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ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alain COLLIGNON & Dirk LUYTEN, "Henri Rolin" (BelgiumWII)

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ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alain COLLIGNON & Dirk LUYTEN, "Henri Rolin" (BelgiumWII)
(image: Henri Rolin as President of the Belgian Senate; source: Belgian Senate ) Alain Collignon and Dirk Luyten (both Belgian State Archi...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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BLOG: New Global Legal History Blog ANT.E (Areas – Norms – Time, Entangled) (Wien: Universität Wien)

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BLOG: New Global Legal History Blog ANT.E (Areas – Norms – Time, Entangled) (Wien: Universität Wien)
We received the following announcement: We are happy to announce the launch of our blog ANT.E at ante-blog.univie.ac.at. ANT.E is Areas ...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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BOOK: Michela BARBOT, Les règles de la valeur. Les prix et l'estimation au prisme du droit (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle) Presses de l'Université Toulouse Capitole [OPEN ACCESS]

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BOOK: Michela BARBOT, Les règles de la valeur. Les prix et l'estimation au prisme du droit (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle) [Études d’histoire du droit et des idées politiques, ed. Florent GARNIER; 36] (Toulou...
(image source : OpenEdition ) Abstract: Comment les prix et la valeur étaient-ils appréhendés par les juristes de l’époque moderne ? Et quel...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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BOOK: Lauri MÄLKSOO, Russia, the Soviet Union, and Imperial Continuity in International Law (Oxford: Oxford university press, 2025), ISBN 978019895593

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BOOK: Lauri MÄLKSOO, Russia, the Soviet Union, and Imperial Continuity in International Law (Oxford: Oxford university press, 2025), ISBN 978019895593
(image source: OUP ) Abstract: This book, a sequel to the author’s Russian Approaches to International Law (OUP, 2015), presents the histo...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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ARTICLE: Paolo AMOROSA, "Before Integration through Law: Cappelletti and Calamandrei on Judicial Review as Social Justice, 1944–1957", European Constitutional Law Review XXI (2025), nr. 3 [OPEN ACCESS]

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ARTICLE: Paolo AMOROSA, "Before Integration through Law: Cappelletti and Calamandrei on Judicial Review as Social Justice, 1944–1957", European Constitutional Law Review XXI (2025), nr. 3 [OPEN ACCESS...
(image source: CUP ) Abstract: The intellectual legacy of Cappelletti and Calamandrei – envisioning judicial review as an instrument of soci...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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BOOK: Georgios GIANNAKOPOULOS, The interpreters. British internationalism and empire in southeastern Europe, 1870-1930 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2025), ISBN 9781526160133, 85 GBP

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BOOK: Georgios GIANNAKOPOULOS, The interpreters. British internationalism and empire in southeastern Europe, 1870-1930 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2025), ISBN 9781526160133, 85 GBP
(image source: Manchester University Press ) Abstract: The book offers a new interpretation of the cultural and intellectual exchanges bet...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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JOURNAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY: David Schorr (Tel Aviv) Appointed New Editor

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JOURNAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY: David Schorr (Tel Aviv) Appointed New Editor
Journal Comparative Legal History   David Schorr Appointed New Editor The European Society for Comparative Legal History (ESCLH) is ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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PRIZE: Max Planck-ASLH Dissertation Prize for European Legal History in Global Perspective 2025 to Vladislav LILIC and Daniel R. QUIROGA VILLAMARÍN

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PRIZE: Max Planck-ASLH Dissertation Prize for European Legal History in Global Perspective 2025 to Vladislav LILIC and Daniel R. QUIROGA VILLAMARÍN
(image source: MPILHLT ) Description: This year's Max Planck-ASLH Dissertation Prize for European Legal History in Global Perspective reco...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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SEMINAR: The Global History of the Establishment of the Permanent Court of International Justice, 1919 to 1922 (Copenhagen: CEMES/INNER_LEAGUE ERC Project, 1-2 DEC 2025)

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SEMINAR: The Global History of the Establishment of the Permanent Court of International Justice, 1919 to 1922 (Copenhagen: CEMES/INNER_LEAGUE ERC Project, 1-2 DEC 2025)
(image source: CEMES ) Abstract: This seminar will discuss the draft book chapters of a new monograph on the establishment of the Permanen...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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DATASET: Transcripts of the Nürnberg Trials (Harvard: Harvard Law School Library, 20 NOV 2025) - PODCAST: "1945. Crime contre l'humanité, forger un concept pour le droit" (@franceculture.fr 26 AUG 2025)

