For this anniversary issue of the centenary of the journal PROCES, we focused on the field of forensic psychiatry. What does one hundred years of PROCES tell us about the developments in this domain? Our starting point was an article from 1930. At that time, forensic psychiatry was not yet an integrated part of the criminal process. The anonymous author makes a plea for this to be the case. He substantiates this on the basis of four cases from his own practice. Now, one hundred years later, we conclude that this integration of forensic psychiatry into the criminal justice practice has been accomplished: there is ample attention to the mental health of suspects and detainees. The cases also show us how drastically the perspective on delinquents with a mental condition has changed, as a suspect suffering from a mental disorder was seen, by definition, as not criminally responsible. Reviewing the developments of the past hundred years has made us realize how temporary and transient our current perspective is. We are, however, convinced that the interest in individual motives of delinquents will always remain.

In 2012 is de tolkenvergoeding voor zorgaanbieders afgeschaft. Tegelijkertijd wordt er steeds meer verwacht dat zorgverleners en patiënten samen beslissen over medische behandelingen. Dit artikel gaat in op de informatieplicht van de zorgverlener, wanneer er een tolk moet worden ingeschakeld en hoe het afschaffen van de tolkenvergoeding zich verhoudt tot deze informatieplicht.

De Nederlandse veehouderij staat volop in de aandacht door kwesties als mestfraude, dierenwelzijnskwesties en stikstofnormen. Dit roept vragen op omtrent regelnaleving onder Nederlandse veehouders, zoals welke regels zij al dan niet naleven en welke verklaringen hiervoor te geven zijn. Om deze vraag te beantwoorden is gebruikgemaakt van de data die zijn verzameld in het kader van drie casestudies naar regelnaleving onder varkenshouders, pluimveehouders en de betrokkenheid daarbij van dierenartsen. Deze studies laten zien dat de betrokken veehouders over het geheel genomen allemaal wel eens regels overtreden. Neutralisaties, strain en persoonlijke en sociale normen spelen daarbij een rol. De inzichten die deze studies opleveren, bieden diverse aanknopingspunten voor het versterken van toezicht.

Productnormen vormen een belangrijke wijze waarop de handel in goederen in de Europese Unie gereguleerd wordt. Deze bijdrage bespreekt het recente proefschrift van Gitta Veldt, waarin zij de betekenis analyseert van Europese productnormen voor contractuele en buitencontractuele verhoudingen tussen gebruikers van het eindproduct en de aanbieders daarvan.

In this article, we analyze which aspects of performance theory and the procedural justice-based model are explaining the trust of shopkeepers in the police and local government. Utilizing a survey of 156 shopkeepers and 94 semi-constructed interviews with shopkeepers, which are located at the South Shopping Boulevard in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), the study finds that shopkeepers have a relatively high trust in the police and local government. This is surprising because various attempts in the past 30 years to revive the high street by the government have failed to improve its bad image, as dwindling visitor numbers, poor turnover, limited range of retailers, empty shops and high crime and offence levels show only too plainly. The findings also highlight that ethnic minority respondents have more trust in local government than Dutch shopkeepers. The explanation therefor is sought in the dual frame of reference theory.

A forensic mental health report is requested in about 30% of more serious cases presented to the criminal court. These reports can be used at sentencing and advise the judge on criminal responsibility, recidivism risk, and possible treatment measures, but is not a formal factor in decisions about guilt. The current study focuses on the (unwarranted) effect of forensic mental health information on conviction decisions. Using an experimental vignette study among 155 criminology students, results show that when a mental disorder is present, conviction rates are higher than when such information is absent. In line with the story model of judicial decision-making, additional analyses showed that this effect was mediated by the evaluation of guilt rather than by the evaluation of other physical evidence. Implications for further research and practice are discussed.

This article collects publications in this journal about the emergence and effects of legislation. It covers the developments and results of research of the last four decades. First it is concluded that there has been considerable attention to the subject. Second a clear broadening and (theoretical) deepening from different perspectives can be observed. Social-legal research of legislation also appears to have specific characteristics. Subsequently, various points of attention are pointed out, such as more attention to the relationship between legal characteristics and effects, more variation in research methods and more systematic theory-driven research. Finally, attention is drawn to the relationship between (the working of) legislation and social transformations such as globalization, digitization and the increasing and profound influence of social media in society.

In From big five to high five the author analyzes the developments of sociology of law at the law faculties in the Netherlands since the 1970ies until today. Focusing on the professors (‘chairs’) he argues that after a strong start with five prominent scholars the discipline is now placed in the periphery of the law curriculum. Sociology of law is ‘intellectually strong, but institutionally weak’.
The author encourages the present generation professors (‘chairs’) to cooperate more. He claims that writing one modern Dutch Introduction to Sociology of law is crucial to win the hearts and minds of the law students. Furthermore, he suggests that collaborative research projects contributes to the visibility of sociology of law in policy arenas and public debates.

The paper highlights the contributions on judges and courts published in Recht der Werkelijkheid from 1980-2020. It addresses three general themes, namely communication in court, the consumers of the law and the professionals of the law, in view of the objective of the journal.
The authors of the contributions, newcomers as well as well-known experienced researchers, come from different kind of branches like anthropology, psychology, sociology and history, utilizing quite different approaches, methodologies and theories. They elaborate on each other’s work, methods, empirical findings and theoretical insights, in order to develop new research questions or to conduct research in different contexts. Although the critical-rational ideas of Popper has no many followers among the authors, lessons can be learned for policy makers, judges, lawyers and academics. By bringing the authors together, the journal has made an invaluable contribution to the debate among socio-legal researchers in the Netherlands.

In deze bijlage wordt een overzicht gegeven van de ontwikkelingen ten aanzien van de verbintenis uit de wet, zoals geregeld in Boek 6 BW. De jurisprudentie over onrechtmatige daad staat centraal. Onderwerpen die aan de orde komen zijn gevaarzetting en eigen schuld, recht op eerbiediging van de goede naam en het recht op privacy, kwalitatieve aansprakelijkheden, beroepsaansprakelijkheid, bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid (en ‘vereenzelviging’, misbruik van rechtspersonen, benadeling crediteuren), misbruik van wanprestatie. In een kort intermezzo wordt de in Nederland ingevoerde wetgeving voor vergoeding van ‘affectieschade’ gesignaleerd. De bespreking van de ‘overige’ verbintenissen uit de wet beperkt zich tot ongerechtvaardigde verrijking.

Na het Europese Hof in het Smallsteps-arrest heeft de Hoge Raad zich in de Heiploeg-zaak onlangs uitgesproken over de arbeidsrechtelijke gevolgen van een doorstart die is voorbereid middels een pre-pack. Opvallend is dat deze uitspraken uiteenlopen. Daarom legt de auteur in deze bijdrage het Heiploeg-arrest langs de meetlat van het Smallsteps-arrest en beziet zij wat de implicaties van het Heiploeg-arrest zijn.