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CONFERENCE: Laboulaye et la galaxie libérale (Paris: Senate, 20 OCT 2025)

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CONFERENCE: Laboulaye et la galaxie libérale (Paris: Senate, 20 OCT 2025)

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(source: UNJF ) On 20 October, an international colloquium takes place in the French Senate (Palais du Luxembourg) on Laboulaye et la gala...

HONOUR: Martti Koskenniemi celebrated for Rule of Law Day (Helsinki: University of Helsinki, 8 OCT 2025)

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HONOUR: Martti Koskenniemi celebrated for Rule of Law Day (Helsinki: University of Helsinki, 8 OCT 2025)

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(image source: Kari Likonen/University of Helsinki ) Event description: Rule of Law Day is a free event open to everyone. It brings togethe...

BOOK: Miloš VEC, Wolfgang Preiser (1903–1997) und sein „Institut für Geschichte des Völkerrechts“ an der Universität Frankfurt. Denkräume und Sozialwelten eines Völkerrechtshistorikers im 20. Jahrhund...

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BOOK: Miloš VEC, Wolfgang Preiser (1903–1997) und sein „Institut für Geschichte des Völkerrechts“ an der Universität Frankfurt. Denkräume und Sozialwelten eines Völkerrechtshistorikers im 20. Jahrhundert [Studien Gesch des Völkerrechts] @nomosverlag.bsky.social 📖

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(image source: Nomos ) Abstract: Wolfgang Preiser (1903-1997), professor of criminal law and international law, founded the “Institute for...

ARTICLE: Robert SCHÜTZE, "‘Victorian’ Traditions: British International Law Scholarship, 1830–1914" (International and Coparative Law Quarterly LXXIV (2025), nr. 2, 409-435)

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ARTICLE: Robert SCHÜTZE, "‘Victorian’ Traditions: British International Law Scholarship, 1830–1914" (International and Comparative Law Quarterly LXXIV (2025), nr. 2, 409-435)

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(image source: Cambridge University Press ) Abstract: What are the philosophical and normative orientations of British international law s...

DATABASE: Les mots du Saint-Empire. Un glossaire (red. Falk BRETSCHNEIDER & Christophe DUHAMELLE) (Paris: EHESS) [ONLINE]

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DATABASE: Les mots du Saint-Empire. Un glossaire (red. Falk BRETSCHNEIDER & Christophe DUHAMELLE) (Paris: EHESS) [ONLINE]

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(image source: Les mots du Saint-Empire ) On the website: Ce site, fruit du séminaire "Droit, espaces, appartenances" de l'EHESS, propose un...

BOOK: Virginie LEMONNIER-LESAGE (dir.), Guy Coquille, sieur de Romenay, humaniste et juriste (1523-1603) [Colloques & Essais; 220] (Paris: Institut Francophone pour la Justice et la Démocratie, 2025), 174 p. ISBN 9782370324351, € 19

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BOOK: Virginie LEMONNIER-LESAGE (dir.), Guy Coquille, sieur de Romenay, humaniste et juriste (1523-1603) [Colloques & Essais; 220] (Paris: Institut Francophone pour la Justice et la Démocratie, 2025), 174 p. ISBN 9782370324351, € 19 📖⚖️

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(image source: LGDJ ) Abstract: Né le 11 novembre 1523 à Decize dans une famille de juristes – son grand-père maternel est lieutenant géné...

JOURNAL: Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History 33 (2025)

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JOURNAL: Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History 33 (2025)

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Journal of the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory. The most recent issue of Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History (Rg) open...

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CLOSING LECTURE: Prof. dr. Jean-Louis HALPÉRIN (Paris: Ecole normale supérieure, 15 DEC 2025)

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Hartelijk welkom aan alle nieuwe studenten recht en criminologie! #vub ⚖️

CONFERENCE: Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians (Ghent: UGent, 17-20 SEP 2025)

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CONFERENCE: Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians (Ghent: UGent, 17-20 SEP 2025)

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(image: Ghent 'barge'; source: VRT ) Drs. Louis Debersques, drs. Antoine Leclère and dr. Stefano Cattelan present papers at the Annual For...

VACANCIES: PhD positions on FWO Senior Fundamental Research Projects “Cities as breeding grounds: legal change in financial law (ca. 1620-ca. 1750)” and “Collective negotiations in sovereign default a...

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VACANCIES: PhD positions on FWO Senior Fundamental Research Projects “Cities as breeding grounds: legal change in financial law (ca. 1620-ca. 1750)” and “Collective negotiations in sovereign default and corporate insolvency (1890-1920)” @vubrussel.bsky.social

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Prof. Dave De ruysscher advertises two vacancies for PhD candidates on FWO Senior Fundamental Research Projects. 1. Cities as breeding ...

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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Sep 5

VACANCIES: PHD positions on FWO Senior Fundamental Research Projects “Cities as breeding grounds: legal change in financial law (ca. 1620-ca. 1750)” and “Collective negotiations in sovereign default and corporate insolvency” (DEADLINE 15 OCT 2025)

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INTERVIEW: Frederik DHONDT on the crisis in the Bayrou-government (De Morgen, 5 SEP 2025)

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INTERVIEW: Frederik DHONDT on the crisis in the Bayrou-government (De Morgen, 5 SEP 2025)

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Prof. Frederik Dhondt was interviewed by De Morgen on the current political crisis in the Bayrou-government in France. Read the interview ...

