The Democratic Courthouse? Unravelling the complex relationship between design, due process and dignity in English courts

On 27 September the VSR and the ESL-research programme ‘Rethinking the Rule of Law’ are organising a socio-legal seminar at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. During this meeting, Linda Mulcahy (Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and the Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford) will present her research titled ‘The Democratic Courthouse? Unravelling the complex relationship between design, due process and dignity in English courts’. Xandra Kramer (Professor of Private Law at the Erasmus School of Law and Professor of Private International Law at Utrecht University) will discuss Professor Mulcahy’s work.

Additionally, Jos Hoevenaars (Postdoctoral Researcher at the Erasmus School of Law) will present results of his doctoral research titled ‘A people’s court? A bottom-up approach to litigation before the European Court of Justice’. This presentation will be discussed by Jasper Krommendijk (Associate Professor of International and European Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen). Subsequently, Paulien de Winter (Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Groningen) will present her recently defended doctoral research ‘Between the rules’, a social-legal study of the enforcement of social security law in the Netherlands. Nadine Raaphorst (Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University) will be the discussant of her presentation.

The afternoon will be concluded with drinks.

Cost: free (registration obligatory)
Registration and additional information: www.eur.nl/esl/evenementen/democratic-courthouse-unravelling-complex-relationship-between-design-due-process-and