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BOOK: Walter PAULY & Martin OTTO (Hrsg.), Recht, Staat und Geschichte bei Michael Stolleis. Wissenschaftsgeschichte des öffentlichen Rechts in Deutschland (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2025), 403 p. ISB... (image source: Nomos ) Abstract: Michael Stolleis (1941–2021) ist der Historiograph des deutschen öffentlichen Rechts. Seine Forschungen e...

BOOK: Walter PAULY & Martin OTTO (Hrsg.), Recht, Staat und Geschichte bei Michael Stolleis. Wissenschaftsgeschichte des öffentlichen Rechts in Deutschland (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2025), 403 p. ISBN 9783756016822, €119

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SEMINAR CYCLE: Webinaire Histoire du droit 2.0. Nouvelles sources, nouveaux supports de diffusion, nouvelles écritures (image source: Facebook ) Abstract: Notre webinaire est un moment d’échanges et de discussion qui propose de réunir ceux qui s’intéressent...

SEMINAR CYCLE: Webinaire Histoire du droit 2.0. Nouvelles sources, nouveaux supports de diffusion, nouvelles écritures

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SEMINAR: Il "racconto" della Costituzione, conferenza di Giuseppe Speciale - MILHIS Talks (Milan: Università degli Studi di Milano, 18 FEB 2026) (Source: MILHIS ) MILHIS Talks Voices. MILHIS Talks MILHIS Talks is one of the three forms through which MILHIS Voices articulates its app...

SEMINAR: Il "racconto" della Costituzione, conferenza di Giuseppe Speciale - MILHIS Talks (Milan: Università degli Studi di Milano, 18 FEB 2026)

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SEMINAR CYCLE: Histoire des juristes et de l'enseignement du Droit en Europe (Paris: ENC/ENS-PSL, 23 JAN-10 APR 2026) (image source: ENS PSL ) Program: 23 janvier : Patrick ARABEYERE – ENC, Les consultations “politiques” des juristes français de la fin du M...

SEMINAR CYCLE: Histoire des juristes et de l'enseignement du Droit en Europe (Paris: ENC/ENS-PSL, 23 JAN-10 APR 2026)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Les chrononymes en histoire du droit (Clio@Thémis, DEADLINE 28 FEB 2026) Les chrononymes en histoire du droit                                        Coordination scientifique : Jérôme Henning, Université Tou...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Les chrononymes en histoire du droit (Clio@Thémis, DEADLINE 28 FEB 2026)

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ADVANCE ARTICLE: Orlando SCARCELLO, "Italy's authoritarian turn as executive dominance: Costantino Mortati's early writings (1931-1944) (European Law Open) [OPEN ACCESS] (image source: Cambridge ) Abstract: I examine the transformation of Italy during the fascist era and the way in which it was explained by...

ADVANCE ARTICLE: Orlando SCARCELLO, "Italy's authoritarian turn as executive dominance: Costantino Mortati's early writings (1931-1944) (European Law Open) [OPEN ACCESS]

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SUMMERSCHOOL: Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law (Osnabrück: Uni Osnabrück, 18-26 JUL 2026) [DEADLINE 1 APR 2026] (click on image to enlarge; source: Uni Osnabrück )

SUMMERSCHOOL: Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law (Osnabrück: Uni Osnabrück, 18-26 JUL 2026) [DEADLINE 1 APR 2026]

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SYMPOSIUM: The Meanings of Independence: The American Declaration in Global Context, 1776-1826 (Oxford: Rothermere American Institute, 19 MAR 2026) (image source: Oxford )   Abstract: The Declaration of Independence, whose 250th anniversary Americans will observe in 2026, is the United S...

SYMPOSIUM: The Meanings of Independence: The American Declaration in Global Context, 1776-1826 (Oxford: Rothermere American Institute, 19 MAR 2026)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums (DEADLINE 28 FEB, 31 MAR, 30 APR 2026) (image source: Four Nations Law )   We are excited to announce the calls for papers for Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums 2026! Loc...

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums (DEADLINE 28 FEB, 31 MAR, 30 APR 2026)

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BLOG: Mario ASCHERI, "Pathways in History and Law" (MILHIS -Milan Legal History) (click on image to enlarge) We received the following announcement: We are pleased to share that **MILHIS**, the new website of the Legal Hi...

BLOG: Mario ASCHERI, "Pathways in History and Law" (MILHIS -Milan Legal History)

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SEMINAR: "Lo stato di eccezione e la storia delle istituzioni"con Giuseppe Astuto, Elena Gaetana Faraci e Marcello Saija - Incontri de 'Le carte della storia' (13 FEB 2026, 17:00 CET, online) (Source: Società studi storia delle istituzioni ) "Lo stato di eccezione e la storia delle istituzioni"con Giuseppe Astuto, Elena Gaetana Fa...

