Sign in

Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History

@esclh.bsky.social
576 followers 788 following 865 posts

The ESCLH aims to promote comparative legal history and seeks affiliation with individuals and organisations with complementary aims. esclh.blogspot.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FELLOWSHIPS: Turku Institute for Advanced Studies - Open Vacancies (Turku: Turku Institute for Advanced Studies; DEADLINE 13 NOV 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/fell...
esclh.blogspot.com
FELLOWSHIPS: Turku Institute for Advanced Studies - Open Vacancies (Turku: Turku Institute for Advanced Studies; DEADLINE 13 NOV 2026)
(image source: Turku University) TIAS is currently inviting applications for four Collegium and four Postdoctoral Fellow positions as well a...
031
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FELLOWSHIPS: Bourses scientifiques de la Casa de Velázquez (Madrid: Casa de Velázquez; DEADLINE 9 OCT 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/fell...
esclh.blogspot.com
FELLOWSHIPS: Bourses scientifiques de la Casa de Velázquez (Madrid: Casa de Velázquez; DEADLINE 9 OCT 2026)
(image source: Casa de Velázquez ) Abstract: Conformément au décret du 10 février 2011 relatif aux Écoles françaises à l’étranger (art. 25...
022
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BOOK: Grégoire BIGOT, Histoire du droit administratif [Droit fondamental] (Paris: PUF, 2026), 502 p. ISBN 9782130895008, € 36. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/10/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Grégoire BIGOT, Histoire du droit administratif [Droit fondamental] (Paris: PUF, 2026), 502 p. ISBN 9782130895008, € 36
(image source: PUF ) Table of contents: LES PRÉFORMATIONS D'UN DROIT ADMINISTRATIF (AVANT 1799) : Les paradoxes de l'Ancien Régime Les ambig...
031
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BOOK: Hervé LEUWERS & Virginie MARTIN (dir.), Quelle souveraineté pour la Nation 1789-1791 ? [Histoire, dir. Frédéric CHAUVAUD, Florian MAZEL, Philippe HAMON, Noëlline CASTAGNEZ & Francis PROST] (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2026) [OPEN ACCESS]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Hervé LEUWERS & Virginie MARTIN (dir.), Quelle souveraineté pour la Nation 1789-1791 ? [Histoire, dir. Frédéric CHAUVAUD, Florian MAZEL, Philippe HAMON, Noëlline CASTAGNEZ & Francis PROST] (Renn...
(image source: openedition) Abstract: Dans les récits de l’entrée en Révolution, le 17 juin 1789 marque le passage de la souveraineté du r...
032
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BOOK REVIEW: Roberto CATELLO, Crime and civilization: the birth of criminology in the early nineteenth century, by Janne KIVIVOURI (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024) (Comparative Legal History, XIV (2026), nr. 1 (June), pp. 153-157). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK REVIEW: Roberto CATELLO, Crime and civilization: the birth of criminology in the early nineteenth century, by Janne KIVIVOURI (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024) (Comparative Legal History, XIV (2026), nr. 1 (June), pp. 153-157)
(image source: Taylor&Francis ) Works of critical historiography have long alerted us to the fact that the search for the origins of various...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ARTICLE: Arno DAL RI Jr., "François Laurent in Brazil. The defense of the Principle of Nationalities that crossed the Atlantic (1899-1978)" Sartoniana XXXVIII (2025), 53-84 [OPEN ACCESS]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/arti...
esclh.blogspot.com
ARTICLE: Arno DAL RI Jr., "François Laurent in Brazil. The defense of the Principle of Nationalities that crossed the Atlantic (1899-1978)" Sartoniana XXXVIII (2025), 53-84 [OPEN ACCESS]
(image source: UGent ) On the journal: Sartoniana is a yearly publication that publishes the lectures delivered as part of the Sarton Chai...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BOOK: L.LACCHÈ & V.LAVENIA (eds.), Alberico Gentili e Ugo Grozio: i "momenti" del diritto internazionale [Atti del convegno della XXI Giornata Gentiliana; Studi gentiliani, eds. L. SCUCCIMARRA, P. PALCHETTI & V. LAVENIA; 10] (San Ginesio/Macerata: Centro Internazionale di Studi Gentiliani/EUM, 2026)
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Luigi LACCHÈ & Vincenzo LAVENIA (eds.), Alberico Gentili e Ugo Grozio: i "momenti" del diritto internazionale e il contributo degli internazionalisti alla costruzione e allo sviluppo della disci...
