CFP: Legal History of Guilds/Companies/Family Firms in East-Central Europe - Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania - October 7, 2022

 

(Source: Jog Szak, Sapientia Erdélyi Magyar Tudományegyetem)

Call for Presentations and Papers: Legal History of Guilds/Companies/Family Firms in East-Central Europe

Venue: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania

Date: October 7, 2022

The Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania, located in the city of Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár, Klausenburg) is organizing an international conference on the legal history of guilds, companies, and family firms in East-Central Europe on October 7, 2022.

The accepted conference papers will be published in the 2022/2 issue of the Acta Universitatis Sapientiae - Legal Studies, the peer-reviewed law journal of our university [ISSN 2286-0940 (online version), ISSN 2285-6293 (printed version), ISSN-L 2285-6293, indexed in HeinOnline, CEEOL and ERIH+]. Regarding formal requirements of the papers please read carefully the following instructions.

The Organizing Committee shall review the proposed papers and confirm admission to the conference by the end of June 2022. We encourage established scholars but also Ph.D. students conducting their research on a topic related to the conference theme to participate.

For the presenters of accepted papers the organizers will provide full accommodation (hotel for two nights, respectively 6 and 7 October and meals) except travel expenses. Cluj-Napoca is the "capital" of the historical region Transylvania with an international airport.

For example, the following topics can be addressed:

• Guilds in East-Central Europe
• Legal History of Certain Companies in East-Central Europe (Historical and Legal Turning Points)
• Economic Crises and Companies in East-Central Europe
• Shareholder's Agreements in Historical Context
• Family Businesses in East-Central European Legal History
• Historical Insolvency Cases
• Managers' Liability in Historical Context
• Beginnings of Capital Markets in East-Central Europe
• Communist Nationalizations of Companies, Reprivatization

Timeline:

• June 19, 2022: Submission of abstracts (minimum 300, maximum 500 words), indicating the author's affiliation (submissions should be directed to Dr. Zsolt Fegyveresi, e-mail: forumiurisegyesulet@gmail.com)
• By the end of June: Notification of authors about the acceptance of their paper proposals
• October 7, 2022: Conference in Cluj-Napoca
• November 1, 2022: Submission of final papers
• December 2022: Publication of the 2022/2 issue of Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Legal Studies

In case of any questions regarding submission of proposed papers and the conference, please do not hesitate to write to us.