http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200508-133220-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-netherlands-of-rollercoasters-and-elephants/ The Netherlands: Of Rollercoasters and Elephants Buyse, Antoine de Lange, Roel eng 2020-05-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Law Coronavirus COVID 19 State of Emergency Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Dutch authorities take a quasi-legal, quasi-rhetorical approach to shape their intelligent lockdown and try to tame the pandemic beast, with questionable constitutional practices as a result. While the reliance on medical and other expertise might be a welcome difference compared to some other countries, overreliance on experts in communication may hide real political and legal choices that have been made.