(image source: EUM ) Presentazione   (Luigi Lacchè) Sessione prima. Alberico Gentili e Ugo Grozio: relazione e "momenti" della storia del ...
042
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
PODCAST: Armin VON BOGDANDY, "European Society: Its Meaning and Its Promise" (Cologne: Max Planck institute for the Study of Societes, 17 JUN 2025). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/podc...
esclh.blogspot.com
PODCAST: Armin VON BOGDANDY, "European Society: Its Meaning and Its Promise" (Cologne: Max Planck institute for the Study of Societes, 17 JUN 2025)
(image source: Wikimedia Commons )  Abstract: The European constitutional navigation of the noughties succeeded in stipulating that European...
000
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BOOK: Michael WERNER, Diesseits und jenseits der Nation : Deutsch-französische Verflechtungen 1815-1870 [Deutsch-Französische Geschichte, vol. 6] (Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2025) [OPEN ACCESS]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Michael WERNER, Diesseits und jenseits der Nation : Deutsch-französische Verflechtungen 1815-1870 [Deutsch-Französische Geschichte, vol. 6] (Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2025) [...
(source: HeiUP ) On the series: Inspired by the »histoire croisée«, the eleven-volume handbook series Deutsch-Französische Geschichte shed...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
JOURNAL: Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History, Journal of the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Rg 34 (2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/jour...
esclh.blogspot.com
JOURNAL: Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History, Journal of the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Rg 34 (2026)
(image source: Rg ) Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History  34 (2026) out now Journal of the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theo...
033
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BOOK: Fupeng LI, Translating Weimar. The Cultural Translation of the Weimar Constitution in China (1919-1949) [Global Perspectives on Legal History; 28] (Frankfurt: MPI für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie, 2025), XIV + 192 p. ISBN 9783944773544 [OPEN ACCESS] esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Fupeng LI, Translating Weimar. The Cultural Translation of the Weimar Constitution in China (1919-1949) [Global Perspectives on Legal History; 28] (Frankfurt: MPI für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechts...
(image source: MPI LH LT ) Abstract: Wie kann eine Verfassung sich eine soziale Revolution vorstellen? Das Buch beantwortet diese Frage, ind...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher in Legal History (Helsinki: University of Helsinki, DEADLINE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/vaca...
esclh.blogspot.com
VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher in Legal History (Helsinki: University of Helsinki, DEADLINE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2026)
(image: Main Building of the University of Helsinki; source: UH ) The  University of Helsinki  invites applications for a  Postdoctoral Rese...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
BOOK REVIEW: Chiara VALSECCHI, Family and justice in the archives: historical perspectives on intimacy and the law, by Peter Gossage and Lisa Moore (ed.) [Montreal: Concordia University Press, 2024] (Comparative Legal History, XIV (2026), nr. 1 (June), pp. 146-152) esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK REVIEW: Chiara VALSECCHI, Family and justice in the archives: historical perspectives on intimacy and the law, by Peter Gossage and Lisa Moore (ed.) [Montreal: Concordia University Press, 2024] (...