CALL: EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History 2025-2026: The End of War

VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Sep 2

CALL: @eutopiauni.bsky.social Connected Learning Community Legal History 2025-2026: The End of War

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Call: EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History 2025-2026: The End of War (image: St-Germain-en-Laye : signature du traité de...

EUTOPIA: Virtual Exhibition Connected Learning Community Legal History 2024-2025 (Collective and Individual Rights in Legal History)

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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Aug 27

EUTOPIA: Virtual Exhibition Connected Learning Community Legal History 2024-2025 (Collective and Individual Rights in Legal History)

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(image source: EUTopia CoLeCo Legal History ) The 2024-2025 EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History: Collective and Individual Ri...

INTERVIEW: Laurent DE SUTTER on "L'art de l'ivresse" (LeVif, 3 AUG 2025)

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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Aug 20

INTERVIEW: Laurent DE SUTTER on "L'art de l'ivresse" (LeVif, 3 AUG 2025)

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(image source: Le Vif ) Prof. Laurent De Sutter was interviewed by Le Vif on his recent book L'art de l'ivresse (Presses universitaires ...

BOOK REVIEW: Frederik DHONDT, "De laatste 242: Bespreking van Reszöhazy, E., Roden, D. Horvat, H. en Luyten, D. (2023). De laatste 242: de terechtstelling van collaborateurs na de Tweede Wereldoorlog....

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BOOK REVIEW: Frederik DHONDT, "De laatste 242: Bespreking van Reszöhazy, E., Roden, D. Horvat, H. en Luyten, D. (2023). De laatste 242: de terechtstelling van collaborateurs na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Lannoo" (Panopticon XLVI (2025), nr. 3, 288-291)

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(image source: Maklu ) Prof. Frederik Dhondt reviewed the book Elise Reszöhazy, Dimitri Roden, Stanislas Horvat & Dirk Luyten De laat...

BOOK: Laura CULBERTSON & Susan LONGFIELD KARR (eds.), Framing Devices and Global Legal Traditions. From the Ancient World to the Modern Nation State [Routledge Studies in Comparative Legal History, ed...

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BOOK: Laura CULBERTSON & Susan LONGFIELD KARR (eds.), Framing Devices and Global Legal Traditions. From the Ancient World to the Modern Nation State [Routledge Studies in Comparative Legal History @tandfresearch.bsky.social] 📖

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(image source: Routledge ) Abstract: This collection explores prefaces, prologues, paratexts, and other types of framing devices. Across w...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Belgisch-Nederlandse Rechtshistorische Dagen (Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 27-28 NOV 2025) (DEADLINE 1 OCT 2025)

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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Aug 18

CALL FOR PAPERS: Belgisch-Nederlandse Rechtshistorische Dagen (Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 27-28 NOV 2025) (DEADLINE 1 OCT 2025)

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(image: the Peace of Nijmegen, Henri Gascard; source: Wikimedia Commons ) Following the editions of 2012 (Tilburg), 2014 (VUB), 2016 (Maastr...

CONFERENCE: 5th Asian Legal History Conference (Kyoto: Doshisha University, 31 JUL-1 AUG)

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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Jul 18

CONFERENCE: 5th Asian Legal History Conference (Kyoto: Doshisha University, 31 JUL-1 AUG)

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(image source: Asian Legal History Conference ) Dr. Stefano Cattelan will present at the 5th Asian Legal History Conference in Kyoto (Jap...

VUB CASE: Fundamental Rights vs. Conscientious Objections; Belgian Feminism, the Mini-Royal Question, and the Struggle for Abortion

VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Jul 18

Blue Vercauteren Trompet on Fundamental Rights vs. Conscientious Objections; Belgian Feminism, the Mini-Royal Question, and the Struggle for Abortion

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1. Introduction 1.1. Context: Abortion, Feminism, and the Belgian Constitution of 1831 Belgium adopted one of the most liberal constitutio...

CY CASE: Le Droit des Animaux: histoire d'une reconnaissance difficile à travers le XIX ème siècle

VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Jul 18

Lisa Goueillain on Le Droit des Animaux: histoire d'une reconnaissance difficile à travers le XIX ème siècle

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This contribution examines animal rights in 19th-century France, beginning with the period of the Second Republic (1848–1850) and the enactm...

VUB CASE: The Belgian 1857 Charity Bill

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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Jul 18

Emma Wittens on The Belgian 1857 Charity Bill

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Persecution in Belgium. (1857).  Punch, Or The London Charivari , 235, Europeana.eu. Introduction The Charity bill, through Belgian eyes i...

LJUBLJANA CASE: The development of the Carniola Bar Association: the Rights of Attorneys and the Legal Profession during the Time of National Awakening

VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · Jul 18

Benjamin Marenče on The development of the Carniola Bar Association: the Rights of Attorneys and the Legal Profession during the Time of National Awakening

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Introduction To continue this journey through legal history with a truly legal topic, this study shall concern itself with the development ...