Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence
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BlueSky account of the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence, Embedded in the Department of Foundations of Law at Maastricht University.
Tomorrow, 7 October, 16- 18 h in Maastricht and online at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Martijn Hesselink (EUI) on Revolutionary legal scholarship.
Link for registration:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
Link for registration:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
October 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Tomorrow, 7 October, 16- 18 h in Maastricht and online at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Martijn Hesselink (EUI) on Revolutionary legal scholarship.
Link for registration:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
Link for registration:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
We kick off the new academic year with legal historian Mariken Lenaerts (Foundations of Law) and her paper 'The Collectivisation of Private and Family Life in Nazi Germany'.
September 16, 16-18h. To register and to see all our upcoming events, go to lnkd.in/e3PpzT9t
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
September 16, 16-18h. To register and to see all our upcoming events, go to lnkd.in/e3PpzT9t
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
September 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
We kick off the new academic year with legal historian Mariken Lenaerts (Foundations of Law) and her paper 'The Collectivisation of Private and Family Life in Nazi Germany'.
September 16, 16-18h. To register and to see all our upcoming events, go to lnkd.in/e3PpzT9t
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
September 16, 16-18h. To register and to see all our upcoming events, go to lnkd.in/e3PpzT9t
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
Please find enclosed our call for abstracts for a two-day conference, entitled: ECtHR jurisprudence: an incremental and progressive development or time to take a breather?
Keynote speakers: Mattias Kumm (WZB) and Janneke Gerards (Utrecht).
14-15 January 2027, at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social.
Keynote speakers: Mattias Kumm (WZB) and Janneke Gerards (Utrecht).
14-15 January 2027, at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social.
July 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Please find enclosed our call for abstracts for a two-day conference, entitled: ECtHR jurisprudence: an incremental and progressive development or time to take a breather?
Keynote speakers: Mattias Kumm (WZB) and Janneke Gerards (Utrecht).
14-15 January 2027, at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social.
Keynote speakers: Mattias Kumm (WZB) and Janneke Gerards (Utrecht).
14-15 January 2027, at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social.
On 1 July, our colleague Manon Moerman successfully defended her PhD thesis. The thesis is entitled: Normative Hybridity in Private Partnerships: An Exploration Into the Rules of Conduct for Business Partners in Early Modern Amsterdam (1601-1791). Congratulations Manon!
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
July 3, 2026 at 7:57 AM
On 1 July, our colleague Manon Moerman successfully defended her PhD thesis. The thesis is entitled: Normative Hybridity in Private Partnerships: An Exploration Into the Rules of Conduct for Business Partners in Early Modern Amsterdam (1601-1791). Congratulations Manon!
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
On Tuesday, 16 June, we welcome Alexander Somek (University of Vienna) to @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social. He will present a paper titled "Republicanism and Liberal Democracy: Transformation of our Political Predicament."
Registration here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
Registration here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
June 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
On Tuesday, 16 June, we welcome Alexander Somek (University of Vienna) to @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social. He will present a paper titled "Republicanism and Liberal Democracy: Transformation of our Political Predicament."
Registration here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
Registration here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
Look at us! The first official group picture of the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence.
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
May 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Look at us! The first official group picture of the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence.
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
Next Tuesday, 27 January (16-18h, on site and online), we will host @ingovenzke.bsky.social (UvA) at our Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia.
Title: "Fossil Sovereignty: The Struggle for the Law in the Climate Crisis."
Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
Title: "Fossil Sovereignty: The Struggle for the Law in the Climate Crisis."
Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Next Tuesday, 27 January (16-18h, on site and online), we will host @ingovenzke.bsky.social (UvA) at our Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia.
Title: "Fossil Sovereignty: The Struggle for the Law in the Climate Crisis."
Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
Title: "Fossil Sovereignty: The Struggle for the Law in the Climate Crisis."
Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
Pre-announcement: on Tuesday, 27 January (16-18h), we will host Alexander Somek (Vienna) at our Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia. He will present his paper "Republicanism and Liberal Democracy: Transformations of our Political."
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Pre-announcement: on Tuesday, 27 January (16-18h), we will host Alexander Somek (Vienna) at our Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia. He will present his paper "Republicanism and Liberal Democracy: Transformations of our Political."
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
Yale hired a new professor of Legal Philosophy, who looks to be a legal positivist.
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Yale hired a new professor of Legal Philosophy, who looks to be a legal positivist.