(image source: Taylor&Francis ) Following the editors' introduction the volume gathers sixteen contributions (mostly unpublished), organise...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
JOURNAL: Genere, giustizia, guerra – Ebrei in politica nel Rinascimento – Varia (Mélanges de l'École française de Rome 137-1 (2025)) [OPEN ACCESS]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/jour...
esclh.blogspot.com
JOURNAL: Genere, giustizia, guerra – Ebrei in politica nel Rinascimento – Varia (Mélanges de l'École française de Rome 137-1 (2025)) [OPEN ACCESS]
(image source: Openedition ) Genere, giustizia, guerra  (eds. Fabrice Virgili, Paolo Fonzo, Fabien Lostec, Cecilia Nubola & Toni Rovatti) In...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
VIDEO: Carlo OSSOLA, "« Iudicium iudicate ». De l'impossibilité métaphorique" [Droit, culture et société dans la Rome antique", dir. Dario MANTOVANI] (Paris: Collège de France, 3 JUN 2026) [YOUTUBE]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/vide...
esclh.blogspot.com
VIDEO: Carlo OSSOLA, "« Iudicium iudicate ». De l'impossibilité métaphorique" [Droit, culture et société dans la Rome antique", dir. Dario MANTOVANI] (Paris: Collège de France, 3 JUN 2026) [YOUTUBE]
More information here .
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BOOK: Paul LANGLOIS DESCHAMPS, Le droit de vote aux États-Unis d'Amérique. Un droit subjectif à l'épreuve de la complexité fédérale [Thèses; Bibliothèque constitutionnelle et de science politique; 181] (Paris: LGDJ, 2026), 996 p. ISBN 9782275164090, € 78. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Paul LANGLOIS DESCHAMPS, Le droit de vote aux États-Unis d'Amérique. Un droit subjectif à l'épreuve de la complexité fédérale [Thèses; Bibliothèque constitutionnelle et de science politique; 181] (Paris: LGDJ, 2026), 996 p. ISBN 9782275164090, € 78
(image source: LGDJ ) Abstract: Le droit de vote est essentiel à la démocratie. Pourtant, sa garantie juridique n’a rien d’évident. Si la ...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
PODCAST: La dissolution, une arme dangereuse (France Culture: Concordance des Temps, 13 SEP 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/podc...
esclh.blogspot.com
PODCAST: La dissolution, une arme dangereuse (France Culture: Concordance des Temps, 13 SEP 2026)
Abstract: Née de la pratique parlementaire anglaise, la dissolution devient en France un instrument décisif mais controversé de l’équilibre ...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: Transitions and Transfers [9th ESCLH Biennial Conference 2027] (Lund: Lund University, 21-23 JUN 2027) [CALL DEADLINE: 31 OCT 2026]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/conf...
esclh.blogspot.com
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: Transitions and Transfers [9th ESCLH Biennial Conference 2027] (Lund: Lund University, 21-23 JUN 2027) [CALL DEADLINE: 31 OCT 2026]
(image source: olinconferences ) As announced in June, the call for papers  for the 9th ESCLH Biennial Conference in Lund (21-23 June 2027...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BOOK: Frauke BROSIUS-GERSDORF, Klaus Ferdinand GÄRDITZ, Heiko SAUER, Antje von UNGERN-STERNBERG, Ferdinand WOLLENSCHLÄGER (eds.), Verfassungsrechtspflege. Festschrift 75 Jahre Bundesverfassungsgericht (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026), 1185 p., ISBN 978-3-16-200333-1 esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Frauke BROSIUS-GERSDORF, Klaus Ferdinand GÄRDITZ, Heiko SAUER, Antje von UNGERN-STERNBERG, Ferdinand WOLLENSCHLÄGER (eds.), Verfassungsrechtspflege. Festschrift 75 Jahre Bundesverfassungsgerich...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Das Gesetz über das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat im April 1951 und damit zwei Jahre nach Inkrafttreten des Grundgesetzes ...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS: Law in Motion: Reimagining Mobility, Boundaries, and Belonging [Global Meeting on Law and Society] (Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, 22-25 JUN 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/call...
esclh.blogspot.com
CALL FOR PAPERS: Law in Motion: Reimagining Mobility, Boundaries, and Belonging [Global Meeting on Law and Society] (Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, 22-25 JUN 2026)
(image source: LSA ) Abstract: We live in a paradoxical era. On the one hand, the world has become unprecedentedly mobile. Capital, data, go...
