Projects
Legal, illegal and/or criminal?: Analyzing shifts across the white, grey, black and criminal segments of the pharmaceutical market and the challenges of their control KU Leuven
Using the pharmaceutical market for a “life-style” and a “life-saving” class of medicines (e.g., Viagra and oncological products) in Belgium and India as a case, the proposed project is intended to:
- Identify the market segments on the basis of their legal status (thus from fully legal to fully criminal) and the legal nature of the offence or violation at hand (e.g., criminal law offence or violation of intellectual ...
The effect of incarceration on legal and illegal drug use patterns Ghent University
Drug use in prison is a contemporary problem. International research points at important changes in frequency and manners of use, caused by the effect of incarceration. Tension factors, susch as overcrowding, play a role regarding changing drug use patterns. There are no Belgian studies on this topic. This research will measure the effect of incarceration on the legal and illegal drug use patterns.
Social cost of legal and illegal drugs in Belgium "SOCOST" Ghent University
The SOCOST-study will provide the social costs for substances in Belgium. Since the study requires a multidisciplinary approach, the research team consists of researches and promotors with an expertise in drug policy, criminology, health economics and accountancy.
Legal analysis of the Belgian legal framework on assisted reproductive technologies. Embryonic stage, teething problems and implantation of an adult legal framework KU Leuven
For ages, mankind has been occupied with its own fertility. Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first test tube-baby, the research into assisted reproductive technologies is fully on-stream. De first livebirths after uterus transplantations and genetic interventions have already been reported. Legal research has not followed this trend, although assisted reproductive technologies also raise legal questions. This PhD contributes to legal ...
Legal literacy of teachers: examining the legal problems in educational practice, the legal literacy of teachers and the role of the initial teacher training program KU Leuven
This project investigates the role of the teacher in preparing teachers for the legal aspects of their profession, given the increasing degree of legalization of the educational and teaching practice. On the basis of a questionnaire and in-depth interviews it will examine the legal literacy of teachers to determine what knowledge vacuum should be remedied from the teacher.
Vectors of a New Legal Order? European legal periodicals during fascism and Nazism (1922-1945). Ghent University
This proposal examines legal periodicals published in Europe, more specifically in the Axis powers (Italy and Germany) and the Benelux, from the rise of fascism (1922) and Nazism (1933) until the end of the Second World War. The impact of legal periodicals goes far beyond serving as a means of communication between lawyers. They are also cultural products that externalize and shape a legal culture. Thus, they provide a useful means of ...
Taking legal doctrine seriously:a sociological exploration of the role of legal scholars in shaping the Belgian law of obligations Ghent University
Legal professionals need to identify the law to be able to answer legal questions. It is therefore necessary to know how this can be done: which sources should be used to construct the law? Answers have widely varied throughout time, but legal doctrine (i.e. the practice of normatively stating the law’s content) has remained largely ignored. Since empirical research has demonstrated that legal doctrine does influence the behavior of legal ...
The AI Legal Researcher – Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Legal Research KU Leuven
Vectors of a New Legal Order? Legal periodicals in continental Western-Europe during the Nazi era and its aftermath (1933-1950). Ghent University
This research project studies the networks and content of legal journals during the Nazi regime in Germany and occupied countries in Western-Europe in order to fill a gap in comparative legal history and literature sciences.
Studying legal periodicals during the 1930s and the Second World War brings important new insights into the understanding of the nexus of law and politics and the use of law as a tool in politics in an ...