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CALL: Positions on the Editorial Board (Comparative Legal History; DEADLINE 15 JAN 2026)

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CALL: Positions on the Editorial Board (Comparative Legal History; DEADLINE 15 JAN 2026)
Journal Comparative Legal History   Call for Positions on the Editorial Board   Deadline: 15 January 2026     The Euro...
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WINTER BREAK: the ESCLH Blog will be back on 5 January 2026

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WINTER BREAK: the ESCLH Blog will be back on 5 January 2026
(image: François Boucher, lady reading a book; source: Bildindex/Europeana ) The ESCLH Blog will be slowing down briefly. We will return in ...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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JOURNAL: Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis/Revue d'histoire du droit/The Legal History Review CXIII (2025), nr. 3-4

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JOURNAL: Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis/Revue d'histoire du droit/The Legal History Review CXIII (2025), nr. 3-4
(image source: Brill ) Articles The Hexabiblos: the Humanist quest for the text (Lorena Atzeri) DOI 10.1163/15718190-20253401 Abstract: Sinc...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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BOOK REVIEW: Donal K. COFFEY on Brexit, union, and disunion: the evolution of British constitutional unsettlement by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2 (December), pp. 362-366)

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BOOK REVIEW: Donal K. COFFEY on Brexit, union, and disunion: the evolution of British constitutional unsettlement by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2 (December), p...
(Image source: Taylor&Francis ) Brexit blew up the United Kingdom’s constitutional settlement. When the UK voted to leave the European Union...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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BOOK: Konstantinos POULIOS, The Congress of Carlowitz (1698/99). Supra-cultural Diplomatic Norms and Practices of Peacemaking at the End of the Seventeenth Century @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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BOOK: Konstantinos POULIOS, The Congress of Carlowitz (1698/99). Supra-cultural Diplomatic Norms and Practices of Peacemaking at the End of the Seventeenth Century [Legal History Library, eds. Dirk HE...
(image source: Brill ) Abstract: This book delivers the first comprehensive analysis of the Peace Congress of Carlowitz (1698/99), challen...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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BOOK: Wouter DRUWÉ, Randall LESAFFER & Geert SLUIJS (eds.), Natural Law and Domestic Government in the Early Modern Period [Legal History Library, eds. Dirk HEIRBAUT et al.; vol. 80] (Leiden/Boston: @degruyterbrill.bsky.social)

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BOOK: Wouter DRUWÉ, Randall LESAFFER & Geert SLUIJS (eds.), Natural Law and Domestic Government in the Early Modern Period [Legal History Library, eds. Dirk HEIRBAUT, Michelle MCKLINLEY, Matthew C. MI...
(image source: Brill ) Abstract: Natural Law and Domestic Government in the Early Modern Period examines how natural law informed evolving...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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BOOK: H. Alberto FEENSTRA, Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic [Library of Economic History, eds. Jeremy LAND, Tomoko SHIROYAMA & Jeroen TOUWEN] (Leiden/Boston: @degruyterbrill.bsky.social , 2025), ISBN

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BOOK: H. Alberto FEENSTRA, Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic [Library of Economic History, eds. Jeremy LAND, Tomoko SHIROYAMA & Jeroen TOUWEN] (Leiden/Bo...
(image source: Brill ) Abstract: This book analyses the political economy of provincial public debt within the federal Dutch Republic. Fro...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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JOURNAL: The Journal of Legal History XLV (2024), No. 1

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JOURNAL: The Journal of Legal History XLV (2024), No. 1
The Prosecution of Heresy in the Henrician Reformation   (Paul Cavill) (OPEN ACCESS) DOI 10.1080/01440365.2024.2320968 Abstract: At the begi...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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BOOK: Cátia P. ANTUNES, Alejandro GARCíA-MONTON, Elisabeth HEIJMANS et al., A Hydra of Business and Men: The Habsburg Asiento de Negros in Structuring the European Transatlantic Slave Trade @degruyterbrill.bsky.social [OPEN ACCESS]

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BOOK: Cátia P. ANTUNES, Alejandro GARCíA-MONTON, Elisabeth HEIJMANS et al., A Hydra of Business and Men: The Habsburg Asiento de Negros in Structuring the European Transatlantic Slave Trade [Library o...
(image source: Brill ) Abstract: This book offers a historical and historiographical analysis of the Spanish asiento de negros, a contract...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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BLOG SYMPOSIUM: Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law at 20 (National University of Singapore)