021
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SEMINAR: Launch of the Research Centre for Legal History (Maynooth: Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, 16 SEP 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/semi...
esclh.blogspot.com
SEMINAR: Launch of the Research Centre for Legal History (Maynooth: Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, 16 SEP 2026)
(image source: Wikimedia Commons ) Program: 10am  Registration 10:10  Introductory remarks by the Chief Justice of Ireland, Donal O’Donnell ...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BOOK: Maximilian MAYER, Die Südseeblase und der Bubble Act aus dem Jahr 1720 als Beginn einer gesellschaftsrechtlichen und kapitalmarktrechtlichen Regulierung, Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte; 236, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026, 256 p., ISBN ISBN 978-3-428-19764-4 esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Maximilian MAYER, Die Südseeblase und der Bubble Act aus dem Jahr 1720 als Beginn einer gesellschaftsrechtlichen und kapitalmarktrechtlichen Regulierung [Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte; 236] (Be...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Spekulationsblasen sind seit Jahrhunderten ein fester Bestandteil der Wirtschafts- und Finanzgeschichte. Beginnend mit de...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BOOK REVIEW: J.J.SHEEHAN, Shifting sovereignties: a global history of a concept in practice by M.Mihatsch, M.Mulligan Berlin-Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2025; Sovereignty: European and global histories 1400-1800 by C.Zwierlein, D.Lee, Leiden-Boston Brill, 2025, Comparative Legal History, XIV 2026, nr. 1
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK REVIEW: James J. SHEEHAN, Shifting sovereignties: a global history of a concept in practice, by Moritz Mihatsch and Michael Mulligan [Berlin and Boston: Walther de Gruyter, 2025]; Sovereignty: Eu...
(image source: Taylor&Francis ) On June 28, 2004, during a meeting of the NATO alliance in Istanbul, National Security Advisor Condoleezza R...
021
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Helsinki Legal History Series 2026-2027. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/virt...
esclh.blogspot.com
VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Helsinki Legal History Series 2026-2027
See image above for link (QR code) and line-up.
000
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BOOK: Romy ROOMIANY, Das Recht auf Bildung in Deutschland seit 1919 [Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte; 237] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026), 148 p., ISBN 978-3-428-19689-0. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Romy ROOMIANY, Das Recht auf Bildung in Deutschland seit 1919 [Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte; 237] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026), 148 p., ISBN 978-3-428-19689-0
ABOUT THE BOOK: Ein allgemeines Grundrecht auf Bildung ist im Grundgesetz nach wie vor nicht verankert. Dies wirft die rechtshistorische ...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Helsinki Legal History Series 2026-2027. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/virt...
esclh.blogspot.com
022
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
VACANCY: Research Group Leader "Economies of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies" (Bonn: Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, DEADLINE 15 SEP 2026)). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/vaca...
esclh.blogspot.com
VACANCY: Research Group Leader "Economies of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies" (Bonn: Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, DEADLINE 15 SEP 2026))
(image source: Wikimedia Commons ) Description: The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) is looking to fill the followin...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
JOBS: Vacancies at Magdalen College: Three-year Fellowships, Visiting Fellowship 2027-2028 (Oxford: University of Oxford, DEADLINE 15 OCT 2026 - 11 DEC 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/jobs...
esclh.blogspot.com
JOBS: Vacancies at Magdalen College: Three-year Fellowships, Visiting Fellowship 2027-2028 (Oxford: University of Oxford, DEADLINE 15 OCT 2026 - 11 DEC 2026)
(image source: Wikimedia Commons ) Research fellowships The College proposes to elect up to four Fellows by Examination (elsewhere known a...
