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Kansen(on)gelijkheid in het onderwijs staat de laatste tijd weer in de belangstelling. Sommige leerlingen blijken meer kans te hebben om hun talenten te ontwikkelen dan andere. In de krant lees je dan dat kansen van leerlingen vooral samenhangen met het opleidingsniveau van hun ouders, een lage sociaaleconomische status, een migratieachtergrond of horen tot een culturele minderheidsgroep. Daarmee wordt gesuggereerd dat onderwijs daar geen invloed op heeft. We willen in het onderwijs laten zie...

Jurisprudentie Inleiding Privaatrecht bevat arresten van de Hoge Raad die betrekking hebben op het Privaatrecht, chronologisch geordend van 1905 tot en met 2022.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime' Sunday TimesStill in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband.

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