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DATASET: Transcripts of the Nürnberg Trials (Harvard: Harvard Law School Library, 20 NOV 2025) - PODCAST: "1945. Crime contre l'humanité, forger un concept pour le droit" (France Culture, 26 AUG 2025-...
(image source: Harvard Law School Library/Lorin Granger )   At the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Nürnberg Trials, H...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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BOOK: Jean-Paul JEAN, Les juges devant l'histoire. Savoire dire non, de Vichy à nos jours [Histoire] (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2025), 342 p. ISBN 9791041305179, €25

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BOOK: Jean-Paul JEAN, Les juges devant l'histoire. Savoire dire non, de Vichy à nos jours [Histoire] (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2025), 342 p. ISBN 9791041305179, €25
(image source: PUR ) Abstract: Comment des juges, qui ont prêté serment de fidélité au maréchal Pétain et servi le régime de Vichy, ont-il...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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BOOK: Maurits DEN HOLLANDER, Court, Credit, and Capital. Amsterdam's Insolvency Legislation in the Dutch Golden Age [Studies in Legal History] (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025), 312 p. ISBN 9781009631051, 95 GBP

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BOOK: Maurits DEN HOLLANDER, Court, Credit, and Capital. Amsterdam's Insolvency Legislation in the Dutch Golden Age [Studies in Legal History] (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025), 312 p. ISB...
(image source: CUP ) Abstract: Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was a city of innovations. Explosive economic growth, the expansion of overse...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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CFP: 'Intellectual property: Historical perspectives' - Special Issue of the Revista Chilena de Historia del Derecho [DEADLINE 31 DEC 2025]

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CFP: 'Intellectual property: Historical perspectives' - Special Issue of the Revista Chilena de Historia del Derecho [DEADLINE 31 DEC 2025]
CfP:   Intellectual property: Historical perspectives Special Issue of Revista Chilena de Historia del Derecho   The Revista C...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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BOOK: Maarten PRAK (ed.), The Cambridge Urban History of Europe (Cambridge: CUP, 2026)

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BOOK: Maarten PRAK (ed.), The Cambridge Urban History of Europe (Cambridge: CUP, 2026)
(image source: CUP ) Volume I (eds. Penelope J. Davies & Christina G. Williamson): Volume I offers a broad perspective on urban culture in...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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BOOK: Claudia MOATTI, Sur la politique. Cinq grandes leçons romaines [Lectures méditerranéennes] (Rome: École française de Rome, 2025), 308 p. ISBN 9782728318490, € 18

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BOOK: Claudia MOATTI, Sur la politique. Cinq grandes leçons romaines [Lectures méditerranéennes] (Rome: École française de Rome, 2025), 308 p. ISBN 9782728318490, € 18
(image source: EFR ) Abstract: Repenser la res publica, d’où vient (mais par quels détours, quels malentendus !) le terme moderne de « rép...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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BOOK: Thomas BOULLU, Le trésor des grâces. Étude juridique sur la transaction fiscale (France, 1661-1791) [Histoire et civilisations] (Villeneuve-d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2025), ISBN 9782757445259, €28

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BOOK: Thomas BOULLU, Le trésor des grâces. Étude juridique sur la transaction fiscale (France, 1661-1791) [Histoire et civilisations] (Villeneuve-d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2025), I...
Abstract: Contrat établi entre deux personnes, la transaction permet aux parties de régler un litige à l'amiable et d’éviter un procès. L’...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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FILM: "Le Vie dell'Acqua" - ERC PROJECT "MICOLL" - Università di Padova

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FILM: "Le Vie dell'Acqua" - ERC PROJECT "MICOLL" - Università di Padova
(Source: Micoll ) Il film "Le vie dell'acqua" (progetto ERC MICOLL) tra didattica e terza missione Il film  " Le vie dell’acqua", diretto da...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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CONFERENCE: "Augustinisme et pensée juridique" (Paris: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 24-25 NOV 2025)

