Sustainable Justice
The components of an optimally functioning legal system include access to justice, legal protection, and effective conflict resolution. How can the judiciary best respond to expectations regarding its problem-solving capacities in concrete cases? What are the consequences of this for access to justice and legal protection for parties involved? What other forms of legal and extralegal dispute resolution are currently being employed, how do these differ from traditional approaches, and to what extent do they resolve underlying problems?
Courts as an Arena for Societal Change
There are also questions on a macro level about the proper role of the judiciary in addressing socially or politically charged cases. What processes lead to contentious issues coming before the courts? How do judges contribute to solving societal problems and how does this impact the legitimacy of the courts? How does the way procedures are set up affect citizens’ possibilities for litigation? Should the function of the courtroom as a societal arena be reinforced or constrained?
This seminar series is organised under the responsibility of Miranda Boone to implement the Dutch Law Sector Plan through the research program, Institutions for Conflict Resolution, at Leiden Law School. These seminars are intended to bring together academics from across the university to share ideas and collaborate on mechanisms and strategies that best promote effective and inclusive conflict resolution. Researchers across Leiden University are invited to present their work, and we welcome interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research on any topic that aligns with the theme of the seminar series.
The working language of the seminars is English.
If you have any queries or would like to become a presenter, please contact Asmaa Khadim (a.n.khadim@law.leidenuniv.nl).
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