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The relationship between the Judiciary and the Legislature of the European Union in the context of fundamental rights review of EU legislative acts De relatie tussen de rechterlijke macht en de wetgevende macht van de Europese Unie met betrekking tot de r KU Leuven

Edouard Dubout, Elise Muir
Institute for European Law

This thesis examines the evolution in the legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) when it reviews the validity of Union legislative acts with regard to fundamental rights. The relevance of this research lies in the potential creation of confusion in the case-law of the European Union with regard to standard of review as well as the empowerment and the gain of political influence of the ECJ on the decision-making of the ...

Baekeland mandaat Brecht Berteloot: Cockpitbeeldscherm met verbeterde contrasttechnologie Ghent University

Kristiaan Neyts
Department of Electronics and information systems

Het project richt zich op de ontwikkeling en karakterisatie van een microlenzenmatrix (MLA) gebaseerd op geometrischefase optica die toelaat om te werken zonder luchtlaag De MLA zal geintegreerd worden om de laagstructuur van een vloeibaarkristalscherm. De voordelen en beperkingen van dit systeem zullen geevalueerd worden voor een beeldscherm met zeer hoog contrast in omgevingen met veel licht (20 1, glare source luminance 2000fl, display ...

Constructive juvenile justice: concrete recommendations based on the principles of the Werkgroep Jeugdsanctierecht. KU Leuven

Johan Put
Institute for Social Law
The Flemish Werkgroep Jeugdsanctierecht (Working Group Youth Sanction Law) was established with the objective to organize consultations on the issue of juvenile justice between academics, lawyers, judges, consultants and service providers. In 1994, and updated in 2011, the Working Group presented five principles that should be at the core of juvenile justice legislation: (1) the responsibilities of youngsters, (2) legal safeguards for ...

Gerechtigheid en Philia: Politiek en Filosofie in het Griekse Epicurisme. Justice and Philia. Politics and Philosophy in Greek Epicureanism. KU Leuven

Geert Roskam
Greek Studies, Leuven

The main object of the research is the analysis of the Epicurean position towards politics, as a doctrine, and towards effective political action. Because of the inadequate reception of statements as λάθε βιώσας or μὴ πολιτεύεσθαι, Epicureans have been considered cut off from politics and as society's parasites, interested only in satisfying their «belly's pleasure», without contributing to society's life. Indeed, Epicurus used a double ...

Law in action: (how) does the right to housing work (out)? University of Antwerp

Bernard Hubeau
Government and Law
This project seeks to answer crucial questions about the effects of fundamental rights in practice, in particular with regard to social rights (also called socio-economic rights). Are social rights meaningful in practice? What is the significance of invokability and effectiveness of fundamental rights? Is the law indeed looking for a new way to deal with fundamental rights and why is this the case? Of course, the existence of fundamental rights ...

Social significance and legal protection of private relationships. University of Antwerp

Dimitry Mortelmans
Personal Rights and Property Rights, Centre for Population, Family and Health
This research project addresses the question whether and to what extent a supplementary of imperative legal framework for informal relationships, can be justified. To adequately answer this question gaining insight into the subjective meanings and public functions fulfilled by the various private relationships is essential. Based on qualitative research methods, the research questions are examined using both sociological and legal paradigms in a ...

Robespierre: changing images in the mirror. The figure of Maximilien Robespierre in German 20th century literature. KU Leuven

Bart Philipsen
German Literature, Leuven

Diese Dissertation fängt an mit der Feststellung, dass Robespierre im langen 19. Jahrhundert als ein zu lösendes Rätsel aufgefasst wurde. Er fungiert im kulturellen Gedächtnis als Chiffre für den prototypisch tragischen Konflikt zwischen Ideal und Realität bzw. Utopie und Terror – in einer Zeit, als der königliche Körper als Zusammenhalt des sozialpolitischen Bunds verlorenging. Diese Dissertation bringt verschiedene Elemente in der Rezeption ...