mr. Erik-Jan Broers

Bio

I studied legal science at the Kathlolieke Hogeschool Tilburg,  the precursor of the present Tilburg University.  After I concluded my study in 1986, I became a member of the department Legal History. Being a researcher as well as a  lecturer I defended my thesis Beledigingszaken voor de Staatse Raad van Brabant 1586-1795  in 1996. Nowadays I am teaching European Legal History (bachelor course) and History of Criminal Law and History of Tax Law (both master courses). Over the years I have published several books regarding the History of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law, most recently Rabauwen, vagebonden en lediggangers. Criminele voorouders berecht en bestraft (2017) and Aanklagen onder de rivieren  (2018). I contributed chapters to some international volumes on the field of criminality and justice and wrote a great number of essays on various topics having to do with the historical evolution of (criminal) law in The Netherlands.

Expertise

Legal History, History of Criminal Law, History of Procedural Law, Legal Aspects of Mediaeval Literature, History of Tax Law

Teaching

Legal History, History of Criminal Law, History of Tax Law

Courses

• Legal History
• History of Tax Law
• European Legal History
• Mentor sessions

Recent publications

1. The evolution of criminal law in continental Western Europe

   Broers, E-J. (2022). The evolution of criminal law in continental Western Europe. International Journal of Law and Society, 5(1), 35-44.

2. Criminal claims in civil suits over insults in the Dutch republic (17…

   Broers, E-J. (2021). Criminal claims in civil suits over insults in the Dutch republic (17th and 18th centuries). Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, 7(2), 749-762. Article 2. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8084184

3. Criminele vagebonden voor de rechter in Staats-Brabant en zijn grensg…

   Broers, E-J. (2020). Criminele vagebonden voor de rechter in Staats-Brabant en zijn grensgebieden. Jaarboek De Achttiende Eeuw, 2020(1), 71-83.

4. The historical evolution of criminal law in Western-Europe, especiall…

   Broers, E-J. (2020). The historical evolution of criminal law in Western-Europe, especially with regards to the Netherlands. Manuscript in preparation. In The Global History of Crime, Law and Justice Routledge Publishing.

5. Noordbrabants Historisch Jaarboek 2019

   Bijsterveld, A-J. A., Broers, E-J. (Ed.), van Blom, C. L. (Ed.), Caspers, C. M. A. (Ed.), Daemen, F. (Ed.), Douma, K. (Ed.), Leenders, K. A. H. W. (Ed.), de Leeuw, K. P. C. (Ed.), Rosendaal, J. G. M. M. (Ed.), Toorians, L. (Ed.), Vermeer, M. (Ed.), van Kooten, R. (Ed.), & Brouwers, J. (Ed.) (2019). Noordbrabants Historisch Jaarboek 2019. Zuidelijk Historisch Contact.