012
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BOOK: Philipp DENISOV, Entwicklung einer supranationalen europäischen Gesellschaftsrechtsform am Beispiel der Europäischen Aktiengesellschaft [Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte; 238] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026), 243 p., ISBN 978-3-428-19881-8. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Philipp DENISOV, Entwicklung einer supranationalen europäischen Gesellschaftsrechtsform am Beispiel der Europäischen Aktiengesellschaft [Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte; 238] (Berlin: Duncker & H...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Die Arbeit untersucht die Entwicklung supranationaler europäischer Gesellschaftsrechtsformen am Beispiel der Europäischen...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CONFERENCE: Catholicismes européens, Église catholique et sexualités. Plaidoyer pour une histoire croisée de l’âge confessionnel au 21ème siècle: le religieux, la norme et l’hégémonie, un réservoir de complicités et de subversion (UCLouvain/EHESS, 14-16 SEP 2026) esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/conf...
esclh.blogspot.com
CONFERENCE: Catholicismes européens, Église catholique et sexualités. Plaidoyer pour une histoire croisée de l’âge confessionnel au 21ème siècle : le religieux, la norme et l’hégémonie, un réservoir...
(image source: modernum ) Lundi 14 septembre Sénat académique, Place de l’Université, 1 14h-14h30 : Accueil des participant·es 14h30-15h45 :...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BOOK: Christian NEUMEIER, Laila SCHESTAG, Christian WALDHOFF (eds.), Das improvisierte Parlament. Wie das Grundgesetz im Parlamentarischen Rat entstand (Göttingen: Wallstein, 2026), 480 p., ISBN 978-3-8353-6049-5. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Christian NEUMEIER, Laila SCHESTAG, Christian WALDHOFF (eds.), Das improvisierte Parlament. Wie das Grundgesetz im Parlamentarischen Rat entstand (Göttingen: Wallstein, 2026), 480 p., ISBN 978-3...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Der Parlamentarische Rat ist ein zentraler Ort der westdeutschen Staatsgründung, und doch ist er als Institution von der...
020
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ONLINE SEMINAR: The Decade of Possibilities in the Low Countries (1566–1581). International online research seminar (2026-2027). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/onli...
esclh.blogspot.com
ONLINE SEMINAR: The Decade of Possibilities in the Low Countries (1566–1581). International online research seminar (2026-2027)
(image source: ModerNUM ) Abstract:  The 1570s marked a turning point in the history of the Low Countries. While civil war raged, a range ...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CONFERENCE: Justice à et pour la Cour dans les capitales européennes à la fin du XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle (Versailles: auditorium du Château de Versailles, 6 OCT 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/conf...
esclh.blogspot.com
CONFERENCE: Justice à et pour la Cour dans les capitales européennes à la fin du XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle (Versailles: auditorium du Château de Versailles, 6 OCT 2026)
(image source: Centre de recherche du Château de Versailles ) Abstract: Le présent colloque a pour ambition d’interroger les pratiques de la...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
JOB: Professor Geschichte des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts (Stuttgart: Univ. Stuttgart; DEADLINE 15 OCT 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/job-...
esclh.blogspot.com
JOB: Professor Geschichte des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts (Stuttgart: Univ. Stuttgart; DEADLINE 15 OCT 2026)
(image: King William II of Württemberg, picture by Theodor Andersen; source: Wikimedia Commons ) Announcement: Die Professur soll die Gesc...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BOOK: Steffen SCHLINKER (ed.), Rechtsbegriff und Rechtsentstehung. Gedächtnisschrift für Dietmar Willoweit (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026), 183 p., ISBN 978-3-16-200473-4. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Steffen SCHLINKER (ed.), Rechtsbegriff und Rechtsentstehung. Gedächtnisschrift für Dietmar Willoweit (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026), 183 p., ISBN 978-3-16-200473-4
ABOUT THE BOOK: Der vorliegende Band ist Dietmar Willoweit (1936-2023) gewidmet, der von 1984 bis 2004 als Ordinarius für Deutsche und Ba...
