NEW RESOURCE AND COMMUNITY INVITATION: Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History

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Ernstig, maar niet onverkiesbaar? Feiten en proportionaliteit in de zaak-Le Pen voor het Hof van beroep te Parijs

Opnieuw veroordeeld Op dinsdag 7 juli oordeelde de kamer voor correctionele beroepen bij het Hof van beroep te Parijs in de zaak van “Marion dite Marine Le Pen” opnieuw over de feiten en de…

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REMINDER – VACANCY: Three PhD Positions in Legal History and Early Modern International Law (Brussels: Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB, DEADLINE: 8 JULY 2026)

(image source:  VUB ) The European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant project  TREATYLAB – “The Labyrinth of Treaties: Internationa...

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BOOK: Jean-François KERVÉGAN, De la violence à l'institution. Philosophie juridique de Hegel (Paris: Vrin, 2025), 196 p. ISBN 978-2-7116-3243-5, € 12

(image source: Vrin ) Abstract: Le droit, c’est bien connu, a pour vocation de conjurer la violence aveugle en définissant les conditions ...

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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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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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REMINDER: Blog submission instructions

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REMINDER: VACANCIES: Three PhD Students (m/f/x), ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB (DEADLINE 8 JUL 2026)

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BOOK PRESENTATION: Laurent De Sutter on “Decepcionar es un placer” (Valencia: Facultad de Bellas Artes/UPV, 1 JUL 2026)

Prof. Laurent De Sutter intervenes in Valencia this week to present the Spanish translation of “Décevoir est un plaisir”.  More informati...

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SYMPOSIUM: Kulturen des Rechts begegnen. Miloš Vec zum 60. Geburtstag (Wien: Universität Wien/Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 25 JUN 2026)

On Thursday 25 June, dr. Raphaël Cahen chaired the panel „Multinormativität“ at the symposium organised by the Institut für Rechts- und Ver...

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JOURNAL: European Journal of International Law XXXVI (2025), nr. 4 (Nov)

(image source: OUP ) Koskenniemi’s Lauterpacht: A ‘Gentle Civilizer’?  (Robert Schütze) DOI 10.1093/ejil/chaf069 Abstract: Hersch Lauterpa...

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VACANCY: Assistant or Assistant Professor [Department of History of State and Law] (Brno: Masaryk University, DEADLINE 1 JUL 2026)

(image source: THE ) Masaryk University (Brno/Brünn, Czech Republic) is hiring a fulltime assistant or assistant professor (3 years)  from 1...

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SEMINAR: “Have the Gods Fallen? The MICOLL International Conference” (Venice: Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani/Venice International University, 17–19 JUN 2026)

The MICOLL ERC project organised the international conference entitled “Have the Gods Fallen? An Interdisciplinary Reconsideration of Lex...

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CONFERENCE: The Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism (San Servolo Island, Venice: Venice International University, 26-28 JUN 2026)

(image source: VIU ) dr. Stefano Cattelan will present at the 5th edition of The Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics a...

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PhD 'Doctrine and Practice: Early Enlightenment Doctrine and Practical Legal Writing, 1712-1763'

The Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department Metajuridica, is looking for a PhD-student with a doctoral grant.

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PhD 'They Called it Peace ? The Use of Force and the Cycle of Truces, 1712-1763'

The Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department Metajuridica, is looking for a PhD-student with a doctoral grant.

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PhD 'The Latin and Atlantic Bond ? Bourbon Law of Nations in Europe and America, 1712-1763'

The Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department Metajuridica, is looking for a PhD-student with a doctoral grant.

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CHAPTER: Léna SYLVESTRE, "Le multilinguisme et les divergences linguistiques dans les affaires de la Cour internationale de justice - L'usage de plusieurs langues, avantage ou inconvénient pour l'appl...

(image source: Stämpfli ) dr. Léna Sylvestre contributed a chapter in the collective volume  Langues et paroles du droit. Actes des journ...

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LJ CASE: The 1821 Congress of Ljubljana

Introduction The aim of my research is to present the Congress of Ljubljana (1821), which can sometimes be overlooked at least when compare...

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BOOK: Benoît CARRÉ, Distribuer l’argent du roi au XVIIIe siècle. La monarchie dévoilée (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2025), ISBN 978-2-7574-4486-3 [OPEN ACCESS]

(image souce: OpenEdition )   Abstract: Under the Ancien Régime, the finances of the King of France were shrouded in secrecy until the famou...

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CONFERENCE: Section for Institutional and Legal history, [Congrès des cercles francophones d’Archéologie et d’Histoire de Belgique] (Brussels: Palace of the Academies, 20-23 AUG 2026)

(image source ( ACFHAB )  The Conference of Historical and Archaeological Societies of Belgium will return to Brussels for its next edition...

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REMINDER: VACANCIES: Three PhD Students (m/f/x), ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB (DEADLINE 8 JUL 2026)

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LJ CASE: The role of telecommunications in establishing the new authorities of the Slovene National Government (1918 – 1921) at the end of World War One and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Emp...

Historical context Until the end of the First World War, Slovene territory was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the final years of ...

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PRIZE: IV. Premio Bartolo da Sassoferrato for dr. Stefano CATTELAN (Sassoferato, 13 JUN 2026)

(image source: Premio Bartolo da Sassoferrato ) Next Saturday ( 13 June at 16:30 ), dr. Stefano Cattelan (JURI/CORE) is due to receive the...

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PRIZE: Jean Stengers Prize 2023-2025 to Dave DE RUYSSCHER (Brussels: Académie Royale, 22 MAY 2026)

(image source: A cadémie royale de Belgique ) Prof. Dr.  Dave De ruysscher  has been awarded the   Jean Stengers Prize   of the   Académie R...

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: “Great Little Ideas” – Corpus Christi Graduate Legal Research Course (Oxford: Corpus Christi College, September 2026)

(image source: Corpus Christi College ) Applications are now open for the Great Little Ideas: Corpus Christi Graduate Legal Research Course ...

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CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS: 9th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History: Transition and Transfers (Lund: Lund University, 21-23 JUN 2027) [DEADLINE 31 OCT 2026]

The organisers and the Executive Council of the European Society for Comparative Legal History are pleased to call for papers and po...

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BOOK: Clifford ANDO, Mirko CANEVARO & Benjamin STRAUMANN (eds.), The Cambridge History of Rights, vol.I: The Ancient World [The Cambridge History of Rights, eds. Nehal BHUTA, Anthony PAGDEN & Mira L. ...

(image source: CUP ) Abstract: The ancient world existed before the modern conceptual and linguistic apparatus of rights, and any attempts...

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