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INTERVIEW: Frederik DHONDT on protests in France (VRT de Afspraak, 19 OCT 2026)

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(image source: VRT MAX De afspraak) Prof. Frederik Dhondt  participated in the VRT current affairs programme De Afspraak on 19 October 2026 to discuss the protests in France. Professor Dhondt joined columnist Mia Doornaert, criminologist Joseph El Bacha and Christophe Busch, director of the Hannah Arendt Institute, for the discussion. Watch the full programme here . You can also listen to the interview with Prof. Frederik Dhondt on the likelihood of a general strike in France on VRT Radio 1: VRT Radio 1 - De Wereld Vandaag .
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REMINDER: CONFERENCE: Contested Seas: War, Commerce, and the Making of the Law of the Sea (Ca. 1400-1800) (Ostend: VLIZ/VUBaanZee, 19-20 NOV 2026)

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    The program for the conference " Contested Seas: War, Commerce, and the Making of the Law of the Sea " is now available, including a registration link. More information here .
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CONFERENCE PAPER: Raphaël CAHEN, "Ludwig Gessner (1828–1890) et le droit maritime international" in: Laurent REVERSO (dir.), L'histoire du droit de la mer. La mer dans l'histoire du droit (Paris: Les Éditions Merlin, 2026), p. 265

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(image source: Merlin)   Dr. Raphaël Cahen published a contribution on Ludwig Gessner (1828–1890) and the development of international maritime law, in the Acta of the Société d'histoire du droit 's 2024 conference, organised in Toulon around the theme "legal history and the sea". Read more here .
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REMINDER: CORE LEGAL THEORY SEMINAR: Laurent DE SUTTER (VUB / Sciences Po) (VUB: C.2.07A, 28 OCT 2026, 18:00)

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  (image source: Laurent Desutter)   On 28 October 2026 , Prof.  Laurent De Sutter  will present his new book,   La Planète artificielle .  This will take place at  18:00  at the  Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Law, Faculty Council Room, C2.07A.  See MazeMap for the room's location. More information here .
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CHAPTER: Dave DE RUYSSCHER, “Corporate Insolvency Law and the ‘Right to Fail’. US Influence in France, Germany and Belgium (c. 1990-2023)”, in: Wouter DRUWÉ & Wim DECOCK (eds.), Debt or Sin? The Moral Roots of European Legal and Economic Thought [Law and Religion in the Early Modern Period / Recht und Religion in der Frühen Neuzeit, 9] (Paderborn: Brill Schöningh, 2026), pp. 324-342

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(image source: Brill)  Prof. Dave De ruysscher contributed a chapter entitled "Corporate Insolvency Law and the ‘Right to Fail’. US Influence in France, Germany and Belgium (c. 1990-2023)" to the collective volume Debt or Sin? The Moral Roots of European Legal and Economic Thought , edited by Wouter Druwé and Wim Decock and published by Brill Schöningh. More information  here .
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INTERVIEW: Frederik DHONDT on French foreign policy and Ukraine (De Morgen, 16 OCT 2026)

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(image source: DeMorgen ) Prof. Frederik Dhondt commented on French foreign policy and the war in Ukraine for the newspaper De Morgen . More information here .
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CORE LEGAL THEORY SEMINAR: Laurent DE SUTTER (VUB / Sciences Po) (VUB: C.2.07A, 28 OCT 2026, 18:00)

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(image source: Laurent Desutter)   On 28 October 2026 , Prof. Laurent De Sutter  will present his new book, La Planète artificielle .  Laurent De Sutter is Professor of Legal Theory at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Professor of International Law & Literature at Sciences Po Law School in Paris. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Center for Advanced Study in Dublin, and Managing Editor of the Perspectives Critiques series published by Presses Universitaires de France and the Theory Redux series published by Polity Press. This will take place at 18:00 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Law, Faculty Council Room, C2.07A. See MazeMap for the room's location. Map by MazeMap More information on the speaker here .
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