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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.

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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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.
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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...
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Look at us! The first official group picture of the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence. @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Onze @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social collega Paula Lozada is benoemd tot een van de Faces of Science van het KNAW: "Onze wetgeving ziet de natuur vooral als iets dat mensen kunnen bezitten en gebruiken. Maar klopt de tegenstelling ‘eigenaar’ en ‘bezit’ eigenlijk wel?" www.knaw.nl/fondsen-en-p...
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the colloquium with Prof. Somek has been postponed to June. Next week, we will welcome Ingo Venzke (UvA).
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Yale hired a new professor of Legal Philosophy, who looks to be a legal positivist.
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our colleague @sebreyes.bsky.social has a new pre-publication paper out in the Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence: A Matter of Pedigree: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Review. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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A Matter of Pedigree: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Review | Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence | Cambridge Core
A Matter of Pedigree: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Review
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?s…
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?s…
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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....
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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.
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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...
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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...
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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...
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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...
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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...
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