Projects
Over-the-counter derivatives: market failure and remedies. KU Leuven
In the aftermath of the most recent financial crisis, scientists have searched for new market institutions that can reduce the likelihood and severity of future crises. Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are considered as one of the important sources of risk to the financial system. OTC derivatives are a type of financial instruments traded directly between the parties instead of on an exchange. The first part of the PhD project will develop ...
Project on the Enforcement of Non-Discrimination Law (PENDL): design of a legal framework for evidence and remedies. KU Leuven
When someone is discriminated against by an authority or another citizen (eg as an employee on the basis of age or as a tenant on the basis of ethnic origin), international, European, national and regional legislation offer protection. Recent evaluation reports show, however, that a citizen who wants to call on this protection faces considerable difficulties. First, it is not clear how one should prove that discrimination has taken place. ...
Poor lawyering: a study on the legal assessment of the quality of criminal lawyering and the remedies available KU Leuven
Suspects and defendants have the right to a lawyer during criminal proceedings. What then if the lawyers do not discharge their duties properly? Can the accused ask to set aside a conviction or get a new trial on grounds of the poor quality of the legal assistance? Can he take action against the idle or incompetent lawyer? And how can the quality of lawyering be measured in light of the autonomy of the legal profession? These questions still ...
Long-term degradation in phosphors: mechanisms and remedies Ghent University
Since the last few years, white light emitting diodes (LEDs) are rapidly replacing both incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps for lighting: they are more compact, more energy efficient and have a much longer lifetime. White LEDs typically consist of a blue-emitting LED chip, combined with one or two phosphors which convert part of the blue light to green and red, giving an overall impression of white light. Currently, the lifetime of ...
Displays of Desire: Imagineering Consumption in Comedies of the Low Countries (1650-1725) Ghent University
Displays of Desire aims to gain insight into how early modern Dutch comedies represent the idea of consumption and desire through theatrical imagination. Doing so, the project not only highlights the importance of a neglected genre in Dutch literary historiography, but it also aims to contribute to scholarly fields that stress the importance of desire and imagination in early modern consumption culture, without, however, paying much attention ...
Reparation in kind: a quest for a remedy for breach of contract KU Leuven
This research analyses reparation in kind as a form of compensation for (external) contractual harm. Therefore, it provides a general legal framework. It examines the concept, legal basis and legal regime (conditions and hierarchical relationship to other remedies). The analysis indicates that in addition to pecuniary compensation (i.e. damages), reparation in kind is a legitimate form of compensation. Although a legal provision does ...
Sustainability assessment of contaminated site remediation with emphasis on valuation. KU Leuven
Although the integration of the principles of sustainability in the selection of site remediation alternatives has become an important issue, most attention is still paid to the direct costs of the soil remediation and the environmental and health impacts of the soil contamination. Less tangible social and economic aspects, such as non-monetary costs and benefits, are only marginally addressed, although they are essential to make a more ...
Price reduction: a remedy to adjust contracts. KU Leuven
At first sight, price reduction is not considered to be a general remedy for breach of contract or force majeure in Belgian law. Nevertheless, price reduction as a remedy is recognized in article 50 of the CISG, in Dutch law (partial termination), in the European initiatives of harmonization of private law (DCFR and PECL), and in a proposal for a regulation on a Common European Sales Law (CESL). First, we will discuss specific applications ...
REthinking MEdia literacy and DIgital Skills in Europe (REMEDIS) KU Leuven
Adopting an evidence-based approach to REthinking MEdia Literacy and DIgital Skills in Europe, REMEDIS seeks to provide a framework for evidence-based evaluative research of media literacy and digital skills. REMEDIS aims to inform practitioners and policymakers about so far severely underdeveloped evidence that links interventions around different types of media literacy and digital skills in different life domains to different types of ...