Projects
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The AI Legal Researcher – Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Legal Research KU Leuven
Is legal certainty outmoded? 'Adaptive law' as a 'resilient' legal technique to cope with the complex societal problems of future metropoles. University of Antwerp
Legal consciousness and the international legal personality of company-states in colonial Africa. KU Leuven
Unlike states, corporations – like private individuals – are not considered as full subjects of public international law and therefore only possess derivative or functional legal personality. However, the focus on the state as the primary legal person in public international law is of relatively modern origins. For centuries, European sovereigns outsourced the task of overseas empire-building to chartered companies, such as the Dutch or ...
Legal Risk Management in Tort Law: A Positive Legal Theory Based on a Comparative Analysis Ghent University
The doctoral research has two main goals. First, it aims at an encompassing analysis of the theoretical models and concepts used internationally to assess different techniques used for legal risk management in tort law. Based on this analysis, it will provide a positive legal theory for the better understanding of the situation under Belgian law.
Inside legal entities’ heads : towards an explicit and systematical assessment of legal entities’ knowledge in private law KU Leuven
This research searches an adequate legal solution for the problem of attribution of a representative's (or any other worker's) knowledge to a legal entity, with special attention for the fragmentation of tasks and knowledge inside that legal entity. The research includes a comparative section, considering in particular Germany and the Netherlands.
Safe with the Neighbours? Actual and legal protection of forced migrants under EU externalisation policies: legal, sociological and political perspectives from Morocco Ghent University
The EU increasingly ‘externalises’ its international responsibility over migrants in need of protection to third countries such as Morocco. This research examines whether and how forced migrants can find protection in Morocco, from a multidisciplinary perspective. It evaluates (1) extraterritorial responsibility under international law, (2) migrants’ aspirations and understandings of protection, and (3) Global South dynamics in Morocco’s ...