BOOK: Quentin LOHOU, Marc BONINCHI, Katia BARRAGAN & Stève DESGRÉ (dir.), Quelles histoires du droit social ? [Histoire, ed. Noëlline CASTAGNEZ, Frédéric CHAUVAUD, Philippe HAMON, Florian MAZEL & Fran...

(image source: Presses universitaires de Rennes ) Abstract: La condition ouvrière, les formes de solidarités à travers le syndicalisme et ...

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CLH ARTICLE: Ann MUMFORD, Re-enacting the judicial philosophy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Saunders v Vautier and Claflin v Claflin compared (Comparative Legal History, XIV (2026), nr. 1, pp. 97-125...

(Image source: Taylor&Francis )   Abstract:  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. sat on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 1889, when, in ...

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OPEN ACCESS: Sébastien DUBOIS, Bruno DEMOULIN, & Jean-Louis KUPPER (Eds.). Les institutions publiques de la principauté de Liège (980-1794). [Studia, 133] (Brussels: State Archives of Belgium, 2012), ...

(image: Joseph Clement of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Liège; source: Wikimedia Commons )  Abstract: Bonne nouvelle ! Le guide 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵...

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BOOK: Vincent PEILLON, Laïcité, sécularisation et modernité. Essai sur l'exception française (Paris: Odile Jacob, 2026), 272 p. ISBN 9782415015435, € 24,9

(image source: Odile Jacob ) Abstract: La laïcité donne lieu aujourd’hui à de nombreux débats, à de vigoureuses polémiques et à bien des c...

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BOOK: Maria Adèle CARRAI & Surabhi RANGANATHAN (eds.), The Cambridge History of International Law, vol. II: International Law in Asia [The Cambridge History of International Law, ed. Randall LESAFFER]...

(image source: CUP ) Abstract: Volume II of The Cambridge History of International Law breaks the mould of Eurocentric histories in the fiel...

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BOOK: Haakon A. IKONOMOU, Karin VAN LEEUWEN & Morten RASMUSSEN (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 558 p. ISBN...

(image source: CUP ) Abstract: Established in the wake of the First World War, the League of Nations fundamentally transformed internation...

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JOURNAL: Clio@Themis, No. 30 (2026), “Le(s) temps de la justice (XVe–XXe siècle)” [OPEN ACCESS]

(image:  The clock of the Palais de Justice, Paris, c. 1890. Photograph by Hippolyte Blancard. Source: Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet (CC0...

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BOOK: Jesse JAMES, Laws of All the Greeks. International Law as Social Reality in Ancient Greece [The History and Theory of International Law, eds. Nehal BHUTA, Francesca IURLARO, Anthony PAGDEN & Ben...

(image source: OUP ) Abstract: The ancient Greek world was permeated with international law, the binding rules of behavior that Greeks acr...

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BOOK: Luigi LACCHÈ (ed.), Dal diritto della salute al diritto alla salute Storia, istituzioni, problemi della sanità in Italia tra Otto e Novecento (Roma: Viella Editrice, 2026). ISBN: 9791257012168, ...

(Source: Viella ) Abstract: Il volume offre in maniera organica e coordinata un’immagine complessiva e interdisciplinare del diritto sanit...

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BOOK: Patrick CHARLOT, Nathalie DROIN, Delphine ESPGNO-ABADIE & Anne-Sophie CHAMBOST (dir.), Le socialisme par le droit (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle) [Contextes. Culture du droit, ed. Anne-Sophie CHAMBO...

(image source: MDD ) Abstract: Comment « abolir la misère par une réforme du droit » ? Cette définition surprenante du socialisme, proposé...

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CLH ARTICLE: Lukasz Jan KORPOROWICZ, The Polish Blackstone: an examination of nineteenth-century Polish scholars’ interpretations of Blackstone and his Commentaries (Comparative Legal History, XIV (20...

(Image source: Taylor&Francis ) Abstract: The principal goal of this article is to address the reception of William Blackstone's legal thoug...

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BOOK: Xavier PRÉVOST, Rafael RAMIS BARCELÒ, Luigi Alberto SANCHI (eds.), Qu’est-ce que l’humanisme juridique? - Che cos’è l’umanesimo giuridico? - ¿Qué es el humanismo jurídico? (Madrid: Dykinson, 202...

(Source: uc3m ) Abstract: El presente libro tiene como objetivo responder a una pregunta fundamental: ¿Qué es el humanismo jurídico? Tras la...

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BOOK: Ignazio ALESSI & Gavino SCALA (eds.), Law and Literature. An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Medieval Texts [Interdisciplinary Studies in Medieval Legal Sources, ed. Ignazio ALESSI; 1] (Turnhou...

(image source: Brepols ) Abstract: Throughout history, law and literature have always been in constant dialogue, sharing significant conne...

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Oral sources and Non-traditional legal sources [45th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society] (Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury,...

(Image source: University of Canterbury, https://www.canterbury.ac.nz) Dates:   3 – 5 December 2026 Location:  The University of Canterbur...