SEMINAR: "Lo stato di eccezione e la storia delle istituzioni"con Giuseppe Astuto, Elena Gaetana Faraci e Marcello Saija - Incontri de 'Le carte della storia' (13 FEB 2026, 17:00 CET, online)

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BOOK REVIEW: Guillaume COT on La Comédie à la lumière du droit. France, Angleterre, Empire (1600–1800), by Gabrielle Vickermann-Ribémont (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2 (December), pp. ... (Image source: Taylor&Francis ) A recurring trait among comparatists may be their tendency – if not their instinct – for erudition. This is ...

BOOK REVIEW: Guillaume COT on La Comédie à la lumière du droit. France, Angleterre, Empire (1600–1800), by Gabrielle Vickermann-Ribémont (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2 (December), pp. 327-332)

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BOOK: Manuel HERRERO SÁNCHEZ, Jonatán OROZCO CRUZ & Pedro CARDIM (eds.), The Asiento System and the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans (circa 1580–1750) [The Atlantic World, ed. Benjamin SCHMIDT... (image source: Brill ) Abstract: This is the first edited volume to focus explicitly on the asiento, the contractual framework that regula...

BOOK: Manuel HERRERO SÁNCHEZ, Jonatán OROZCO CRUZ & Pedro CARDIM (eds.), The Asiento System and the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans (circa 1580–1750) [The Atlantic World, ed. Benjamin SCHMIDT & Wim KLOOSTER; vol. 41] @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 📖

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SEMINAR: PetrIUS and Printed Canon Law Paratexts up to ca. 1600 (Poznań: Centre for Ius Commune, Adam Mickiewicz University, 24 FEB 2026, online) (Source: Early edition of the Corpus Iuris Canonici) The Centre for Ius Commune has been established at Adam Mickiewicz University to impl...

SEMINAR: PetrIUS and Printed Canon Law Paratexts up to ca. 1600 (Poznań: Centre for Ius Commune, Adam Mickiewicz University, 24 FEB 2026, online)

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LECTURE SERIES: Focus (Jewish) law, (Jewish) history & theory (Wien: Universität Wien, JAN-DEC 2026) (image source: Uni Wien ) University of Vienna Faculty of Law Department for Legal & Constitutional History   Team Wendehorst   ...

LECTURE SERIES: Focus (Jewish) law, (Jewish) history & theory (Wien: Universität Wien, JAN-DEC 2026)

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BOOK: Kelly MADDOX, Tino SCHOLZ & Urs Matthias ZACHMANN (eds.), Military Justice in Modern History. The Adjudication of War and Violence in a Globalising World [War and Violence in the Japanese Empire... (image source: DeGruyterBrill ) Abstract: Military justice has long played a central role in the adjudication of war and violence througho...

BOOK: Kelly MADDOX, Tino SCHOLZ & Urs Matthias ZACHMANN (eds.), Military Justice in Modern History. The Adjudication of War and Violence in a Globalising World [War and Violence in the Japanese Empire, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social], OPEN ACCESS

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JHIL ANNUAL LECTURE: Michel ERPELDING, "Reflections on a non-lieu de mémoire of international law: the rise and fall of mixed courts for the adjudication of private rights" (Cologne 16 MAR 2026)

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JOURNAL: Special Issue Actes du colloque Les écritures judiciaires. Formes et légitimités des décisions de justice depuis le Moyen Âge (dir. Martine CHARAGEAT & Mathieu SOULA) (Criminocorpus 29 (2025)... (image source: criminocorpus ) Powers and functions of judicial documents  (Martine Charageat & Mathieu Soula) [English translation] DOI 1...

JOURNAL: Special Issue Actes du colloque Les écritures judiciaires. Formes et légitimités des décisions de justice depuis le Moyen Âge (dir. Martine CHARAGEAT & Mathieu SOULA) (Criminocorpus 29 (2025)) [OPEN ACCESS]
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LECTURE SERIES: Figures/Visages de l'administration dans l'Europe des crises politiques (XVIe-XXIe siècles) (Brussels: UCLouvain, St-Louis Bruxelles, 17 FEB 2026) (click on image to enlarge) Abstract: Ce séminaire, intitulé Figures/Visages de l'administration dans l'Europe des crises politiques (XVIe...

LECTURE SERIES: Figures/Visages de l'administration dans l'Europe des crises politiques (XVIe-XXIe siècles) (Brussels: UCLouvain, St-Louis Bruxelles, 17 FEB 2026)

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BOOK: Diederik BURGERSDIJK, Henk J.M. NELLEN & Marc DE WILDE (eds.), Hugo Grotius’s On Public Partnership with Unbelievers (De societate publica cum infidelibus). Introduction, Transcription and Engli... (image source: Brill ) Abstract: In this hitherto unpublished treatise, Hugo Grotius examines what kinds of partnerships between Christian...

BOOK: Diederik BURGERSDIJK, Henk J.M. NELLEN & Marc DE WILDE (eds.), Hugo Grotius’s On Public Partnership with Unbelievers (De societate publica cum infidelibus). Introduction, Transcription and English Translation

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LECTURE: Naoki KANAYAMA, "Portalis plagiat ? Entre Rousseau et Montesquieu" (Toulouse: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole/CTHDIP, 12 FEB 2026) On the speaker: Naoki Kanayama est professeur émérite de droit civil à l’École de droit de l’Université Keio (Tokyo) et directeur de la Ma...

