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BOOK: Juan JIMÉNEZ CASTILLO, La Monarquía Indiana de Carlos II en la encrujiada. La reconfiguración del poder virreinal en el Perú (1674-1689) [Avisos de Flandes, ed. Werner THOMAS; 21] (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2024), 578 p. ISBN 9789462704084 [OPEN ACCESS]
(image source: Leuven University Press)Abstract:At the end of the 17th century, Spanish America was not yet in the throes of the crisis that would lead to the decadence of its Empire. This book unravels the causes and consequences of the political changes carried out by Carlos II in one of the most powerful kingdoms of his patrimony: Peru. This book shows, from a hitherto unexamined perspective, how Hispanic America was a forerunner in the reforms of the viceregal courts, which in turn reshaped the paradigm of government and interaction of the distant kingdoms. From then on, the Hispanic […]
JOURNAL: Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit international XXVI (2024), nr. 3 (Oct)
(image source: Brill)British Utilitarianism after Bentham: Nineteenth-Century Foundations of International Law Part II (Robert Schütze)DOI 10.1163/15718050-bja10090Abstract:What are the legal principles of British utilitarianism in the long nineteenth century; and what conception(s) of international law do they offer? The celebrated founder of the utilitarian school is Jeremy Bentham, who categorically rejects all metaphysical natural law thinking by insisting that all positive law ought to be adopted by a legislature. But in the absence of a world legislature, what did this mean for the […]
REMINDER: Van Caenegem Prize 2025 (articles published or accepted in 2023, 2024)
The European Society for Comparative Legal History (ESCLH) President and Executive Council are pleased to present the ESCLH Van Caenegem Prize competition. The prize will be awarded to a young legal historian deemed to have written the best article published in Comparative Legal History, the ESCLH journal, in 2022, 2023 and 2024 or on comparative legal history in another journal in the same two calendar years. Articles published or accepted for publication in 2022, 2023 or 2024 are eligible to compete. In the case of acceptance, a letter from the journal is required.Art. 1: Name of the […]
ADVANCE ARTICLE: Fernanda PIRIE, "Global Comparative Law?" (Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2024) [OPEN ACCESS]
(image source: OUP)Abstract:The Cambridge Handbook of Comparative Law, edited by Matthias Siems and Po Jen Yap, continues recent calls to expand the field of comparative law. By including authors drawn from all parts of the world, it presents ‘new perspectives’ on the field. This wide geographic remit proves successful as a way of moving beyond traditional ‘families’ and doctrinal topics. The contributors raise new themes for comparison, many related to public law and processes of change. But this, in turn, raises questions about the purposes of expanding the field. The volume largely […]
BOOK: Stéphan GEONGET & Bruno MÉNIEL (dir.), Littérature et droit, du Moyen Âge à la période baroque: le procès exemplaire [Rencontres; 233] (Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2024 [2008]), ISBN 978-2-406-08940-7
(image source: Classiques Garnier)Abstract:Centré sur la question de l'exemplarité du procès, cet ouvrage invite à réfléchir sur le dialogue qui se noue, du Moyen Âge à la période baroque, entre juristes et écrivains. Il s’interroge aussi sur ce qui permet à la littérature de déplacer et de dépasser les questions posées par le droit positif.More information here: DOI 10.15122/isbn.978-2-37312-171-1.
CALL: PhD and MA Scholarships in Historical Studies (CEU, Vienna) [DEADLINE 4 FEB 2025]
(image source: Wikimedia Commons) Central European University (CEU) in Vienna offers an array of graduate programs dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the past. Our research and teaching are recognized for their innovative approach to graduate education. As an international faculty and student body we strive to think about the past across geographical regions, academic disciplines, and historical periods, from late antiquity to the present. In order to foster a spirit of critical inquiry, students also receive solid training in historical methods and theory. Students can take a […]
BOOK: Martin LÖHNIG & Stephan WAGNER (Hrsg.), Deutscher Bund und nationale Rechtseinheit [Mitteleuropäisches Zivilrecht; 3] (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024), ISBN 9783161640995, € 89
(image source: Mohr Siebeck)Abstract:In its last years, the German Federation (Deutscher Bund) laid the foundations for national legal unity. There were ambitious plans to establish a »uniform law« by codifying commercial law, the law of obligations, the law of civil procedure, bankruptcy law, copyright law and patent law, safeguarded by the promise of mutual legal assistance.Table of contents:Martin Löhnig: Einführung - Jürgen Müller: Deutscher Bund und nationale Rechtsvereinheitlichung - Stephan Wagner: Allgemeines Deutsches Handelsgesetzbuch von 1861 - Nürnberger Entwurf - Stefan […]
BOOK: Laurence BADEL, Eckart CONZE & Axel DRÖBER (eds.), The Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The Challenge of a New World Order (New York: Berghahn Books, 2024), 338 p. ISBN 978-1-80539-807-3, 107 GBP
(image source: Berghahn)Abstract:For more than a century, the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 has remained an object of historical scrutiny. As an attempt to consolidate peace in the wake of World War I and to prevent future conflict, it was instrumental in shaping political and social dynamics both nationally and internationally. Yet, in spite of its implications for global conflict, little consideration has been given to the way the Paris Peace Conference constructed a new global order. In this illuminating and geographically wide-ranging reassessment, The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 […]

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