011
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BOOK: Marinos DIAMANTIDES, Michel ROSENFELD & Giuseppe MARTINICO (eds.), Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Sovereignty [Research Handbooks in Law and Politics] (Cheltenham: Elgar, 2026), 496 p. ISBN 9781803926346. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Marinos DIAMANTIDES, Michel ROSENFELD & Giuseppe MARTINICO (eds.), Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Sovereignty [Research Handbooks in Law and Politics] (Cheltenham: Elgar, 2026), 49...
(image source: Elgar ) Abstract: This Research Handbook examines sovereignty as a contested and evolving concept shaped by law, politics, ...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BOOK REVIEW: Paolo ASTORRI, The legal legacy of the reformation: Catholic and Protestant approaches to law, by John Duddington (ed.) [London and New York: Routledge, 2025] (Comparative Legal History, XIV (2026), nr. 1 (June), pp. 137-139). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK REVIEW: Paolo ASTORRI, The legal legacy of the reformation: Catholic and Protestant approaches to law, by John Duddington (ed.) [London and New York: Routledge, 2025] (Comparative Legal History, ...
(image source: Taylor&Francis ) This volume collects essays presented at a conference organised by the editor in 2017 to mark the five-hundr...
000
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
SEMINAR PROGRAMME: Legal Commentaries: Between History and Theory (Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University, 7-8 SEP). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/semi...
esclh.blogspot.com
SEMINAR PROGRAMME: Legal Commentaries: Between History and Theory (Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University, 7-8 SEP)
(Image credits:  Jan Lievens, Bücherstillleben , c. 1628,  Alte Pinakothek,                          ...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BOOK: Franziska BARTL, Frank-Lothar KROLL (eds.), Coburgs südöstliche Netzwerke / Coburg's Networks in Southeastern Europe [Prince Albert Studies; 39] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026), 196 p., ISBN 978-3-428-19723-1. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Franziska BARTL, Frank-Lothar KROLL (eds.), Coburgs südöstliche Netzwerke / Coburg's Networks in Southeastern Europe [Prince Albert Studies; 39] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026), 196 p., ISBN 9...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zählte das Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha zu den einflussreichsten Dynastien Europas, wenngleich...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BOOK: Kay SCHELLER (ed.), Unabhängigkeit. Verantwortung. Wirkung. Festschrift des Bundesrechnungshofes anlässlich seines 75-jährigen Bestehens (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026), 266 p., ISBN 978-3-428-19535-0. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Kay SCHELLER (ed.), Unabhängigkeit. Verantwortung. Wirkung. Festschrift des Bundesrechnungshofes anlässlich seines 75-jährigen Bestehens (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026), 266 p., ISBN 978-3-42...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Der Bundesrechnungshof feiert im Jahr 2025 sein 75-jähriges Bestehen. Das Jubiläum fällt in eine Zeit dramatischer Umbrüc...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PROGRAMME: Past Privacy Today: Negotiating Boundaries – Navigating Challenges (Copenhagen: Centre for Privacy Studies, 3-4 SEP 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/prog...
esclh.blogspot.com
PROGRAMME: Past Privacy Today: Negotiating Boundaries – Navigating Challenges (Copenhagen: Centre for Privacy Studies, 3-4 SEP 2026)
(image source: KU ) Abstract: Needs for privacy emerge when boundaries are negotiated between individuals, communities, and societies. In su...
010
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BOOK: Reinhard MEHRING (ed.), Gespräch zwischen Partisanen Carl Schmitt – Rolf Schroers. Briefwechsel 1955 bis 1980 [SCHMITTIANA. NEUE FOLGE; 4] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026], 354 p., ISBN 978-3-428-19765-1. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Reinhard MEHRING (ed.), Gespräch zwischen Partisanen Carl Schmitt – Rolf Schroers. Briefwechsel 1955 bis 1980 [SCHMITTIANA. NEUE FOLGE; 4] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2026], 354 p., ISBN 978-3-...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Rolf Schroers (1919–1981) war nach 1945 ein Literat (Mitglied der »Gruppe 47«), Publizist, später Direktor der Heuss-Akad...