LECTURE: Naoki KANAYAMA, "Portalis plagiat ? Entre Rousseau et Montesquieu" (Toulouse: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole/CTHDIP, 12 FEB 2026)

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BOOK PRESENTATION: Jean-Paul JEAN, "Judges before history/Les juges devant l’histoire’" (Oxford: Maison française d'Oxford, 18 FEB 2026) [HYBRID] (image source: MFO ) Presentation: Jean-Paul Jean will present his book, which examines the role of judges under Vichy and during the Purg...

BOOK PRESENTATION: Jean-Paul JEAN, "Judges before history/Les juges devant l’histoire’" (Oxford: Maison française d'Oxford, 18 FEB 2026) [HYBRID]

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BOOK: Peter COLLIN & Leonard WOLCKENHAAR (eds.), Plurale Rechtsverständnisse ? Begriff und Grundlagen des Rechts in den juristischen Teildisziplinen im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert [Moderne R... (image source: Klostermann ) Abstract: From the end of the 19th century onwards, German jurisprudence became increasingly differentiated, ...

BOOK: Peter COLLIN & Leonard WOLCKENHAAR (eds.), Plurale Rechtsverständnisse ? Begriff und Grundlagen des Rechts in den juristischen Teildisziplinen im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert [Moderne Regulierungsregime; 6] (Klostermann, 2025)

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BOOK REVIEW: Emily KADENS on La dynamique juridique des réseaux marchands: Hanses, nations, agences, filiales et comptoirs, edited by Luisa Brunori (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2 (Dece... (Image source: Taylor&Francis ) This collection of essays, as Luisa Brunori’s introduction explains, explores the legal landscape of merchan...

BOOK REVIEW: Emily KADENS on La dynamique juridique des réseaux marchands: Hanses, nations, agences, filiales et comptoirs, edited by Luisa Brunori (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2 (December), pp. 318-323)

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SOURCE: Official version of the Travaux Préparatoires of the European Convention on Human Rights (Strasburg: Council of Europe, 2026) (image: Strasburg city centre; source: Wikimedia Commons ) The European Court of Human Rights has released the 8 volumes of the official T...

SOURCE: Official version of the Travaux Préparatoires of the European Convention on Human Rights (Strasburg: Council of Europe, 2026)

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BOOK: Aldo Andrea Cassi and Cinzia Cremonini (eds.), Lombardia veneziana. Contributi per nuove prospettive (Torino: Giappichelli Editore, 2025). ISBN: 9791221116830, pp. 256, € 37,00 (Source: Giappichelli Editore ) Abstract: Il volume raccoglie una serie di contributi in prospettiva storica (ricorrendo anche ad un ricco...

BOOK: Aldo Andrea CASSI and Cinzia CREMONINI (eds.), Lombardia veneziana. Contributi per nuove prospettive (Torino: Giappichelli Editore, 2025). ISBN: 9791221116830, pp. 256, € 37,00

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Dirigeants et dirigés [Journées de la Société d’histoire du droit et institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons] (Versailles, 15-16 MAY 2026) [DEADLINE 15 APR 2026] Les journées de la Société d’histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons se tiendront cette année à Versai...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Dirigeants et dirigés [Journées de la Société d’histoire du droit et institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons] (Versailles, 15-16 MAY 2026) [DEADLINE 15 APR 2026]

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SEMINAR: 'In dialogo sulla storia costituzionale italiana: Augusto Antonio Barbera, testimone e protagonista' (Rome: Lumsa Università, 20 FEB 2026) (Source: Lumsa Università ) Il Convegno “ In dialogo sulla storia costituzionale italiana - Augusto Antonio Barbera, testimone e protagoni...

SEMINAR: 'In dialogo sulla storia costituzionale italiana: Augusto Antonio Barbera, testimone e protagonista' (Rome: Lumsa Università, 20 FEB 2026)

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BOOK: Nicolas MICHEL & Romain WAROQUIER (dir.), Pensée politique et Gouvernement dans l'Occident médiéval (XIe-début XIIIe siècle) [Rencontres, vol. 691; Civilisation médiévale, vol. 66] (Paris: Class... (image source: Classiques Garnier ) Abstract: Comment s’opèrent le dialogue et les conditions de la négociation permanente entre norme et ...

BOOK: Nicolas MICHEL & Romain WAROQUIER (dir.), Pensée politique et Gouvernement dans l'Occident médiéval (XIe-début XIIIe siècle) [Rencontres, vol. 691; Civilisation médiévale, vol. 66] (Paris: @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social 2026), 288 p.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sylvie CROGIEZ-PETREQUIN "Le Code Théodosien (438-439) : un jalon du droit romain" (EHNE) [OPEN ACCESS] (image source: EHNE ) Introduction: Le Code Théodosien est un recueil de règlements et de décisions impériales des ive et ve siècles, écrit...

ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sylvie CROGIEZ-PETREQUIN "Le Code Théodosien (438-439) : un jalon du droit romain" (EHNE) [OPEN ACCESS]

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