Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
Call for Papers: 8th ESCLH Biennial Conference, ‘Back to the Past and Building the Future’ (University of Szeged, 2-4 July 2025)
The theme of the conference is to call attention to the development of legal institutions that are related to and serve as the foundation of modern/contemporary state and law. We mainly expect papers based on the examination of primary sources, since the main aim of the conference is to draw attention to the importance and […]
The Intersections of Tort and Compensation Law: University of Auckland Law School and Online, 13-14 February 2025
We invite Tort and Compensation system researchers and teachers in Australia and New Zealand to join us in Auckland or online on 13-14 February 2025 to share research and teaching approaches about tort law, and compensation systems. We are delighted to be joined by The Honourable Sir Stephen Kós KNZM and The Honourable Justice Peter […]
‘Conference: “Rethinking Property: Decentralized Histories of Land Tenure (16th-19th centuries)” – IberLAND project (Messina: Faculty of Law, University of Messina, 3-4 October 2024)’
The IberLAND project is pleased to announce the upcoming conference, ‘Rethinking Property: Decentralized Histories of Land Tenure (16th–19th centuries)’, taking place from October 3rd to 4th, 2024, at the Faculty of Law, University of Messina (Italy), co-organized with its Law Department. This event aims to explore the complex evolution of land tenure and property concepts […]
‘2024 Asia-Pacific Colloquium of the Journal of Private International Law (JPIL)’
The 2024 Asia-Pacific Colloquium of the Journal of Private International Law (JPIL) will be held on 5-6 December 2024 at the Melbourne Law School of the University of Melbourne in Australia. The format will be similar to previous colloquia where participants are requested to submit a paper for distribution in advance to other attendees. The […]
‘Call For Papers: Trusts & Estates Collaborative Research Network (CRN) of Law and Society Association’
Trusts & Estates Collaborative Research Network – Law and Society Association Annual Meeting – Chicago, Illinois May 22-25, 2025. Call for Participation – Deadline September 29, 2024. The Trusts & Estates Collaborative Research Network invites proposals for (i) individual papers to be organized into panels; (ii) fully-formed panel proposals; and (iii) proposals for other sessions […]
‘19th Regional PIL Conference on 20 September 2024 at the University of East Sarajevo, B&H’
The 19th Regional Private International Law Conference will take place on 20 September 2024 at the Faculty of Law, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of the Deutche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). The theme of the Conference is Application of General Legal Principles in Contemporary Private International Law. The […]
‘Scottish Legal History Group: Annual General Meeting and Conference, 5th October 2024’
The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Legal History Group will be held in the Reading Room of the Faculty of Advocates Library in Edinburgh on Saturday 5th October 2024. There is a full programme of outstanding speakers who will discuss topics ranging from the early mediaeval to the late modern periods … (more) [John […]
‘A Scotsman caught young’ – The influences which shaped Lord Mansfield: David Neuberger, Lincoln’s Inn, 22 October 2024
Lord Mansfield (1705-93) is one of the giants of English legal history. He was instrumental in the development of English law, and in particular commercial law, and his decisions over the course of his 32 years as Lord Chief Justice included definitions of fundamental legal principles. His decisions are still regularly cited in cases in […]
‘But-for What? When Anti-Discrimination Law Tried to Borrow from Tort Law and Missed Something’, Robin Dembroff and Issa Kohler-Hausmann, University of Toronto and online, 20 September 2024
The talk will be a hybrid talk, taking place in person at the University of Toronto Centre for Ethics (15 Devonshire Place), with a synchronous broadcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/live/FbP8fecnE-E. Courts and commentators often define discrimination in causal terms. Moreover, they often claim that the causal definition of discrimination tracks the role that causality plays establishing […]
Call for Papers: ‘Charting the Future of Private Law in Aotearoa New Zealand’, University of Otago, Dunedin, 10 February 2025
The keynote speech will be given by The Honourable Sir Stephen Kós KNZM and the thematic panels will be chaired by a selection of leading voices from New Zealand academia … (more)