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Positive Sustainable Obligations in Property Law
When it comes to living within our planetary boundaries, land use is incredibly important. Not only do industry and agriculture significantly contribute to climate change, also construction of homes and the way in which these [...]
Academic freedom and the perils of the employment contract in managerial universities – time for action
According to a recent study for the European Parliament, academic freedom in the Netherlands is under pressure. The report, which drew some attention in the Dutch debate, identifies three main sources of pressure: “developments in [...]
Sustainability and advertising: from consumer choice to consumer habits
Can Shell claim to be the Netherlands’ largest investor in green energy in its advertisements? At the start of this month a new Code on Sustainability Advertisement was adopted by the Dutch Advertising Code Committee [...]
The Transfer of Ownership in the ‘Patagonia Case’: Tax Avoidance or a Step toward a Non-Extractive Economy?
This blog was featured earlier on the Verfassungsblog. September 15th 2022 was a big day for the climate movement. The owner of Patagonia – a large multinational corporation producing wearables – transferred 98% of his [...]
Levelling the playing field: making the BVm viable
This blog was featured earlier on the N-EXTLAW project website Since first bursting on the scene in Italy in the late 1980s, the notion of the 'social enterprise' has spread to nearly every corner [...]
Personalised standard terms? Or, the transformations we didn’t know we didn’t really need
Introduction Algorithm-enabled “personalisation” is a hot topic in legal scholarship. In recent times, “personalised law” has been the subject of books (like this and this), a conference culminating in a high-level online symposium and numerous [...]
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