Tomorrow, Oct. 22, 16-18h, Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Anne Ruth Mackor (Groningen): On Bayesian modelling of criminal cases as a whole.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tomorrow, Oct. 22, 16-18h, Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Anne Ruth Mackor (Groningen): On Bayesian modelling of criminal cases as a whole.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
Next Wednesday, October 1st, 16-18h,
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Roland Pierik on why the ‘right to bodily integrity’ is redundant in discussions on childhood vaccination.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Roland Pierik on why the ‘right to bodily integrity’ is redundant in discussions on childhood vaccination.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Next Wednesday, October 1st, 16-18h,
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Roland Pierik on why the ‘right to bodily integrity’ is redundant in discussions on childhood vaccination.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Roland Pierik on why the ‘right to bodily integrity’ is redundant in discussions on childhood vaccination.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
Next week, September 10th, 16-18h, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Massimo Fichera (UM)(@massimofichera.bsky.social) will present a paper on Communal Constitutionalism and the notion of legitimate authority. Please join us online or in Maastricht. For registration: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc....
September 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Next week, September 10th, 16-18h, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Massimo Fichera (UM)(@massimofichera.bsky.social) will present a paper on Communal Constitutionalism and the notion of legitimate authority. Please join us online or in Maastricht. For registration: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc....
Tomorrow, 11.06, 16-18h @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social:
Sanne Taekema (EUR) on(Un)Civil activism and the rule of law.
"how should [we] see the relationship between activism and the rule of law: how does the rule of law frame activism, and how do activists relate to the rule of law?"
lnkd.in/eJB5skQj
Sanne Taekema (EUR) on(Un)Civil activism and the rule of law.
"how should [we] see the relationship between activism and the rule of law: how does the rule of law frame activism, and how do activists relate to the rule of law?"
lnkd.in/eJB5skQj
June 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Tomorrow, 11.06, 16-18h @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social:
Sanne Taekema (EUR) on(Un)Civil activism and the rule of law.
"how should [we] see the relationship between activism and the rule of law: how does the rule of law frame activism, and how do activists relate to the rule of law?"
lnkd.in/eJB5skQj
Sanne Taekema (EUR) on(Un)Civil activism and the rule of law.
"how should [we] see the relationship between activism and the rule of law: how does the rule of law frame activism, and how do activists relate to the rule of law?"
lnkd.in/eJB5skQj
30 April 16-18h at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: colloquium with Dimitrios Kyritsis (University of Essex) entitled: Law in the Service of Legitimacy. More info: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/maast...
Please us, in Maastricht or online.
Please us, in Maastricht or online.
April 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
30 April 16-18h at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: colloquium with Dimitrios Kyritsis (University of Essex) entitled: Law in the Service of Legitimacy. More info: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/maast...
Please us, in Maastricht or online.
Please us, in Maastricht or online.
19 March, 16-18h, at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social.
Colloquium with Inge van Hulle (KU Leuven) entitled: The Opium Wars, International Drug Control and the Fragmentation of International Law. More info:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
Colloquium with Inge van Hulle (KU Leuven) entitled: The Opium Wars, International Drug Control and the Fragmentation of International Law. More info:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
March 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
19 March, 16-18h, at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social.
Colloquium with Inge van Hulle (KU Leuven) entitled: The Opium Wars, International Drug Control and the Fragmentation of International Law. More info:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
Colloquium with Inge van Hulle (KU Leuven) entitled: The Opium Wars, International Drug Control and the Fragmentation of International Law. More info:
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
26 February (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Colloquium with Alejandro Calzetta (University of Genova) on 'Eugenio Bulygin and the Evolution of the Theory of Competence Norms'. More info: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
February 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
26 February (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Colloquium with Alejandro Calzetta (University of Genova) on 'Eugenio Bulygin and the Evolution of the Theory of Competence Norms'. More info: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...
12 February (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at @maastrichtu.bsky.social: Colloquium with Eva Bernet Kempers: (U of Antwerp). Title: Do rights of nature include animal rights?
On-site and online. Register here: aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...
On-site and online. Register here: aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...
January 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
12 February (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at @maastrichtu.bsky.social: Colloquium with Eva Bernet Kempers: (U of Antwerp). Title: Do rights of nature include animal rights?
On-site and online. Register here: aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...
On-site and online. Register here: aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...
18 December (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in the @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at Maastricht University: Colloquium with Prof. Mila Versteeg (U of Virginia), entitled: How Constitutions Fail. On-site and online. Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...
December 9, 2024 at 6:46 PM
18 December (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in the @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at Maastricht University: Colloquium with Prof. Mila Versteeg (U of Virginia), entitled: How Constitutions Fail. On-site and online. Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...
Today (16-18u) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University: Colloquium with Prof. Don Loeb (University of Vermont). Title: The Guidance Problem for Natural Law. On-site and online. Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...
November 27, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Today (16-18u) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University: Colloquium with Prof. Don Loeb (University of Vermont). Title: The Guidance Problem for Natural Law. On-site and online. Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...