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Laurens Ankersmit
Assistant professor
Laurens Ankersmit is Assistant Professor European Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam. His research focusses on environmental aspects of international and European economic law. He is founder and editor of the European Law Blog.
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Published: Jan 16, 2024
This post argues that a ban on fossil advertising is a necessary, albeit insufficient, measure in the urgent quest to curb climate change—and importantly, it is perfectly legal.
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Published: Oct 24, 2023
This post first covers the main aspects of the judgment in the Deutsche Umwelthilfe case before offering some commentary on the legal effects of international law in the EU legal order and in particular the Aarhus Convention.
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Published: Oct 18, 2022
This post sets out the legal reasoning behind the claim that an Energy Charter Treaty exit by a member state is only effective if the EU also leaves the treaty.
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Published: Jul 06, 2022
This post will offer commentary on the Court’s interpretation of the Opinion procedure (Article 218 (11) TFEU) in the wake of ongoing negotiations to ‘modernise’ the ECT and offer some thoughts on the outcome of the negotiations themselves.
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Published: Nov 17, 2015
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Published: Dec 24, 2015
