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Connecting Research and Practice at the 'Doing Business Right Winter Academy'
25 January 2018Successful Conclusion of the Doing Business Right Winter AcademyThe first Doing Business Right Winter Academy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Transnational Law and Practice took place during the week of 8-12 January. The Winter Academy examined som...
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University of Amsterdam’s Rector Underlines the Importance of the Asser Institute’s International Focus in Research
16 January 2018In her recent speech The International Paradox on the occasion of the 386th Dies Natalis of the University of Amsterdam, Karen Maex, the Rector of the University of Amsterdam, mentioned the Asser institute as an example of a research programme with an internat...
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Concluding Asser - Verfassungsblog Symposium: Final Thoughts on Mnemonic Constitutionalism
16 January 2018 By Dr. Uladzislau BelavusauYesterday’s essay by Ionna Tourkochoriti about recent memory politics in Greece marks the conclusion of our first online symposium on memory laws, jointly conducted by the T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague) and Verfassungsblog. Twelve scholars from eight count...
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Memory Wars of Commercial Worth – The Legal Status of the Red Star in Hungary
11 January 2018 By Marina BánWith this blogpost for the T.M.C. Asser Institute – Verfassungsblog joint symposium, I would like to draw attention to another facet in the legal governance of historical memory, that regarding the use of totalitarian symbols of the past. This issue remains pa...
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Rule of Law in Poland: Memory Politics and Belarusian Minority
4 January 2018 By Uladzislau BelavusauHow we remember the past is subject to legal regulation in many parts of Europe. We prohibit genocide denial and the glorification of totalitarianism, make historical claims in the preambles of constitutions, prescribe how to teach history in school curricula,...