Although we often think of law and the legal system as abstract things, they are not: law is people’s work, made concrete and filled with life by those who draft, interpret, apply, and enforce it, and also by those who reflect on it and teach it. Therefore, how well Indonesia’s legal system works, whether it succeeds in fully implementing the rule of law, and whether it brings justice to Indonesia’s diverse people depends on its jurists, and thereby ultimately on the quality of its lega...

“What exactly is the arranged marriage?” That is the central question that this book evolves around. The author argues that the arranged marriage is often misrepresented in academic literature as it is generally analyzed through a Eurocentric lens. This is not neutral lens. The Eurocentric frame perceives the free-choice marriage system as the ideal. As a result, the arranged marriage is perceived to be a lesser marital tradition, a “marriage of shortcomings”, one that fails to meet t...

This text was presented as inaugural speech, held on the occasion of accepting the chair of Social Resilience and Security with a study focus on Violence and Interventions at Leiden University on May 30, 2022.

The prevalence of the rules and practices on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments gradually blurs the dividing line between ‘recognition’ and ‘enforcement’.

However, recognition is not an afterthought of enforcement. Recognition of Foreign Judgments explores how the courts in the selected jurisdictions, namely the European Union, England and Wales, and the United States, decide whether and to what extent to grant some preclusive effects to foreign judgments, while giv...

In a globalizing world, national borders are frequently crossed. Moreover, flexibility is a key skill in the knowledge economy of the 21st century. Accordingly, an increasing number of workers can be labelled as ‘highly mobile’, which are persons that combine various forms of work (on-call contracts, employment agency work, platform-work, teleworking etc.) that are carried out in several countries.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of a current and pressing problem for an increasing...

In Interwoven Histories: Contemporary Art, Migratory Narratives and Textiles curator and textile researcher Christel Vesters unravels the intricate connections between textile, history and society from a contemporary art perspective. Through essays and detailed examination of five seminal works of contemporary art, she looks at textile and textile techniques as a medium and as a mediator, exploring how textile objects – old and new – bear witness to histories and stories that are often m...

Corporate Art Collections have been initiated and curated to educate staff, stimulate creative and out-of-the-box thinking, improve brand image, and express corporate cultural responsibility through support for artists and the art world. Yet while Corporate Art Collections are an important part of the international cultural and art worlds, their position, significance and agency in those realms are rarely considered in its transnational entirety. The usual perspective is either within nationa...

In de theologie schuilt meer verbeelding dan je zou denken, en in de kunst vind je meer sporen van God dan je zou vermoeden. Dat is de ontdekking van mediakunstenaar en theoloog Arent Weevers. Voor hem zijn kunst en theologie de twee boezems van één hart. Weevers’ internationaal geprezen interactieve installaties, 2D en 3D stereoscopische en holografische kunstwerken weerspiegelen deze ontdekkingstocht. In dit boek worden ze op een bijzondere manier belicht door kenners en critici, en doo...

h220430 is the design label of the Japanese designer Satoshi Itasaka. This book shows an overview of the various designs and products that the label has made over the past 10 years. From lighting and furniture, to solutions for Corona measures in the public space. h220430 is based in Tokyo and is making the step to Europe with this book. The label will be presented at the Dutch Design Week 2022 in Eindhoven.

This compelling publication traces the broad arc of photography’s development in France from the 1970s to the present day. A decade-by-decade account reveals unexpected points of convergence between practices that are not usually considered in a comparative perspective. These include photographic practices in contemporary art, documentary, photojournalism, and fashion. Author Olga Smith sets these practices in dialogue with French philosophy – the writings of Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrill...