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Eminent domain and spatial planning. KU Leuven
The Flemish Spatial Planning Decree contains specific rules on eminent domain. The first part of this thesis charts the origin, meaning and application of these specifically Flemish eminent domain rules, which are compared with the specifically Brussels and Walloon eminent domain rules on spatial planning. The second part of this thesis investigates the question if there is a need for specific rules on eminent domain for spatial planning. ...
Erosion of the public nature of criminal law (procedure): a positive evolution? University of Antwerp
Lately, the legal doctrine is beginning to question the pure public or "governmental" approach to penal law, in which the offender is held accountable by society, the state or one of their many representatives. The reason for this approach is as follows: the laws or rules, which the offender has infringed, are instated and upheld by society. On the other hand, falling victim to a crime is an entirely private matter: the victim often experiences ...
The German Federal Constitutional Court as guardian of normative sovereignty in a complex European legal order. KU Leuven
The EU-legal order is a complex Legal order. Interactions and possible conflicts between its different components (EU-law in the strict sense, national constitutional law and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms/ECHR) make up for the dynamic nature of the EU-legal order, characterized by the simultaneous validity of different, partly overlapping constitutions. Constitutional courtsare among the ...
European sentencing principles for corporations. KU Leuven
The EU is strengthening its grip on national criminal law to fight corporate crime and the punishment of corporations features prominently among its concerns. Yet its policy seems unlikely to obtain pan-European results, if sentencing rules are to remain an exclusive member state policy. Europe must therefore agree on common principles which will promote consistency in sentencing throughout Europe. Strikingly, a thorough analysis of sentencing ...
Children on the run in detention. University of Antwerp
This research project scrutinizes Belgian asylum law and practice in light of international human and children's rights standards. It focuses on detention and conditions of care with regard to migrant children, and makes recommendations for legislative change.