JUS·2026·331
The Government May Have a Point. But Does It Have the Power?
7 October 2026
The Court of First Instance did not approve a hotel. It told the government that if it wants to say no, it must do so under the law.
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.
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JUS·2026·330
From Complaining to Acting: The Handhavingsverzoek
4 October 2026
Aruba's handhavingsverzoek lets citizens and organisations formally ask government to enforce the law — and the deadlines that make it work.
JUS·2026·329
Aruba Hospital, AWG. 29M and the Courage to Go to Court
27 September 2026
Horacio Oduber Hospital is taking the Government of Aruba to court over Afl. 29 million in care for the uninsured. Good governance means letting a judge decide.
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All nine →Each dossier is a standing thread, read oldest first, so an argument develops instead of arriving backwards.