Publications
Introduction: Grotius’ Contribution to Commercial and Maritime Law Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The PVBA/SPRL in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Coutumes et droit urbain: l’autorité symbolique du passé (Pays-Bas méridionnaux, 16e-17e siècles) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Urban Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The 21st century may safely be called the ‘urban era’. The year 2007 marked the moment when for the first time in modern history, over 50% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. By the year 2050 almost 70% of humanity is projected to be urban, i.e., a human settlement with usually a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. While the role of large cities, metropolitan areas and urban regions has been ...
The rule of law in cities of the medieval Low Countries:, community-building in context Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dave De ruysscher Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The City as Networked Agent: Towards a New Legal History Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Shipping, commerce and the risk of jurisdiction: the Scheldt trade (sixteenth century) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article investigates the rules of jurisdiction that were applied in the case of damages in maritime transport. The focus is on traffic in one of the main riverine estuaries of the Low Countries, over the rivers Honte and Scheldt. In the course of the fifteenth century the governments of the county of Flanders and the duchy of Brabant had come to embrace a more exclusive notion of jurisdiction on rivers, which comprised the idea of ...