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AWARD: Honorary Doctorate for Prof. em. dr. Jean-Louis HALPÉRIN (ENS Paris) (Edinburg: University of Edinburgh, 8 JUL 2026)

(image: Edinburgh: source: Wikimedia Commons ) The University of Edinburgh decided to award an honorary doctorate to Prof. em. dr. Jean-Lo...

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CALL FOR PAPERS: „Junge Juristen entlang der Donau" - Rechtsvergleichende Konferenz zwischen den Donauregionen, Győr, 16-18. November 2026, Deadline for applications: 25. August 2026

Call for papers – Aufruf zur Einreichung von Beiträgen „Junge Juristen entlang der Donau“ Rechtsvergleichende Konferenz zwischen den ...

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NEW RESOURCE AND COMMUNITY INVITATION: Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History

(image: Chained books in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Bodleian Library, Oxford. Photo: Philip Opher. Source:  History of the Bodleian illustrat...

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BOOK: Lucien RIGAUX, La solidarité en Belgique. Une histoire des mécanismes juridiques de redistribution entre personnes et territoires (Wavre: Anthémis, 2026), 660 p. ISBN 978-2-8072-1598-6, € 119

(image source: Anthémis ) On the author: Pourquoi payons-nous des impôts ? Pourquoi la solidarité est-elle devenue un droit… et une obligati...

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BOOKS: Violet SOEN, Wouter DRUWÉ, Wim FRANCOIS & Ralph DECONINCK (eds.), Innovationes Lovanienses: Arts, Law and Theology at the University of Louvain (1425–1797) and Students, Scholars and Their Book...

(image source: Brepols ) Two open access volumes on the University of Leuven/Louvain in the late Middle Ages and Early Modern Age have bee...

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REMINDER: Blog submission instructions

(image: stagecoach on the St. Gotthard Pass; source: Wikimedia Commons ) We kindly remind our readers and contributors that the ESCLH Blog w...

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SYMPOSIUM: Privacy before Privacy Law: Law and Humanities in Dialogue for a Digital Age (Copenhagen: Faculty of Theology/Centre for Privacy Studies, 25-26 JUN 2026)

A symposium was held at Copenhagen University on 25 and 26 June.  Day 1: Thursday 25 th June Location: Centre for Privacy Studies, Univer...

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BOOK: Dieter GRIMM, Constitutional Effectiveness. The Case of Germany's Basic Law (London: Bloomsbury, 2026), 232 p. ISBN 9781509988891

(image source: Bloomsbury ) Abstract: This book presents a unique account of the social and political impacts of the German Basic Law on t...

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Imperial Legal Spaces and Transitions: Law, Statehood and Administration in Ukraine between Empire, War and State Formation (~1900-1922), 18-19 March 2027, University of Regensburg...

Application Deadline:  31 July 2026 Location:  University of Regensburg / Institute for East European Law, Germany Description: The early ...

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BOOK: Fidel J. TAVÁREZ, Assembling an Imperial Machine: Spanish Commercial Reform in the Age of Enlightenment (Oxford: OUP, 2026), ISBN 9780197755051

(image source: OUP ) Abstract: In the eighteenth century, a host of Spanish statesmen compared well-ordered empires to harmonious machines...

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JOURNAL: Journal on European History of Law, Vol. 17 (2026), nr. 1

Jaromír Tauchen : Mehr als hundert Jahre Rechtsgeschichte in Brünn: Entwicklung, Tradition und wisse...

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JOURNAL: Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'histoire du droit / The Legal History Review XCIV (2026), nr. 1-2

Artikelen / Articles / Articles  Consensus and contract: Land lease in Ptolemaic Egypt ( Éva Jakab ) Abstract: In the present paper the...

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Ius Commune Workshop on Comparative Legal History - Ius Commune in the Making: Failure and the Law (Leuven: KULeuven, 24 NOV 2026) [DEADLINE 15 AUG 2026]

The 30th Ius Commune Conference will take place in Leuven (24-25 November 2026), and a Workshop will be devoted to “Failure and the Law.” ...

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MAGAZINE: 1000 ans de capitalisme (L'Histoire, JUL-AUG 2026)

(image source: L'Histoire ) The French magazine L'Histoire  devotes its Summer edition to "a thousand years of capitalism", with contribut...

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JOURNAL: Special Issue Quand la propriété prive. Concentration, conflictualités, alternatives (eds. Maud YAÏCHE, Benjamin CASTELLANI & Charles DELPORTE) (Regards croisés sur l'économie XXXVII (2025), ...

(image source: CAIRN ) Éditorial. Pourquoi penser et repenser la propriété ? (Maud Yaïche, Benjamin Castelanelli & Charles Delporte) DOI 1...

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VACANCY: Professor of Canon Law (Leuven: KULeuven, DEADLINE 15 SEP 2026)

(image source: KULeuven ) The Faculty of Canon Law has a strong national and international reputation in teaching, research, and scientific ...

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