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Ik sprak met Willem Van Mullem (TerZake, VRT) over de Franse regionale verkiezingen.
Bekijk het fragment hier (vanaf 17:38).
maandag, juni 28, 2021
ARTIKEL: "Rogier versus Jottrand: dure beledigingen in de Belgische opiniepers (1861-1863)" (Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XXIII (2021), nr. 1, 79-109 [OPEN ACCESS]
Abstract:
The Belgian Constitution guaranteed political liberty, exemplified by the mandatory competence of the jury for judging political and press offences. However, the constitution did not literally mention quasi-delicts. In 1861, liberal statesman Charles Rogier was insulted by the ultramontanist Catholic newspaper Le Journal de Bruxelles. He sued the newspaper’s printer under tort law, and obtained a considerable amount of damages, bypassing the jury. Progressive radical lawyer Lucien Jottrand, former member of the Constituent Assembly, argued at length that the constitution exclusively reserved competence for both civil and criminal liability to the jury. The Brussels Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation rejected this reasoning and insisted on the superior natural law-origins of tort law. Yet, this decision created a risk of private censorship, well documented in the press and in private archives on the legal battle around the Journal de Bruxelles.
Lees het artikel hier (DOI 10.5117/PM2021.1.005.DHON).
Update (1 Jan 2023): dit artikel is in open access beschikbaar.
dinsdag, juni 22, 2021
INTERVIEW: De Franse regionale verkiezingen (Het Nieuwsblad, 21 JUN 2021)
(bron afbeelding: Het Nieuwsblad)
Ik sprak met Wim Dehandschutter (Het Nieuwsblad) over de Franse regionale verkiezingen.
Lees meer hier. Een kortere versie verscheen ook in de Gazet van Antwerpen en het Belang van Limburg.
zaterdag, juni 19, 2021
INTERVIEW: Waarom Macron klappen krijgt (Maarten Rabaey, De Morgen, 19 JUN 2021)
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