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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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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
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VACANCIES: 3 PHD students and 1 POSTDOC [Centre for Legal History of India] (Frankfurt: @mpilhlt.bsky.social DEADLINE 3 FEB 2026)

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VACANCIES: 3 PHD students and 1 POSTDOC [Centre for Legal History of India] (Frankfurt: Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, DEADLINE 3 FEB 2026)
(image source: MPILHLT ) Presentation: The Centre for Legal History of India (CLHI) in the Department European and Comparative Legal History...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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VIDEO: Quentin VERREYCKEN (FRS/FNRS-UCLouvain) on the history of war crimes (RTL, Les Visages de la Recherche)

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VIDEO: Quentin VERREYCKEN (FRS-FNRS/UCLouvain) on the history of war crimes (RTL, Les Visages de la Recherche)
Dr. Quentin Verrecyken (permanent researcher of the FRS-FNRS at UCLouvain has been interviewed on Belgian commercial television (RTL) on h...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: William BARBEY on Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law edited by Jan M. Smits, Jaakko Husa, Catherine Valcke and Madalena Narciso (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2)

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BOOK REVIEW: William BARBEY on Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law edited by Jan M. Smits, Jaakko Husa, Catherine Valcke and Madalena Narciso (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2)
(Image source: Taylor&Francis ) Reviewing a collective work, an encyclopaedia no less, is not an easy task. How do you start your reading? I...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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BOOK: Aniceto MASFERRER DOMINGO (ed.), The Making of Criminal Law. The Role of Case Law in the 19th and 20th Centuries (London: @tandfresearch.bsky.social 2025), 380 p. ISBN 9781003633082,

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BOOK: Aniceto MASFERRER DOMINGO (ed.), The Making of Criminal Law. The Role of Case Law in the 19th and 20th Centuries (London: Routledge, 2025), 380 p. ISBN 9781003633082, €
(image source: Taylor & Francis ) Abstract: The separation of powers produced by the Enlightenment period reinforced the myth of the “perfec...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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BOOK: Edern DE BARROS, Condillac et Mably. Deux frères théoriciens d'une démocratie tempérée [Politique de l'Esprit] (Paris: Mare & Martin, 2025), 510 p. ISBN 978-2-36222-137-8, € 45

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BOOK: Edern DE BARROS, Condillac et Mably. Deux frères théoriciens d'une démocratie tempérée [Politique de l'Esprit] (Paris: Mare & Martin, 2025), 510 p. ISBN 978-2-36222-137-8, € 45
(image source: Mare & Martin ) Abstract: Condillac (1714-1780) et Mably (1709-1785) sont deux frères dont l’influence sur la Révolution fr...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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VACANCIES (1 POSTDOC, 1 PHD): "History of Ethics and Law of Responding to Suffering" (Virpi MÄKINEN) @helsinki.fi /Faculty of Theology (DEADLINE 17 DEC 2025)

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VACANCIES (1 POSTDOC, 1 PHD): "History of Ethics and Law of Responding to Suffering" (Virpi MÄKINEN) University of Helsinki/Faculty of Theology (DEADLINE 17 DEC 2025)
(image source: Helsinki University ) The Research Council of Finland funded centre of excellence in  Meliorist Philosophy of Suffering (lea...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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BOOK: Mark Philip BRADLEY (eds.), The Cambridge History of 🇺🇸 and the 🌍 (Cambridge: @universitypress.cambridge.org , 2022 [paperback 2025]), ISBN 9781108419208

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BOOK: Mark Philip BRADLEY (eds.), The Cambridge History of America and the world (Cambridge: CUP, 2022 [paperback 2025]), ISBN 9781108419208
(image source: CUP ) Abstract: The Cambridge History of America and the World offers a transformative account of American engagement in the ...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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BOOK: Marjoleine KARS, Michael A. MCDONNEL & Andrew M. SCHOCKET (eds.), The Cambridge History of the American Revolution (Cambridge: CUP, 2025), 3 vol. ISBN 9781108496629, 400 USD

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BOOK: Marjoleine KARS, Michael A. MCDONNEL & Andrew M. SCHOCKET (eds.), The Cambridge History of the American Revolution (Cambridge: CUP, 2025), 3 vol. ISBN 9781108496629, 400 USD
(image source: CUP ) Abstract: Those interested in the American Revolution-whether it be history buffs, undergraduates, teachers, or speci...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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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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December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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SERIES: Émigrés européens - des récits oubliés/Auswandern! Deutsche Schicksale aus drei Jahrhunderten (arte.tv)

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SERIES: Émigrés européens - des récits oubliés/Auswandern! Deutsche Schicksale aus drei Jahrhunderten (arte.tv)
(image source: arte ) Arte devotes a series of three episodes to migration, including the legal aspects. Abstract (French): C’est l’histoi...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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SEMINAR: Catherine VOLPILHAC-AUGER, "Montesquieu et les "exilés"" (Séminaire Parlement(s) et cours souveraines, 12 DEC) [HYBRID]

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SEMINAR: Catherine VOLPILHAC-AUGER, "Montesquieu et les "exilés"" (Séminaire Parlement(s) et cours souveraines, 12 DEC) [HYBRID]
(image source: Parlementdeparis dot hypotheses ) Séminaire Parlement(s) et cours souveraines La prochaine séance du séminaire “ Parlement(...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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INTERVIEW: François WAQUET, "Le droit romain à l’origine de la légitimité politique occidentale" (Paris: Collège de France)

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INTERVIEW: François WAQUET, "Le droit romain à l’origine de la légitimité politique occidentale" (Paris: Collège de France)
(image source: Collège de France ) Introduction: Comment les monarques européens ont-ils légitimé leur pouvoir pendant des siècles ? Au cœ...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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VACANCY: University assistant predoctoral [Chair for Globalisation and Legal Pluralism, Department of Legal and Constitutional History] (Wien: Universität Wien, DEADLINE 21 DEC 2025)

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VACANCY: University assistant predoctoral [Chair for Globalisation and Legal Pluralism, Department of Legal and Constitutional History] (Wien: Universität Wien, DEADLINE 21 DEC 2025)
(image source: Uni Wien ) The University of Vienna is a community of almost 11,000 individuals, including approximately 7,700 academic sta...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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BOOK: Ulrike LUDWIG & Quentin VERREYCKEN (eds.), The Power to Pardon in Medieval and Early Modern Christian Europe [Einheit & Vielfalt im Recht/Legal Unity & Pluralism, eds. Ulrike LUDWIG & Peter OESTMANN, 6] (Wien: Böhlau 2025), [OPEN ACCESS]

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BOOK: Ulrike LUDWIG & Quentin VERREYCKEN (eds.), The Power to Pardon in Medieval and Early Modern Christian Europe [Einheit & Vielfalt im Recht/Legal Unity & Pluralism, eds. Ulrike LUDWIG & Peter OEST...
Abstract: In medieval and early modern Christian Europe, the power to exercise pardon over rigor of justice was one of the strongest manif...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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BOOK: Nicolas BELL-ROMERO, The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery (Cambridge: CUP, 2025), ISBN 9781009652544, 35 GBP [OPEN ACCESS]

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BOOK: Nicolas BELL-ROMERO, The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery (Cambridge: CUP, 2025), ISBN 9781009652544, 35 GBP [OPEN ACCESS]
(image source: CUP ) Abstract: In this powerful history of the University of Cambridge, Nicolas Bell-Romero considers the nature and exten...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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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