Projects
Unilateral variation of contracts of employment in the public sector: the difficult interplay between administrative and labour law. University of Antwerp
Towards a general theory on advice provision in administrative law. University of Antwerp
Towards a general theory on advice provision in administrative law. University of Antwerp
Bias in Belgian Administrative law: Analysis of the Effectiveness of Judicial Protection. University of Antwerp
The administrative power of (cr)immigration officers: A study of discretionary decision-making in the enforcement of (cr)immigration laws Vrije Universiteit Brussel
immigration control – have attracted academic attention over the last
decade. The increasing use of criminal justice tools for controlling
immigration has a profound impact on the lives of people involved.
Empirical research on crimmigration practices has been conducted in
prisons, courts, immigration detention centres, etc., showing that
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Paying for deservingness? Poor relief administration, entitlement and local economies in the Southern Low Countries, 1750-1830 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Administrative Settlement Agreement KU Leuven
The research departs from the general, reciprocal dynamic: 'the contractualisation of public law' and 'the constitutionalisation of private law'. The focus of the research is more specifically on the settlement agreements that the public authorities conclude with private actors. In this respect, the government balances between private and public law. On the one hand, mutual concessions are an essential element of a settlement agreement, as a ...
Will this ordeal ever end? How the accumulation of administrative encounters can erode trust in government and create psychological harm. University of Antwerp
The alleviation of the burden of proof in tort law. KU Leuven
Article 1315 of the Belgian Code of Civil Law and Article 870 of the Belgian Code of Civil Procedure play an important part in the determination of the factual circumstances of a case. These legal provisions determine which party carries the burden of proof. If a judge still has his doubts about the truth behind a factual allegation at the end of a legal procedure, he will decide against the party carrying the burden of proof. However, one ...