Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG)
The Department of Public Law & Governance is a unique collaboration of researchers in the field of Public Law and Public Administration, in which various disciplines work together: International Law, European law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Administration, Legal Philosophy, Political Science, Legal History and Jurisprudence.
Team up with our research activities
The collaboration within PLG is very much inspired by a joint research interest. Whereas many scholars in the field of Public Law and Public Administration primarily focus on their internal dynamics, the Tilburg scholars are driven by a primary focus on both their context and foundations. Our researchers work together by the joint inspiration to rethink publicness in a globalized, multi-layered, and hypercomplex world, from the local to the global.
Study with us
This unique approach has been translated into our Bachelor and Master programs. PLG makes an important contribution to the LLB and the LLM Law and the Global Law Bachelor and runs the programs: BSc Public Administration (in Dutch), BSc and MSc of Public Governance (in English), LLM International Law & Global Governance (in English) and LLM European Law and Global Risks (in English).
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Work with us
Our department is working in research, education and impact on the publicness of public law and governance. About 100 researchers give their best to contribute to this unifying goal.
News
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Paul Frissen in farewell address: accept imperfection of world and society
23rd November 2022When the political desire for perfectibility aims for cohesion in the world through state intervention, that desire becomes a dangerous thing, Professor of Public Administration Paul Frissen will contend in his farewell address on November 25, 2022. We would do better to see and acknowledge the fallibility of the world, and a little more modesty and a little less superiority thinking could help us with that.
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Tilburg University remains best Dutch university for Law according to THE World University Rankings 2023 by subject
26th October 2022Tilburg University has confirmed its international reputation for teaching and research within the fields of Business & Economics, Law and Psychology with top-50 positions worldwide in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 by subject. With a 21st position worldwide in the THE subject ranking for Law, Tilburg University is among the world leaders in this field.
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Pieter Huisman reappointed to Education Council
24th October 2022Prof. Pieter Huisman, professor of Education Law at Tilburg Law School, has been reappointed to the Education Council for four years from January 2023. The Council of Ministers has agreed to this, the Education Council announced on Oct. 21, 2022.
Events
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09:00 - 14:30
A legal history of the global commons
The story of how modern international law reached across the so-called "global commons", or areas beyond sovereign territorial jurisdiction: the high seas, the deep seabed, Antarctica and the outer space.
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14:00 - 15:30
Invited lecture: Legal-Theological Justifications of the Slave Trade in the 16th Century
Join an enlightening session at the next I-HILT invited lecture! We are thrilled to host Dr. Anne-Charlotte Martineau, who will deliver a lecture on "Legal-Theological Justifications of the Slave Trade: From Francisco de Vitoria to Luis de Molina (16th Century)".