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LDG·REGISTER·SINCE 1998

I have written about Aruban law since 1998, first in books for practitioners. In 2007 I started doing it in public.

On the courts, the economy, the coastline and the aircraft register. In four languages. Best read in order.

Books
15
since 1998
Articles
321
since 2007
Languages
4
en · nl · pap · es
Writing
1998
first book
The audience at the Santa Teresita Center in San Nicolas, every seat taken, facing a large screen showing the title slide of the Forum on the Future of San Nicolas research findings session
ECO·2026·321

Five Years of Listening to San Nicolas

15 August 2026

Suzette Dumfries spent five years researching San Nicolas and presented the findings to a sold-out Santa Teresita. Somewhere between Isaac Wagenmakerstraat and that room, the research became personal.

The entrance of the Kas di Korte courthouse in Curaçao, its name in white letters on the canopy above the doors, with clouds reflected in the glass facade
GOV·2026·320

When Policy Meets the Rule of Law

9 August 2026

A Curacao judgment over a healthcare reimbursement code becomes a lesson in the limits of public power and the rule of law.

SOC·2026·319

The Most Expensive Questions You Never Asked

2 August 2026

The Dream Home Some of the most expensive mistakes in real estate begin with a smile. A few weeks ago, an older couple - retired and no strangers to buying

Dossiers

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Each dossier is a standing thread, read oldest first, so an argument develops instead of arriving backwards.