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BLOG SYMPOSIUM: Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law at 20 (National University of Singapore)
(image source: NUS ) The Centre for International Law Dialogues of the National University of Singapore hosts a blog series on Anthony Ang...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Global Law and Particular Legalities: Essays in Honour of William Twining (special issue in "The Journal of Comparative Law"; DEADLINE 9 JAN 2026)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Global Law and Particular Legalities: Essays in Honour of William Twining (special issue in "The Journal of Comparative Law"; DEADLINE 9 JAN 2026)
(Image source: Lawbook Exchange ) When William Twining passed away on 9 October 2025, the global legal academy lost one of its most origin...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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BOOK: Brecht DESEURE (ed.), Constitution de la Belgique. Projets et propositions pour la constitution belge de 1831 : édition critique (Brussels: CRALO/SPF Justice, 2020), 469 p. ISBN 9782960272406 [OPEN ACCESS]

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BOOK: Brecht DESEURE (ed.), Constitution de la Belgique. Projets et propositions pour la constitution belge de 1831 : édition critique (Brussels: Commission royale pour la publication des anciennes lo...
(Image source: Koninklijke Commissie voor de Uitgave van Oude Wetten en Verordeningen ) Dr Brecht Deseure (ULB/KBR, FedTWin) has brought tog...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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ARTICLE: Laurine MANAC'H, "Historiciser et politiser le pouvoir administratif", Rives Méditerranéennes 67 (2025), 169-185

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ARTICLE: Laurine MANAC'H, "Historiciser et politiser le pouvoir administratif", Rives Méditerranéennes 67 (2025), 169-185
(image source: openedition ) First paragraph: Peut-on et comment faire l’histoire du « pouvoir administratif » dans des sociétés d’Ancien ...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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BOOK REVIEW: Sara L. KIMBLE on International law and women’s history: historical methods for egalitarian scholarship: A Review of Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces?, edited by Immi Tallgren

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BOOK REVIEW: Sara L. KIMBLE on International law and women’s history: historical methods for egalitarian scholarship: A Review of Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces...
(Image source: Taylor&Francis ) Nearly a century ago, Virginia Woolf asked ‘If Shakespeare Had a Sister’ in A Room of One’s Own Woolf imagin...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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JOURNAL: Revue Historique de Droit Français et Étranger 2025/01

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JOURNAL: Revue Historique de Droit Français et Étranger 2025/01
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December 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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PRIZE: d'Aguesseau Thesis Prize 2025 to Francesco Saverio TAVAGLIONE (ULiège), "Entre punition et réparation. Pour une histoire culturelle de la fonction de la responsabilité aquilienne"

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PRIZE: d'Aguesseau Thesis Prize 2025 to Francesco Saverio TAVAGLIONE (ULiège), "Entre punition et réparation. Pour une histoire culturelle de la fonction de la responsabilité aquilienne"
(image source: daguesseau.fr ) Announcement: Le jury du Prix d’Aguesseau s’est réuni le 1er décembre 2025. À l’unanimité des présents lors d...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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PRIZE: American Society for Legal History Article Prize to Grace MALLON (co-winner), "Negotiated Federalism: Intergovernmental Relations on the Maritime Frontier, 1789-1815"

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PRIZE: American Society for Legal History Article Prize to Grace MALLON (co-winner), "Negotiated Federalism: Intergovernmental Relations on the Maritime Frontier, 1789-1815"
(image source: Rothermere American Institute, Oxford ) On the article: Grace Mallon’s “Negotiated Federalism” examines the federal governm...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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VACANCIES: 14 PHD Positions in Cultural Heritage - Cultural Heritage Outreach in RomAnce Languages (MSCA CoFund) (DEADLINE 17 JAN 2026)

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VACANCIES: 14 PHD Positions in Cultural Heritage - Cultural Heritage Outreach in RomAnce Languages (MSCA CoFund) (DEADLINE 17 JAN 2026)
(image source: wikimer )   Presentation Selected candidates will be enrolled in PhD programmes under joint supervision, awarding a double de...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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VACANCIES: Turku Institute for Advanced Studies opens up to 10 postdoctoral positions [Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND] (Turku: University of Turku, DEADLINE 6 JAN 2026)

