Research on the significance of representation indicates that lawyers contribute to positive outcomes of legal procedures not only by their substantive expertise but also by the relational expertise they bring. The latter involves understanding how to navigate the relationships involved in getting work done. In this paper these insights are used to investigate the highly specific and atypical practise of the preliminary reference procedure in the European legal system in order to reveal how lawyers deal with such an unexpected change of (legal) context. The empirical data, collected through semi-structured interviews with twenty-eight lawyers with past experience with the procedure, reveals the significant ways in which lawyers’ positive contribution to such cases is undermined by their lack of both substantive and relational expertise in pleading a case before the European Court of Justice. The fact that such cases do not necessarily fall into the hands of the professionals best equipped to plead such disputes before the Court, and the inability of the less well-off parties in particular to hire further expertise, points in the direction of a disadvantaged position for this group of litigants in having their interest represented effectively at the European level. |
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Auteurs | Dr. Rob Schwitters |
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Advocaten in Europa: vertegenwoordiging op het hoogste niveau? |
Trefwoorden | Representation, Lawyers, European Court of Justice, Preliminary References, Relational Expertise |
Auteurs | Jos Hoevenaars PhD |
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Manoeuvreren binnen smalle margesOver de rol van wetgevingsjuristen bij de totstandkoming van wet- en regelgeving |
Trefwoorden | Legislation, Legislative drafting, Professionalism, Legal Ethics, Sociology of Law |
Auteurs | Dr. Nienke Doornbos en Mr. dr. Arnt Mein |
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In the past five years, the Council of State, the National Ombudsman and several academics have criticized the way in which new legislation has been made. In their view, principles of law and the rule of law are insufficiently uphold due to an instrumentalist view on law. This criticism urged the authors to conduct an empirical study into the question how legislative drafters deal with legislative plans which are problematic from a legal or rule of law point of view, and how they justify their role in the legislative process. This study is explorative and qualitative in nature. During the summer of 2018, 24 legislative lawyers from five different Dutch ministries have been interviewed. The results show that the role of legislative lawyers can best be characterized as constructively critical. As their tasks encompass much more than solely the actual drafting of legislation, they more and more resemble their colleagues from the policy department. The authors suggest that legislative lawyers should articulate their distinctive professional ethics in order to strengthen the checks and balances within the ministries. |
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Towards a Speculative Sociology of Law: Utopia as Method |
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Out of Utopia or into Utopia. That is the question |
Auteurs | Dr. Roel Pieterman |
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Uitbesteed, het recht uitgekleed |
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Recensies en signalementen |
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Auteurs | dr.mr. Derk Venema |
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Een semiotiek van de droom, de ceremonie, het land en het recht |
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Auteurs | Mr. Bart Jansen |
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Recensies en signalementen |
Over rechtsbewustzijn en rechtsvervreemding |
Auteurs | Mr. Lisa Ansems |
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The alternative war on drugs: drug evictions and the (re)regulation of cannabis |
Trefwoorden | Drug eviction, Drug policy, Culture of Control, Empirical legal research |
Auteurs | L. Michelle Bruijn LLM Ph.D. |
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As a reaction to the perceived enforcement deficit of criminal law in the field of drug control, several countries implemented alternative regulatory strategies. One such strategy is the reregulating drugs, especially cannabis. Another strategy is the use of civil or administrative law to address drug-related crime. Especially the use of eviction to combat drug activities has become increasingly popular. |