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PhD thesis written by Aline Larroyed.
This research brought a contribution on the roles, features and future perspectives of patent translation and dissemination of disclosure of patent information in patent law. It brings a thorough analysis of patent cases through the perspective of translation, by showing the influence of translation in the different stages of a patent. 

PhD thesis written by Shahram Dana.
Key theoretical and doctrinal aspects of punishing atrocities remain underdeveloped. This study contributes to the normative maturation of atrocity sentencing  and punishment through doctrinal development of nulla poena sine lege in international law and theoratical advancement of the enabler factor.

The possible construction of the Einstein Telescope in South Limburg is a step closer now that research has shown that the soil under the hills is stable enough for the ten-kilometre-long detectors of gravitational waves. Maastricht University, one of the participants in the project, is pleased with the results.

PhD thesis written by Alphonse Gbossou

PhD thesis written by Dersim Yabasun.
This book focuses on the recast Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and the rights of vulnerable asylum applicants in the asylum procedure.

We had the honour of being selected to represent Maastricht University at the annual Public Health Law seminar run by the Open Medical Institute in partnership with the Austrian-American Foundation and Maastricht University (academic partner) in Salzburg, Austria, over the last week. 

The Institute for Corporate Governance and Innovation Policies (ICGI) and METRO will organize an interdisciplinary conference on ‘Agency Theory in the 21st Century', to be held in Maastricht on 25 October 2019.

On 23 September 2019, the MoveS seminar Netherlands took place in Maastricht. The theme of this seminar was "Freedom of movement in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine" and was jointly organised by MoveS, Prof. Anne Pieter van der Mei and Expertise Centre ITEM.

The digital society begs new questions about how innovative technologies interact with law and justice. The interaction between law and technology essentially goes in two directions: Technology for Law, and Law for Technology. For this reason the Maastricht Law and Tech Lab has been recently set up at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law.