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JOURNAL: Comparative Legal History XIII (2025), nr. 2 (Dec)

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JOURNAL: Comparative Legal History XIII (2025), nr. 2 (Dec)
(Image source:   Routledge ) Editorial (Agustín Parise & Matthew Dyson)  [OPEN ACCESS] DOI: 10.1080/2049677X.2025.2579342 Doctrinal change i...
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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]

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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]
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SYMPOSIUM: The Meanings of Independence: The American Declaration in Global Context, 1776-1826 (Oxford: Rothermere American Institute, 19 MAR 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...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums (DEADLINE 28 FEB, 31 MAR, 30 APR 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...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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BLOG: Mario ASCHERI, "Pathways in History and Law" (MILHIS -Milan Legal History)

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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...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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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)

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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...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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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. 327-332)

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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 ...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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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 & Wim KLOOSTER; vol. 41] @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 📖

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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...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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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)

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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...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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LECTURE SERIES: Focus (Jewish) law, (Jewish) history & theory (Wien: Universität Wien, JAN-DEC 2026)

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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   ...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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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, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social], OPEN ACCESS

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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...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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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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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: Akademie für euro...
(image source: MPILHLT ) dr. Michel Erpelding (Research Group Leader, MPILHLT) will deliver this year's  JHIL Lecture  at the  Akademie für...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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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)) [OPEN ACCESS]
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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...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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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)

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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...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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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 English Translation

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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...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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LECTURE: Naoki KANAYAMA, "Portalis plagiat ? Entre Rousseau et Montesquieu" (Toulouse: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole/CTHDIP, 12 FEB 2026)

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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...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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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]

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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...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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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 Regulierungsregime; 6] (Klostermann, 2025)

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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, ...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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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 (December), pp. 318-323)

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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...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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SOURCE: Official version of the Travaux Préparatoires of the European Convention on Human Rights (Strasburg: Council of Europe, 2026)

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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...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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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

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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...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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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]

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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...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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SEMINAR: 'In dialogo sulla storia costituzionale italiana: Augusto Antonio Barbera, testimone e protagonista' (Rome: Lumsa Università, 20 FEB 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...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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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: @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social 2026), 288 p.

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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 ...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sylvie CROGIEZ-PETREQUIN "Le Code Théodosien (438-439) : un jalon du droit romain" (EHNE) [OPEN ACCESS]

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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...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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BOOK: Filippo ROSSI (ed.), Soggetti, diritto e disuguaglianze tra passato e presente. Un’analisi interdisciplinare [Collana del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche Cesare Beccaria | serie: Corso di dottorato] (Torino: Giappichelli, 2026), 240 p.

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BOOK: Filippo ROSSI (ed.), Soggetti, diritto e disuguaglianze tra passato e presente. Un’analisi interdisciplinare [Collana del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche Cesare Beccaria | serie: Corso di dot...
(image source: Giappichelli ) Introduction: I saggi che compongono questo volume raccolgono gli atti del corso dottorale Soggetti, diritto ...
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February 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM