prof. dr. Luc Lavrysen
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- Professor emeritus Luc Lavrysen Master in Law Ph.D. in Law On October 14th 1997 Luc Lavrysen obtained the degree of doctor in law at Ghent University, with a Ph.D. titled “The development of the European, Belgian and Flemish environmental law in a changing institutional context. Research on the development of environmental law from a public law perspective” (English translation). From May 1985 until May 2000 he was Law Clerk at the Belgian Constitutional Court in Brussels. From May 2000 until January 2001 he was State Councilor (Justice in the Supreme Administrative Court). Currently he is the President of the Belgian Constitutional Court, after being a judge at that Court since 2001. He combined these functions with the function of scientific researcher (1985-1989), voluntary assistant (1989-1991), academic counsel (1991-1992) and visiting professor (1992-1998) at Ghent University in the domain of environmental law. From February 1998 till September 2021 he was part-time (20 %) professor in environmental law, charged with courses in environmental law at various faculties. From January 2000 till September 2021 he was director of the Centre for Environmental and Energy Law (CM&ER). Furthermore he was chief-editor of the “Tijdschrift voor Milieurecht” (one of Belgian’s leading environmental law magazines) till the end of 2019 and chair of the working group Product Policy of the Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development. He is now an professor emeritus He was also president of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment till the end of 2025 and is member of the board of the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment. He was awarded with the honorary membership of the Finnish Society of Environmental Law (2013), the World Jurist Association Medal of Honor (2023) and the Honorary Diploma of the Law Faculty of the University of Ljubljana (2024).
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The Belgian Constitutional Court in times of crisis and the (EU) rule of law
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Rob en de Belgen
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Leefmilieu
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Instruments of climate mitigation and energy transition in Belgium
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De bescherming van het milieu door middel van het strafrecht in de Europese Unie : de nieuwe Ecocrime-richtlijn 2024/1203 en het verdrag van de Raad van Europa van 14 mei 2025
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Belgium
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40 ans de jurisprudence de la Cour constitutionnelle = 40 jaar rechtspraak van het Grondwettelijk Hof
Luc Lavrysen (UGent) , Pierre Nihoul, Bernadette Renauld and Jan Theunis (UGent)(2025) -
Emerging trend of creating environmental courts and tribunals in Africa : better enforcement of environmental laws on the path to sustainable development
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Bojana Todorovic and Roberto Caranta (eds.), Europeanisation of access to justice in environmental matters : the Aarhus Convention in the Balkans