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VACANCIES: Turku Institute for Advanced Studies opens up to 10 postdoctoral positions [Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND] (Turku: University of Turku, DEADLINE 6 JAN 2026)
(image: Autumn in Turku; Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) has opened a call for up to ten research fe...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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JOURNAL: Justices manifestes. Écrits, rituels et procédures judiciaires au Moyen Âge et à l'époque moderne, dir. Elisabeth SCHMIT & Aurélien PETER (Clio@Thémis 29 (2025) [OPEN ACCESS]

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JOURNAL: Justices manifestes. Écrits, rituels et procédures judiciaires au Moyen Âge et à l'époque moderne, dir. Elisabeth SCHMIT & Aurélien PETER (Clio@Thémis 29 (2025) [OPEN ACCESS]
(image source: openedition ) Introduction  (Élisabeth Schmit & Aurélien Peter) DOI 10.4000/156ok First paragraph: Ce dossier se situe au cro...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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VIDEO: Le juge d’instruction (19e-20e) (Les Lois de L'histoire, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)

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VIDEO: Le juge d’instruction (19e-20e) (Les Lois de L'histoire, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)
Presentation: Vous connaissez sans doute le nom et le visage d’un juge d’instruction : les médias ont en effet mis en avant plusieurs figure...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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VIDEO: Alain PAPAUX, "Droit et peinture : la cause animale, de l’escargot (del Cossa) à l’hermine (da Vinci)" (Collège de France, 14 NOV 2025)

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VIDEO: Alain PAPAUX, "Droit et peinture : la cause animale, de l’escargot (del Cossa) à l’hermine (da Vinci)" (Collège de France, 14 NOV 2025)
(Video source: Youtube ) Abstract: Alain Papaux est invité par l'assemblée du Collège de France sur proposition de la Pr Samantha Besson. La...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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PRE-ORDER: Hugo GROTIUS, De Jure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres. Avec les notes de Grotius, de Gronovius, de Barbeyrac et du traducteur (transl. Dominique GAURIER) (Paris: La Mémoire du Droit, 2026), 2 vol., 1350 p. € 480

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PRE-ORDER: Hugo GROTIUS, De Jure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres. Avec les notes de Grotius, de Gronovius, de Barbeyrac et du traducteur (transl. Dominique GAURIER) (Paris: La Mémoire du Droit, 2026), 2 vol...
(image source: MDD ) Abstract: En 1625, paraissaient à Paris, dédiés à Louis XIII, les De jure belli ac pacis Libri tres d’Hugo Grotius. P...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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CONFERENCE: L’industrie des assurances terrestres, un secteur nouveau confronté à des réticences XVIIIe-XXe siècle (Paris: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (salle 6), 10 DEC 2025)

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CONFERENCE: L’industrie des assurances terrestres, un secteur nouveau confronté à des réticences XVIIIe-XXe siècle (Paris: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (salle 6), 10 DEC 2025)
(image source: Wikimedia Commons ) 10h00 Accueil des participants 10h15 Jonas Knetsch, professeur des universités, Université Paris 1 Panthé...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Heraldry and Symbolism of the Hanseatic World – The XIVth Nordic Heraldic Conference (Bergen: Det Hanseatiske Museum and Schøtstuene, Bryggen, 7-8 MAY 2027; DEADLINE 31 MAR 2026)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Heraldry and Symbolism of the Hanseatic World – The XIVth Nordic Heraldic Conference (Bergen: Det Hanseatiske Museum and Schøtstuene, Bryggen, 7-8 MAY 2027; DEADLINE 31 MAR 2026)
The conference will be held 7-8 May 2027 at Det Hanseatiske Museum and Schøtstuene, Bryggen, Bergen. The Conference Committee for the XI...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Eugen Huber und Max Rümelin Briefwechsel 1890-1923 (ed. Iole FAGNOLI, Thomas FINKENAUER & Martin GEBAUER, with Jutta SCHUMACHER) (Tübingen: @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social 2026), 817 p. ISBN 978-3-16-164866-3, € 99

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Eugen Huber und Max Rümelin Briefwechsel 1890-1923 (ed. Iole FAGNOLI, Thomas FINKENAUER & Martin GEBAUER, with Jutta SCHUMACHER) (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026), 817 p. ISBN 978-3-16-164866-3, € 99
(image source: Mohr Siebeck ) Abstract: Der Briefwechsel zwischen Eugen Huber und Max von Rümelin gibt Einblicke in den juristischen Metho...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM