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Research Handbook in the series of Human Rights Law
The Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law edited by prof. Janice Bellace of the University of Pennsylvania and ass. prof. Beryl ter Haar of Leiden University. The book is publisehd in Edward Elgars series on Human Rights.
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Tax Law
The study of tax law covers the tax system in its full width. It includes domestic, international and European tax law.
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Asian Law
In this lecture professor Harding considered the implications of Asia's 21st-century rise for its legal systems and our approaches to studying them in the new situation we confront in the early 21st century.
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Research
The focus of the research at the Department of Civil Law is the coherency of private law in national, European and global perspective.
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Department of Private International Law.
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Robots, Healthcare, and the Law
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher at eLaw- Center for Law and Digital Technologies, just published a book on Robots, Healthcare, and the Law. Regulating Automation in Personal Care.
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Vanessa Mak appointed Chair of Civil Law
Vanessa Mak is appointed Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University as of 1 October 2020. She will succeed Professor Jac. Hijma who is retiring.
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Law and Governance in China
How are law and governance in China responding to rapidly changing circumstances, and what does that mean for the relationship between the state and its citizens?
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Conference Hazelhoff Centre: Public and Private Regulation of Financial Markets
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law, the conference ‘Public and Private Regulation of Financial Markets’ was held on the 11th of May 2017 at law firm Stibbe in Amsterdam. The conference attracted an international audience originating from more than five different…
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Aligning religious law and state law: Street-level bureaucrats and Muslim Marriage practices in Pasuruan Indonesia
Latif Fauzi defended his thesis on 18 May 2021.
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created equal: Financial markets and some vexing public international law issues
Rutsel Martha, former Minister of Justice of the Dutch Antilles, former General Counsel of Interpol and alumnus of Universiteit Leiden, elaborated on the position of states and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in international financial law.
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of Financial Institutions: Perspectives from International Insolvency Law
This publication examines the issues regarding the cross-border resolution of financial institutions, focusing on the power allocation between the home and host resolution authorities, i.e. the jurisdiction rule.
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Law café
Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden
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Conference H2OLAW – Law-Science Interfaces within the Law of the Sea and Fresh Water Law
Conference
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The Crime of Aggression and Public International Law
This PhD dissertation examines international responsibility for the crime of aggression from a public international law perspective. Under customary international law, as well as the amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adopted in the Review Conference in Kampala in 2010,…
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Financial Law (LL.M.)
Financial Law is a specialisation of the master’s programme Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) at the renowned Leiden Law School of Leiden University.
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Civil Law (LL.M.)
Civil Law is a specialisation of the master’s programme Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) at the renowned Leiden Law School of Leiden University.
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Intellectual Property Law
The IP Law (Intellectual Property Law) department provides education and conducts research in the field of intellectual property law.
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Institute of Public Law
The institute that focuses on Public Law is as broad as the field itself. The Institute of Public Law has six departments, each with its own research agenda.
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Public International Law
We would all like to live in a world in which individuals feel safe, conflicts are resolved peacefully and the interests of future generations are taken into consideration. At Leiden University legal scholars investigate to what extent public international law meets the needs of a globalised society.…
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Civil Procedure Law
The section Civil Procedure Law offers education in the bachelor and master fase of the Law program.
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Law (LL.M.)
Are you interested in current affairs, developments in society and people? Are you highly motivated, willing to be challenged and able to go just a bit further in finding creative solutions to legal issues, then Rechtsgeleerdheid is the master’s programme for you.
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Labour law (LLM)
Arbeidsrecht is a specialisation of the master’s programme Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) at the renowned Leiden Law School of Leiden University.
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Specialisation Law and Economics
This three year long bachelor program consists of 70% law, and 30% economics education. A law degree is perfectly complemented with the economic aspects of society. This is a dutch program.
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Company Law (LL.M.)
Company Law is a specialisation of the master’s programme Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) at the renowned Leiden Law School of Leiden University.
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Philosophy of Law
Philosophy of law is concerned with the the foundations of law.
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The Law of the European Union, Fifth Edition
The Law of the European Union is a complete reference work on all aspects of the law of the European Union, including the institutional framework, the Internal Market, Economic and Monetary Union and external policy and action.
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Law and Society (MSc)
MSc Law and Society brings together students from law and social sciences to examine the dynamic relationship between legal norms and social reality. Its global orientation, interdisciplinary approach, and focus on social justice make this master’s programme unique in its field.
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Criminal Law and Criminology
The Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology comprises two departments. One focuses on research and teaching in the field of criminal law and procedure and the other on criminology.
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Reparations in International Law: A Critical Reflection
Almost a century passed since the much-celebrated judgement in the case concerning the Factory of Chorzów was delivered. This 1928 judgement of the Permanent Court of International Justice affirmed the essential principle of ‘reparation’ in international law, claiming that ‘restitution’ is the preferred…
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Leiden Law Park
At the very heart of the law, ethics, and digital technology.
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Constitutional and administrative law
Constitutional and administrative law covers a broad area of law. It provides the rules with which issues in society can be solved by government authorities.
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European Labour Law Network
This research concerns a network of labour law specialists in the EU. The growing internationalization of the economic market and the employment market has a major impact on legislation and research of labour law. Particularly within the European Union labour law is subject to constant development…
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Law, Culture and Development
Law is of major importance for socio-economic development. Ideally, law organizes human interaction in a way that promotes justice and legal certainty and protects vulnerable groups from exploitation and arbitrariness.
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Notarial Law (LL.B.)
Are you interested in developments in society? In a conflict, do you prefer searching for a compromise rather than giving a judgement? If so, Notarieel Recht is the right study for you.
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About us
The Department of Civil Law is responsible for education and research in the field of civil law. We teach the master’s degree programme Civiel Recht (Civil Law LL.M.), attracting many students each year from Leiden and elsewhere.
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International Tax Law
Loopholes in international tax legislation contribute to the misuse of tax rules by multinationals. Leiden University legal experts investigate how the complex national and international tax rules can be made more consistent in order to create a better tax system.
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Institute of Public Law
The Institute of Public Law comprises all areas of public law, with the exception of criminal law, and including labour law.