Barbaix Renate
Renate Barbaix is specialised in family property law, specially in inheritance law. Her research is both individual and as a promotor of several PhD students.
Technique
Legal researchUsers
Academic and practicalKeywords
Inheritance, Patrimonial family law
Bernet Kempers Eva
Legal expert in animal law and rights of nature.
Technique
Legal doctrinal research, comparative research, fieldwork, qualitative interviews.Users
Legal scholars, students, media, ngos, organizations, animal researchers.Keywords
Animal law
Carette Nicolas
Publications (esp) on construction law (e.g. Handbook Construction Law, 2013)
Technique
Publications and lecturesUsers
lawyers in general, notaries, judges, attorneys, governments, building sector ...Keywords
Administrative structure, Vulnerable groups, Theoretical study
Goossens Elise
I study civil law from a law-in-context perspective. My research applies comparative, socio-legal, theoretical and policy-oriented analyses to a range of civil law issues. It deals with the theoretical and ideological foundations of private law, with a focus on family and family property law, and (private) law and gender My recent work has examined the impact of gender legal theory for private law; unmarried cohabitation; and cross-border successions.
Technique
- Comparative law analysis - Socio-legal theories, with an emphasis on gender studies and socio-demographics - Policy-orientedUsers
- Policy-makers - Legal scholars - Civil society - General publicKeywords
Comparative law, Gender, Family law, Law of inheritance
Hendrickx Karl
Karl Hendrickx's research focuses on plain and correct legal language in different types of legal texts. He analyses the lexical and syntactic characteristics of legal letters, judgements, notarial deeds and legislative texts.
Technique
- revision and rewriting of legal texts based on the plain language principles - supervision of studies in readability using the thinking aloud method - supervision of studies in readability using the plus-minus methodUsers
- lawyers, magistrates, bailiffs, notaries, legal consultants - politicians and public managers dealing with legal and government communication - law studentsKeywords
Communication skills training, Readability, Professional communication, Institutional communication, Legal skills
Lemmens Christophe
Health and liability law
Technique
Advice practice and proceduresUsers
Health care providers and lawyersKeywords
Health law, Liability law
Neidhardt Alberto
Alberto-Horst Neidhardt lectures in comparative law and in legal pluralism at the University of Antwerp. His research areas include free movement law, private international law of the family, asylum and migration law, with an interest in the politics of migration and specific expertise on EU law and jurisprudence. Alberto is also a policy analyst in the European Migration and Diversity Programme at the European Policy Centre, a Brussels-based think tank. He previously held research and teaching positions at the School of Oriental and African Studies and at Queen Mary, University of London, focussing on the management of religious, cultural and legal diversity in distinct European contexts. Alberto obtained a PhD in law from the European University Institute in 2018. His doctoral thesis examined the transformation of private international law and the emergence of European family law.
Technique
Research activities are carried out in English, Spanish, French and Italian. Past research methods include desk-research and interviews. Comparative legal methods are used.Users
Target groups include journalists, researchers, governments, public institutions and civil society organisations who have an interest in questions relating to migration and mobility, and integration matters.Keywords
Eu law, Migration, Mobility, Family law, Comparative law
Plets Nicole
Publications, speeches, seminars, research project, educational assistance concerning tax law (especially: the repartition of tax powers in the Belgian federal state; general principles of tax law; local taxes; family tax law)
Technique
Legal researchUsers
Governments, researchersKeywords
General principles of tax law, Family tax law, Tax law, Local taxes, Repartition of tax powers
Swennen Frederik
Legal advice and consultancy for private individuals and private and public organisations Speeches, seminars, education Supervision of projects of policy or basic research projects
Technique
Legal-dogmatic research Socio-legal methods (social theory; qualitative empirical research)Users
Individuals and families Public and private organisations Academic research unitsKeywords
Art and law, Youth law, Law of persons, Human rights, Family law, Inheritance, Nationality
Van Assche Kristof
My research concerns an analyses of the legal issues that may be raised by potentially controversial interventions in the fields of health law and, to some extent, kinship. My research subjects include, but are not restricted to: abortion; euthanasia and medically assisted suicide; (living) organ donation and organ trafficking; prenatal testing, medically assisted procreation, surrogacy; biobanking; human subjects research; coercive measures. Apart from using a strictly legal approach, I als apply insights from ethics and philosophy of law.
Technique
The main research technique is desk research of national, international and supranational regulations, case law, and doctrine.Users
The findings of my research will be useful to legal experts, physicians and other health professionals, bioethicists, and governmental agencies working in the field.Keywords
Criminal law and procedure, Philosophy of law, Civil law, Kinship, Medical law, Bio-ethics and law, Human rights law
Vanderhallen Miet
Legal psycholoy research on the pre-trial stage in criminal proceedings, such as police interviewing, interrogation of juvenile suspects, legal assistance, use of suspect's rights. Legal psychology research on legal decision making in criminal cases, in particular evidential value of criminal evidence. Expert-witness in criminal cases. Training of legal actors (police, lawyers).
Technique
Qualitative and quantitative research methods of empirical research in social sciences.Users
Academics, police, lawyers, magistrates (prosecutors, judges).Keywords
Investigative interviewing, Legal aid, Legal assistance, Legal decision making
Van Hof Tine
Expertise in the topics at the intersection of family law, children's rights and private international law (including the hearing of children, international child abduction, international surrogacy, adoption in general) and in the meta-legal topic of how to deal with fields of law that interact with each other.
Technique
The following methods were used in the research: - Classical legal research (analysis of legislation, case law, legal doctrine) - Comparative legal research (mainly between Belgium, the Netherlands, England & Wales, Ireland and Switzerland) - Use of NVivo to collect, code and analyse case lawUsers
The direct stakeholders are first, all the legal actors that are or can be involved in cross-border civil proceedings that involve children. These include the judges, registrars, family lawyers, family mediators and central authorities. Second, the direct stakeholders also include all the actors that can decide or can influence how cross-border civil proceedings are conducted. These include national and EU-lawmakers, authorities in the field of children’s rights (e.g., Children’s Commissioners or Ombudsmen, NGO’s), and academics. The indirect but final stakeholders are the families and children involved in cross-border proceedings.Keywords
Children's rights, Family matters, Human rights law
Vansweevelt Thierry
Legal consult, research projects and educational assistance on all research topics mentioned here : the law of obligations, contract law, tort law, insurance law, environmental law and medical law
Technique
Conceptual analysis.Users
Public and private sectorKeywords
Medical law, Tort law, Law of obligations, Contract law, Liability law, Insurance law
Wuyts Daily
Insurance fraud.
Technique
Legal research.Users
Insurance companies, legal advisors, students, the media.Keywords
Internal law