151 search results for “Sex discrimination Law and legislation United States” in the Staff website
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Christa Tobler
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten Aalbers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gitta Veldt
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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‘Knickerbocker Renaissance: Dutch Schools and Slavery in the Early United States’
Lecture, Histories Connected: Special Guest Lecture
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Robrecht Timmermans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Moritz Jesse
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Peter Rodrigues
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Paul Adriaanse
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kees Waaldijk
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Susan van den Brink
Science
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Titia Loenen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Peter Rodrigues ‘The boundaries for discrimination have shifted’
The judicial authorities are looking into the possibilities for prosecution for the slogans that were projected on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam on New Year’s Eve. Not an easy task, according to legal experts. When do we consider something to be ‘discrimination’?
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Nick Huls
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Wim Voermans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Consensual sex: easier said than done
Sex without mutual consent is a criminal offence. The proposed new Dutch sexual offences law aims to better protect victims of sexually transgressive behaviour. But the key issue is this: the rules of evidence have not changed, so will victims actually benefit from the new legislation?
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Reijer Passchier
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Secular Law, Christian Ambivalence, and Jewish Difference
VVI Research Talks
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Franke Eleveld
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorn appointed as Professor Law and Health
Starting 1 October 2022, Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorn has been appointed as Professor Law and Health.
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Privacy and copyright
As a lecturer, you have to deal with different rules and legislation on privacy and copyright.
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Suliman Ibrahim
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dario Fazzi
Faculty of Humanities
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Jorrit Rijpma discusses migration legislation on Swedish radio
In an interview with Sveriges Radio, Sweden’s national radio station, Jorrit Rijpma, Professor of European Law, spoke about European legislation concerning migration.
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Niels Blokker
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Korean delegation from Ministry of Government Legislation visits IIASL
On 31 August 2022, a delegation from the Korean Ministry of Government Legislation visited the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) at Leiden University as part of their official visit to the Netherlands. The delegation’s visit was aimed at exchanging knowledge and experience on interaction…
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Salvador Santino Regilme
Faculty of Humanities
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GovTech Summit 2022: The interaction between Law and Tech
LegalTech: the use of technology and software to provide legal services and support the legal sector. On 1 November, the GovTech Summit 2022 took place in the World Forum in The Hague. During the summit, technological innovations in the public sector were addressed from a number of different perspectives.…
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Ali Mohammad
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Afshin Ellian
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Willemien den Ouden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nico Schrijver
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Peter van Es appointed Professor of Notarial Law
Van Es is the successor to Professor Huijgen whose retirement is approaching after nearly 27 years’ professorship. This new appointment is from October 2022, but Van Es has been working at the faculty for some time.
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Kutsal Yesilkagit appointed to State Commission on the Rule of Law
Kutsal Yesilkagit, Professor of International Governance at the Institute of Public Administration, has been appointed by Minister Bruins Slot of the Interior and Kingdom Relations as a member of the State Commission on the Rule of Law, which was established in November 2022.
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Jennifer Schense
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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‘Space Court’ United Arab Emirates: ambitious, but not new
The United Arab Emirates has announced that it is to open a so-called ‘Space Court’ which will operate as an arbitral tribunal for space-related disputes.
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Jip Stam
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Will AI be listening in on your future job interview? On law, technology and privacy
The law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications need to be better aligned to ensure our personal data and privacy are protected. PhD candidate Andreas Häuselmann can see opportunities with AI, but dangers if this does not happen.
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eLaw publishes article in Computer Law & Security Review
In healthcare, gender and sex considerations are crucial because they affect individuals' health and disease differences. Yet, most algorithms deployed in the healthcare context lack close consideration of these aspects and do not account for bias detection. In their latest paper, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga,…
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Legal expert Reijer Passchier on the law, Big Tech and Big Brother
Is the child benefits scandal an omen for the future and will people’s lives soon be fully dominated by algorithms? Assistant Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law Reijer Passchier warns that the encroaching digitalisation is giving the executive branch even more power, leaving parliament…
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How can we adapt our laws to new technology?
There were no bitcoins or artificial intelligence when our civil code was compiled. This could cause problems.
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eLaw Research Colloquium 2021; 'Law Gone Digital'
On Friday 10 December 2021, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) of the Leiden Law School, hosted its annual Research Colloquium exploring the theme 'Law Gone Digital'. The event gathered presentations by eLaw PhD candidates and professors on a wide range of topics at the interface of…
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Students Conference Day: Gender, Race, Intersectionality and Law
Until now, systematic discussions of gender, race and law have received little attention from Dutch law faculties, especially at the undergraduate teaching level. At the same time, public calls for discussion of these issues increases rapidly.
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Jan Vleggeert and Jan van de Streek on ethics and tax law
If we want tax evasion to become a thing of the past then there has to be more balance in how tax advisers are educated, according to tax professors Jan Vleggeert and Jan van de Streek.
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eLaw presents at the ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law 2024
On 13 March 2024, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Alexandre Puttick, postdoc researcher at Bern University of Applied Sciences, remotely presented the working paper 'Towards mitigating diversity bias of AI in recruitment and selection via value sensitive design' at the ACM Symposium…
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A successful Law, AI & Digitalisation meetup
On 19 March, Leiden Law School hosted the first Law, AI & Digitalisation Meetup, a collaborative initiative organised by the departments of Public Law, Civil Law, eLaw, and Business Studies. The event featured engaging pitch sessions, informative poster presentations and networking opportunities and…
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity
A delegation from Leiden University visited various universities in Japan at the end of March. The strong ties between the Netherlands and Japan are still based on a long tradition of knowledge exchange.
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Matthias Haentjens appointed as Professor of Civil Law
Starting 1 January 2023, Matthias Haentjens has been appointed as Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University. His expertise lies in the field of property law, insolvency law, and private international law.
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Jan van de Streek: 'Tax Authorities broke the law by leaking information to Uber
The Dutch Tax Authorities leaked information about an international tax audit to Uber. In addition, they ‘obstructed and delayed’ an investigation by other EU Member States, says the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) based on internal documents from the tech company.