020
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS: Legal Use of Print in Early Modern Europe: Function, Materiality and Circulation (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, 15, 17-19 JUN 2027) [DEADLINE 1 DEC 2026]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/call...
esclh.blogspot.com
CALL FOR PAPERS: Legal Use of Print in Early Modern Europe: Function, Materiality and Circulation (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, 15, 17-19 JUN 2027) [DEADLINE 1 DEC 2026]
(image source: St Andrews ) Proposals for papers (max. 20 minutes) are invited on the subject of ‘Legal Use of Print in Early Modern Europ...
021
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: "Conflict, Crisis and Continuity – Historical Perspectives" [European Society of International Law/Société européenne de droit international - IG History of International Law] (Malaga: Universidad de Malaga, 3 SEP 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/pre-...
esclh.blogspot.com
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: "Conflict, Crisis and Continuity – Historical Perspectives" [European Society of International Law/Société européenne de droit international - IG History of International Law]...
(image source: ESIL IGHIL ) Abstract: Contemporary debates frequently describe international law as being in crisis, particularly in light...
030
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
SOURCES: Sandrine JAUNEAU, Droit d'Ancien Régime [CORPUS - Recueil virtuel de sources historiques] (Versailles: Centre de recherche du Château de Versailles, 2026). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/sour...
esclh.blogspot.com
SOURCES: Sandrine JAUNEAU, Droit d'Ancien Régime [CORPUS - Recueil virtuel de sources historiques] (Versailles: Centre de recherche du Château de Versailles, 2026)
(image source: château versailles-recherche ) The Research Centre of the Château de Versailles published an online inventory of sources on...
023
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
BOOK: Gilduin DAVY, Introduction historique au droit normand [Droit fondamental] (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2026), 496 p., EAN 9782130864684, € 36. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
BOOK: Gilduin DAVY, Introduction historique au droit normand [Droit fondamental] (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2026), 496 p., EAN 9782130864684, € 36
(image source: PUD ) Résumé Ce livre propose un panorama de l’histoire du droit normand, depuis ses origines au Xe siècle jusqu’aux boulever...
021
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
CFP: Premodern State Formation: New Themes and Directions (Dresden: Dresden University of Technology, 20-21 MAY 2027) [DEADLINE 31 OCT 2026]. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/cfp-...
esclh.blogspot.com
CFP: Premodern State Formation: New Themes and Directions (Dresden: Dresden University of Technology, 20-21 MAY 2027) [DEADLINE 31 OCT 2026]
(Source: TU Dresden )   Organised by: Klaas Van Gelder (Brussels) & Hannes Ziegler (Dresden) Date: 20.-21.5.2027 Place: Dresden University o...
035
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
JOURNAL: Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XXVIII (2026), nr. 1. esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/jour...
esclh.blogspot.com
JOURNAL: Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XXVIII (2026), nr. 1
(image source: AUP ) Redactioneel  (Bram Van Hofstraeten & Paul Brood) DOI 10.5117/PM2026.1.001.REDA De zaak Hendrick Schilt. De methodes va...
034
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
BOOK REVIEW: Rosa CONGOST, From masters of slaves to lords of lands: the transformation of ownership in the western world, by James Q. Whitman [Cambridge: Cambrdige University Press, 2025] (Comparative Legal History, XIV (2026), nr. 1 (June), pp. 131-136). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/book...
esclh.blogspot.com
020
Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
YOUTUBE: Les ateliers du digeste (Philippe COCATRE ZILGIEN & Luigi SANCHI, IHD Jean Gaudemet). esclh.blogspot.com/2026/08/yout...
esclh.blogspot.com
YOUTUBE: Les ateliers du digeste (Philippe COCATRE ZILGIEN & Luigi SANCHI, IHD Jean Gaudemet)
(image source: Youtube ) Abstract: Les Ateliers du Digeste proposent une lecture vivante du Digeste de Justinien à travers des séances fil...
021