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Amsterdam Centre on the Legal Professions and Access to Justice ACLPA

Amsterdam Centre on the Legal Professions and Access to Justice

Blog: Potential Further Debate on Milieudefensie v Shell

In one of the most widely discussed climate cases, last week, the Hague Court of Appeal overturned Milieudefensie’s victory on first instance: this time, Shell wins. Many already posted reflections and I will write ...

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A Landmark Lost or a Corporate Social Responsibility Approach?

“How can we hope that the scientists will be heard without a fight?”, Bruno Latour once asked. 1 Following the decision by the Court of Appeals of The Hague on November 12th in Shell et al. v. Milieudefensie et ...

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Blog: Al is het Staatsnoodrecht nog zo snel, de rechtstaat achterhaalt het wel: over het uitroepen van een asielcrisis, artikel 111 VW, en rechtsstatelijke verdedigingslinies

Het heeft even geduurd, maar het regeerprogramma van het kabinet-Schoof is eindelijk gepubliceerd.

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Blog: Uninvited oversight: judges watching judges – the ECJ Hann-Invest case

Read the latest blog of Marc de Werd, Professor of European Court Administration, Senior Justice at the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam, and Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges of the Council of Europe.

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Blog: What does it mean for a lawyer to act with professional integrity?

Take a moment and think about these 3 examples. In each, ask yourself if you think the lawyer or law firm in question is ‘acting with integrity’.

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Blog: The Actio Popularis in 'Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz' Climate Jurisprudence between Strasbourg and The Hague (Leonard Besselink)

The ink - a large amount indeed: KlimaSeniorinnen alone comprising 260 pages - of the three ECtHR judgments of 9 April 2024 is barely dry. In all their complexity of subject matter and argument, they will keep the ...

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