Maastricht Law: Faculty in Focus
Maastricht Faculty of Law highlights 2022
Nozizwe Dube: a keen eye for intersectional discrimination
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Law PhD representatives – from PhDs, for PhDs
Last spring, we, Anna, Constanta, Haiyang and Naz, were elected by the Faculty of Law as PhD representatives. Thus far, it has been an exciting experience!
MILE – On our way to a true education community
Over 40 years ago, Maastricht University Faculty of Law was the first law faculty to employ Problem-Based Learning as its underlying learning philosophy. The education of both bachelor and master students lies at the core of the Faculty.
The UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Peace connects human rights to topical and practical issues in a globalised society
Since September 2022, Prof. dr. Andrea Broderick holds the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Peace. This Chair aims to connect human rights to issues of societal relevance by focusing primarily on economic, social and cultural rights within the context of processes of globalisation.
Restorative Justice and Preventive Law: where do these law movements stand?
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Jacques Claessen and Eric van de Luijtgaarden
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Once upon a law: the Grimm Brothers’ stories, language, and legal culture
What is the link between the Grimm Brothers’ collection of stories, and their work on language and law? This exhibition explores how the Grimm Brothers depicted the legal culture of their time through storytelling and the study of language.
Human rights issues affect us all
Sometimes, there can be an unfortunate disconnect between human rights research at universities, and the rest of the world. Let’s Talk Human Rights is a video and podcast series aiming to bridge that gap.
Constitutional challenges of tackling the energy crisis at the EU level
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU has faced an energy crisis, with prices for electricity and gas skyrocketing and the security of the EU’s energy supply being undermined.
The ifs, ands, and buts of cannabis legalisation
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Back to the Future of Property Law - Reimagining Sustainable Property Law
Most of our planet’s land is held in private ownership. Since the French Revolution, this has meant that the owner is free to do with their land as they see fit.
CHAINLAW – Responsive Law for Global Value Chains ERC Starting Grant 2022 Anna Beckers
CHAINLAW aims to develop a novel legal language for Global Value Chains (GVCs). GVCs are the trade structures underlying the production of commodities and the offering of services. While GVCs have been intensively studied in the social sciences, they are largely unknown as legal categories.
The resilient rule of law in dire straits
On 1 September 2022, Joost Sillen was appointed professor of constitutional law. His research focuses on current constitutional law and its foundations, always in relation to recent developments. In particular, he researches the 'resilient constitutional state'.
