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  1. Analysis

    Integration of the Public Centres for Social Welfare in the municipality: the bipolar model under pressure

    The Flemish plan to integrate Public Centres for Social Welfare (OCMW) into municipalities: the bipolar model, three integration models and legal hurdles.

    Lisa Embo, Mathias De Potter, Ward Diependaele, Robin Verbeke e.a.
  2. Monthly Overview

    Monthly Overview – December 2015 and January 2016

    Reading list for December 2015–January 2016: Belgian constitutional law scholarship and Constitutional Court judgments finding a constitutional violation.

    Ruth Delbaere
  3. Announcements

    42nd Postgraduate Course Willy Delva: Legal protection in public law: can anything still be built in Flanders?

    Announcement of the 42nd PUC Willy Delva at Ghent University on legal protection against government, NIMBY litigation and Flemish administrative courts.

    Johan Vande Lanotte, Jurgen Goossens, Pieter Cannoot
  4. Analysis

    Belgium and the refugee crisis: the quest for solutions

    Can Belgium create a separate social status for refugees? Analysis of the Geneva Convention, EU Qualification Directive, residence status and Dublin reform.

    Yves Ballez, Ariadne Frangi, Thomas Ngeze, Dorien Surinx e.a.
  5. Analysis

    The Determinants of Emergency Constitutions

    Voigt and Bjørnskov present an Index of Emergency Powers (INEP) and test why constitutions include state of emergency provisions, using data since 1950.

    Stefan Voigt, Christian Bjørnskov
  6. Sixth State Reform

    The future of the Belgian Senate

    A year after the Sixth State Reform created the Butterfly Senate: proposals for a citizens' chamber, a stronger Senate or abolition, and their legal basis.

    Marie DeCock, Cédric Labens, Laura Meuleman, Elien Verniers e.a.
  7. Monthly Overview

    Monthly Overview – November 2015

    Reading list for November 2015: Belgian constitutional law scholarship, four Constitutional Court judgments finding a violation and three calls for papers.

    Ruth Delbaere
  8. Announcements

    ‘The Constitution of Belgium’ by Patricia Popelier and Koen Lemmens – Exclusive discount via BelConLawBlog

    Popelier and Lemmens' ‘The Constitution of Belgium: A Contextual Analysis’ (Hart) on Belgian federalism and linguistic bipolarity, with reader discount.

    Patricia Popelier, Koen Lemmens
  9. Analysis

    Measuring the Rule of Law and Identifying Its Determinants

    Stefan Voigt presents a new rule of law indicator based on survey data from 99 countries: presidential democracies score worse than parliamentary ones.

    Stefan Voigt