Erasmus School of Law
Erasmus School of Law

Law & Markets

Law & Markets

Our department Law & Markets contributes to high-quality education and research with regard to the legal and interdisciplinary aspects of the laws and regulations for economic parties. With our innovative education and research, we contribute to the international scientific community and, of course, to the lawyer of the future.

Our team

Our research

News

Odido and the age in which data is the prime target

Sascha van Schendel and Wouter Scherpenisse interpret the Odido data breach and discuss the implications for cybersecurity and data protection.
  • Tuesday 24 Feb 2026
  • General
Scherpenisse en Van Schendel

Future-proof consumer law: How EU legislation can adapt to technological innovation

Fiona Unz examines how EU consumer law can better respond to rapid technological and societal change.
  • Wednesday 18 Feb 2026
  • PhD defence
Fiona Unz

“Together we can achieve more”: building a future-proof maritime sector

Kruit looks back on a successful meeting where more than twenty stakeholders came together to work on future-proofing of the maritime sector
  • Tuesday 10 Feb 2026
  • General
Ronde Tafel Kruit

Masuma Shahid wins the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2025 for research on equal marriage rights

Masuma Shahid investigates how international courts approach equality and dignity in marriage rights cases.
  • Friday 19 Dec 2025
  • General
Masuma Shahid wint de Max van der Stoel Award.

The future of maritime law

As of 1 December 2025, Jolien Kruit has been appointed Professor by special appointment of the Future of Maritime Law
  • Wednesday 10 Dec 2025
  • Appointment
Portretfoto van Jolien Kruit

In conversation with Enrique Santamaria Echeverria: on health data, research freedom, and crossing academic boundaries

As part of our Where Law Meets (your) Business series, we highlight the diverse ways people at Erasmus School of Law put their expertise to work.
  • Monday 10 Nov 2025
  • Interview
Enrique Santamaria Echeverria looks at the camera from behind the Where Law Meets Business logo

National consortium project led by TU Delft receives huge grant from NWO to build world's largest research digital twins for energy systems

A consortium project focused on energy systems has received a major grant.
  • Monday 3 Nov 2025
  • Press release
Windmolens

The goods availability act: between economic security and state power

Pim Jansen explains the first application since 1952 of the Goods Availability Act: what does it mean for the limits of government intervention?
  • Wednesday 15 Oct 2025
  • In the media
Pim Jansen

Constitutional Reflections: Council of State critical of ban on priority housing for permit holders

Efthymiou and Scherpenisse reflect on the critical advice of the Council of State regarding the proposed ban on priority housing for permit holders.
  • Friday 3 Oct 2025
  • Opinion
Wouter Scherpenisse (L) & Nick Efthymiou (R)

The lawyer of the future looks beyond the letter of the law

AI, climate and inequality raise questions that call for a renewed legal outlook. Legal philosopher Margreet Luth-Morgan reflects on education in transition.
  • Friday 12 Sep 2025
  • General
Margreet Luth-Morgan

Events

Technologies and the Rule of Law: Disruptions, Dependencies, Directions

Traditionally, the Rule of Law has been shaped by the affordances of print technology. This is about to change.
  • Friday 17 Apr 2026, 12:30 - 17:00
  • Conference
Foto van studeren in Polak Building

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