KAREL’S 20-YEAR BLOGGING ANNIVERSARY

Today I’m celebrating my 20-year blogging anniversary

Throughout the blog’s 20-year existence, my core focus has remained the same: sharing knowledge about Dutch Caribbean corporate law and finance law. In recent years, the law of Suriname has been added. This addition is also reflected in my academic publications in recent years.

Pages on my weblog that I want to mention specifically are the page with an overview of my presentations and lectures (most of them in Dutch), an overview of my academic publications (in Dutch) and an overview of Read the rest »

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Jun 2025
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NEW CIVIL CODE SURINAME

A historic and monumental decision

The National Assembly, Suriname’s parliament, passed the proposals for a new Civil Code (and related laws) on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. This project has been worked on for years.

These are the laws that will enter into force in the near future:

  • Civil Code
  • New Civil Code Adjustment Act
  • Law on general time limits
  • Trade Register Act
  • Transitional Act to adapt legislation new Civil Code
  • New Civil Code Transition Act
  • Code of Civil Procedure
  • As for the new Surinamese law of legal persons (including corporations), I anticipated its introduction in my handbook published in 2023 …
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    Aug 2024
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