The case law of the Belgian Council of State concerning expulsions during its early years (1948-1960)
- By Lydia Bondarenko, VUB The purpose of my project for Eutopia was primarily to focus on the case law of the Belgian Council of State concerning the expulsions of immigrants, beginning from its establishment in 1946, but also look into the tendencies in the judicial courts before that period. For background readings, both dr Bruyère and professor Dhondt provided me with some literature suggestions I could read into. This prompted my desire to conduct a comprehensive analysis of legislation in order to understand the subsequent case law a little better. Furtherly, as I mentioned during my presentation on the Peak event in March, my original intent was to conduct the examination of the Council of State's case law by using the cases I'd find in the State Archives in Brussels and extracting the pertinent elements myself. However, I ended up using them in combination with the historical literature and legal doctrine I already read and as a tool or illustration to explain the C...