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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥
@historikarin.bsky.social
European political history @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social | everything between law, politics & history: NL constitution, EU law, interwar international law, etc | NL/EN
Of course not without a shoutout to volume editors @cjtams.bsky.social and Henri de Waele for navigating this wonderful collection of papers through pandemic and post pandemic times :)
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And last but not least my own and @koenvanzon.bsky.social 's 'Preparing for disaster: the Seveso directive, infringements and societal mobilisation of European law, 1976–2000' doi:10.1017/elo.2025.10025 5/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As well as @whommes.bsky.social 's 'In search of an independent tribunal: activating the European Court of Human Rights, 1969–1974' doi:10.1017/elo.2025.10037 4/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Plus Magnus Esmark's 'The 1989 buy-Danish clause: making sense of legal error through allodoxia' doi:10.1017/elo.2025.10036 3/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And the other contributions include @lolaavril.bsky.social 's ‘A Community Frame to Habits and Traditions?’ – A socio-historical account of the attempt to build a European Legal Profession (1957–1977)' doi:10.1017/elo.2025.10026 2/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
For context, please check out the special issue introduction by Brigitte Leucht, Magnus Esmark and Mala Loth, 'Rethinking European legal integration: legal text from a bottom-up perspective and the functioning of European law, 1957–2000' doi:10.1017/elo.2025.10031 1/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Was just hoping someone would be writing such histories after touching upon similar airport stories in my current research on judicialization of Dutch refugee policy.. and here it is! Extremely enriching!
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
By the way, do stay tuned for the rest of the special issue on EU legal histories 'from below' that this piece will be part of, masterfully edited by Brigitte Leucht, Magnus Esmark and Mala Loth!
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
.. and thus our analysis nuances the alleged democratic virtues of legal mobilisation. Are new legal opportunities empowering societal groups? Sometimes, sometimes not.
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
As the title suggests, it zooms in on legislation meant to prevent industrial disaster, namely the early 1980s post-Seveso directive, which led to two major infringement cases: one in the Netherlands and one in Italy. Comparing these cases, it shows origins could hardly have been more different..
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ja eens hoor, of althans: in lijn met mijn punt, namelijk: er zijn allerlei factoren in het spel hier, niet één bewuste keuze geweest
May 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM