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: 330; since 2007
Languages: 4; en · nl · pap · es
Writing: 1998; first book

Latest

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Timeline of a handhavingsverzoek in three steps: day 0, submit the request in writing and keep proof of receipt; 12 weeks, the decision, where no answer counts as a refusal, a fictieve weigering; plus 6 weeks, file a bezwaar, then the Gerecht

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.

JUS
2026

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Justice, courts and the legal profession

Enforcing the Rules: Aruba Court Rules on E-Step and E-Bike Rentals

16 September 2026

An Aruba court ruling on e-step and e-bike rentals shows that commercial labels do not determine legal obligations.

Dossiers

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

ECOEconomy and tourism AVIAviation and aircraft finance CORCorporate, tax and financial regulation JUSJustice, courts and the legal profession SOCSociety and personal reflection GOVGovernance and public administration LABLabour and employment KGDAruba and the Kingdom ENVEnvironment and public health