On the courts, the economy, the coastline and the aircraft register. In four languages. Best read in order.
Before owners submit personal information to the vacation rental registry, the government should explain where it is stored, who controls it and what rules prevent its misuse.
A tribute to Jeannot de Cuba, former Dean of the Aruba Bar, who died at 59: the first of our own generation of lawyers to go, and a reminder to make time.
An open letter to Airbnb ahead of its November 3 host meeting: before presenting vacation rental registration as an obligation, verify the legal basis.
Tubal-Cain gets one verse in Genesis, yet his forge became a lasting symbol. The legend of two pillars asks what happens to what we know when we are gone.
In 2014 the Swiss rejected a CHF 22 minimum wage by 76.3%. As Aruba debates a bestaansminimum, the right goal still needs the right instrument.
An Aruba court restored a USD 3,200 customs value that Customs had raised to USD 6,000. Before Black Friday: a bargain is not fraud, and the law sets the test.
The government has announced a registration plan for vacation rentals. Before owners are asked to comply, the government should publish the legal basis, name the responsible authorities and build a system people can actually use.
De Iberosol-uitspraak legt een bevoegdheidsprobleem bloot: een portefeuille kan politiek worden verplaatst, maar een wettelijke bevoegdheid verhuist niet automatisch mee. Waar is het landsbesluit van artikel 2a, derde lid?
A court may condemn fraud. But before it decides that political actors deceived a system, it must understand how that system actually worked. What, exactly, was the rule?
Each dossier is a standing thread, read oldest first, so an argument develops instead of arriving backwards.