A matter of rationality and priorities That ECHR quote is from the German Angelika Nußberger can be found in the article linked below under the heading ‘Crime that is ‘out of date’. (Take not Nussberger: was Vice President of this ‘European Court then)
Tag: Judicial internationalism
Elephants in courtrooms-I – the Dutch ‘Council of State’ on religion
On 15 August 2018, the Council of State, administrative jurisdiction division, issued a remarkable ruling [1] in a case by a member of the Pastafarism church against the Mayor and Aldermen of Nijmegen. In this article, I will address this ruling in depth, but as briefly as possible. In a subsequent article, I will devote… Continue reading Elephants in courtrooms-I – the Dutch ‘Council of State’ on religion
Aristocratic cowardice, betrayal and opportunism

Since I took the photo above and below almost 10 years ago as part of my preparations at Malta for writing my faction novel (in Dutch under pseudonym), I’ve learned a lot more about the topics mentioned in the title.At that time I had not yet heard of the horrible organized betrayal and global lust… Continue reading Aristocratic cowardice, betrayal and opportunism
Dutch viceroy Donner speeches – senility or scribism?
A new translation of an older and longer Dutch text. The reason for this article was the annual report 2016 [Dutch original text is from 2017] of the ‘Council of State’ and more specifically the ‘reflection’ in it by that time ‘vice-chair’ Donner [1] of that important judicial organisation in the Netherlands. He gave his… Continue reading Dutch viceroy Donner speeches – senility or scribism?