‘Het ligt altijd aan de professional.’ Dat is de prikkelende boodschap van dit boek. Het is geen beschuldiging, maar een kans om vastgelopen zaken los te wrikken. Het denkkader dat hier geïntroduceerd wordt, biedt een fundamenteel andere benadering van conflictoplossing. Ben je vastgelopen in machteloosheid en frustratie? Ontdek hier hoe je het proces tóch kunt beïnvloeden. Aan de hand van Het Evolutie Systeem, De Evolutie Matrix en de co-creatiekegel, laat dit boek zien hoe, wanneer e...

This volume showcases a collection of Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) that were conducted at five universities in the Netherlands as part of the Law Sector Plan in the period between 2019 and 2025. The contributions to this volume use both quantitative and qualitative research methods to study the effects of court decisions and legislation in various fields of law, including civil law, criminal law, administrative law and EU law. Based on these contributions, this volume examines how ELS resear...

This book celebrates the career of Jeanne Gaakeer, professor emerita of legal theory, with a focus on narrative jurisprudence and Law and Humanities. The centerpiece of this volume is Jeanne Gaakeer’s farewell lecture in which she puts forward a compelling argument for the need to view law hermeneutically. This is not merely a theoretical proposition, hermeneutics is also a practical need of the art of judging. A narrative understanding of judicial practices is crucial to bring justice to p...