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CONFERENCE: "Augustinisme et pensée juridique" (Paris: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 24-25 NOV 2025)
(Source: Univdroit ) Colloque Augustinisme et pensée juridique Argumentaire Le syntagme d’Augustinisme politique a connu le succès depuis ...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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BOOK: Indravati FÉLICITÉ & Marine LE PULOCH (dir.), Regard critique sur les souverainetés. Une perspective globale du Moyen Âge à nos jours [Rencontres, 686; Histoire, 18] (Paris: @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social 2025), 297 p. ISBN 9782406186304, € 32 📚

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BOOK: Indravati FÉLICITÉ & Marine LE PULOCH (dir.), Regard critique sur les souverainetés. Une perspective globale du Moyen Âge à nos jours [Rencontres, 686; Histoire, 18] (Paris: Classiques Garnier, ...
(image source: Classiques Garnier ) Abstract: La souveraineté est devenue une évidence dans la philosophie politique, bien que son applica...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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BOOK: Peter HARRIS & Dominic DE COGAN (eds.), Studies in the History of Tax Law, vol. 12 (London: Bloomsbury/Hart, 2025), 456 p. ISBN 9781509981731, USD 157,5

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BOOK: Peter HARRIS & Dominic DE COGAN (eds.), Studies in the History of Tax Law, vol. 12 (London: Bloomsbury/Hart, 2025), 456 p. ISBN 9781509981731, USD 157,5
(image source: Hart ) Abstract: The authors are a mix of senior tax professionals from academia, the judiciary, and practice, with represent...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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BOOK: Paula ZICHI, Feminist Governance and International Law. A Critical Legal History from Mandate Palestine [Feminist and Queer International Law, eds. Gina HEATHCOTE & Tamsin Phillipa PAIGE] (London: @tandfresearch.bsky.social)

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BOOK: Paula ZICHI, Feminist Governance and International Law. A Critical Legal History from Mandate Palestine [Feminist and Queer International Law, eds. Gina HEATHCOTE & Tamsin Phillipa PAIGE] (Londo...
(image source: Routledge ) Abstract: Documenting the intertwined history of international institutions and transnational feminism through ...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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BOOK: Pierre-Louis BOYER, Histoire des avocats de l'antiquité à nos jours (Paris: Librairie Dalloz, 2025), ISBN 9782247245031, € 32

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BOOK: Pierre-Louis BOYER, Histoire des avocats de l'antiquité à nos jours (Paris: Librairie Dalloz, 2025), ISBN 9782247245031, € 32
(image source: Dalloz ) Abstract: Des logographes grecs du IVe siècle av. J.-C. aux bouleversements liés à l’Intelligence artificielle, ce...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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BOOK: Emily GORDON, Charles MITCHELL & Ian WILLIAMS (eds.), Epidemics and the Law from Plage to Present (London: Bloomsbury/Hart, 2025), 280 p. ISBN 9781509984442, USD 130

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BOOK: Emily GORDON, Charles MITCHELL & Ian WILLIAMS (eds.), Epidemics and the Law from Plage to Present (London: Bloomsbury/Hart, 2025), 280 p. ISBN 9781509984442, USD 130
(image source: Bloomsbury ) Abstract: This collection of essays presents a socio-legal history of epidemics from the medieval period to th...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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ENCYCLOPEDIA: Marguerite RONIN, "Une histoire de l'eau dans le droit romain" (EHNE, Sorbonne-Université, NOV 2025)

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ENCYCLOPEDIA: Marguerite RONIN, "Une histoire de l'eau dans le droit romain" (EHNE, Sorbonne-Université, NOV 2025)
(image source: EHNE ) First paragraph: L’eau constitue à la fois une ressource naturelle indispensable à de nombreuses activités économiques...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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BOOK: Peter Oldham KC, Law and Politics at the National Industrial Relations Court 1970-75. 'Rather Peculiar Things' (London: Bloomsbury/Hart, 2025), 208 p. ISBN 9781509985418, 108 USD

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BOOK: Peter Oldham KC, Law and Politics at the National Industrial Relations Court 1970-75. 'Rather Peculiar Things' (London: Bloomsbury/Hart, 2025), 208 p. ISBN 9781509985418, 108 USD
(image source: Bloomsbury ) Abstract: This book gives extraordinary new insights into the legal, political and industrial strife in the UK...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM