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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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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Tilburg University appoints Arie Trouwborst as professor of Nature Conservation Law
02nd March 2023Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Arie Trouwborst as full professor of Nature Conservation Law as of 1 March 2023. His research and education will focus on the role of international, European and national law regarding the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of ecosystems and populations of wild fauna and flora.
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'Autonomy of cities in the past deserves renewed attention’
12th January 2023The legal capacity, legal personality, and autonomy of medieval and early modern cities merit new research – research that may also alter our view of cities today. That is what Professor of Legal History Dave De ruysscher will contend in his inaugural lecture on Friday, January 20, 2023.
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On corporate human rights and environmental harm in armed conflict
02nd January 2023With support from the Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research (NNHRR), the Department of Public Law and Governance organized a symposium on the involvement of business actors in human rights and environmental harm in situations of armed conflict and the barriers victims encounter in seeking effective redress.
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)".