Restoring trust between public law and citizens
How independent is the judiciary? How can individual rights and the public interest be balanced? Prof. Marc Hertogh, professor of Socio-Legal Studies, and his research group Public Trust & Public Law see many interesting possibilities for answering these questions.
The weekly online video magazine Unifocus highlights topics related to the University of Groningen in the fields of research and society, student life, teaching, policy and internationalization.
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