Many of the theories outlined in the previous five chapters are greeted with scepticism by those who adhere to what, in the broadest sense, may be called critical legal theory. This wing of legal theory generally spurns many of the enterprises that have long been assumed to be at the heart of jurisprudence. And it...Read More

Formally, the Constitution in force today is still the Grondwet for the Kingdom of the Netherlands of 1815. In practice, however, the document is often referred to as the ‘Constitution of 1848’ or as the ‘Constitution of 1983’. These two years saw constitutional amendments so far-reaching that they effectively produced new constitutional texts. The 1848...Read More