Housing law has emerged as a distinct field in both academic legal studies and legal practice. This volume aims to unravel some common threads in the contemporary study of housing law and housing rights. Another objective is to provide a comparative perspective on housing law, the right to housing, and housing policies. The book draws on the work of scholars from various jurisdictions, such as Israel, Portugal, Australia, Switzerland, Indonesia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands...

Ter gelegenheid van het zesde seminar van De Jonge Nederlandse Juristen-Vereniging op 11 december 2015 hebben Naomi Spalter, Marloes van Noorloos en Michel Vols essays geschreven over het overkoepelende thema 'Haat en liefde in het recht'.

Het zijn twee emoties die goed passen bij het recht. Soms gaat het meer om de zachte kant van het recht en spelen zij een rol bij de beleving van een confl ict. Daarnaast kunnen haat en liefde ook invloed uitoefenen op het recht en daarvan onderdeel of oorza...

In Regulating the City: Contemporary Urban Housing Law the authors seek to address a range of issues that focus largely on the question of housing in an urban context. It is in the urban context that the challenge of contemporary housing law and policy is at its most acute with issues of supply, regulation, density and the like at the forefront of the debate. Housing law is one of the most important and vibrant areas of law. Its importance is rooted in the fundamental value of the home, but i...