CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: 7th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History (Augsburg: Universität Augsburg, 21-23 JUNE 2023)

The European Society for Comparative Legal History convenes its seventh biennial conference in Augsburg, where the Chair of Prof. Phillip Hellwege welcomes an impressive array of speakers in 36 panels.

Keynote lectures will be held by Prof. Dr. Rebecca Scott (Ann Arbor) on "Habeas corpus turned inside out: the dynamics of peremptory enslavement in the nineteenth century Americas" and Prof. Dr. Kentaro Matsubara (Tokyo) on "Comparison, confrontation, and co-optation: a history of improvising legal systems in a global context?".

In the morning of 21 June, a PhD workshop with Prof. Dr. Matthew Dyson (Oxford), Prof. dr. Agustín Parise (Maastricht), Prof. Dr. Emanuel van Dongen (Utrecht), Dr. Lorren Elridge (Edinburgh), Prof. Dr. Phillip Hellwege (Augsburg) and Prof. Dr. Aniceto Masferrer (Valencia) will address themes relevant to young researchers. 

The conference received the generous support of Duncker & Humblot, Brill, Erich Schmidt Verlag, C.H. Beck, LIT Verlag, Nomos, Springer and the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory. These sponsors will present a book table at the conference. 

Download the full programme booklet here.