CoCoLaw Workshop: "Sources of Early Modern Colonial Law - Global and Comparative Perspectives". University of Helsinki, November 9th and 10th, 2023

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Workshop: Sources of Early Modern Colonial Law - Global and Comparative Perspectives

CoCoLaw Project, University of Helsinki

November 9th and 10th, 2023

The CoCoLaw Project (University of Helsinki) is organizing a workshop that delves into the exploration of legal sources in early modern colonial law from a comparative perspective, shedding light on the perspectives of various European empires. Key questions to address include:

• What were the foundational legal sources that shaped colonial legal systems?
• How did courts, lawyers and subjects utilize these legal sources?
• In what ways did colonial legal sources differ from those in the metropolitan centers?
• What changes and trends emerged during the early modern period in this context?

Participants in the workshop are encouraged to address these questions by presenting case studies or broader syntheses related to a specific empire. Throughout the discussions, we anticipate drawing comparisons among the empires, examining the legal sources available and employed within colonial territories.
For this workshop, we are excited to announce our distinguished keynote speakers, including Alejandro Agüero from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Alicia Schrikker from Leiden University, and Naveen Kanalu from École des hautes études en sciences sociales.

The workshop is open to all interested participants, whether attending in person or online. You can register using the following link: https://www.lyyti.in/CoCoLaw-workshop-9-10Nov23 More information about the CoCoLaw Project and its activities: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/comparing-early-modern-colonial-laws   Programme November 9 10:30 Opening remarks Heikki Pihlajamäki   11:00 - Session 1 - Keynote Presentation Legal Practice, Bureaucracy, and the Localization of Empire in Dutch Asia ca. 1700-1850 Alicia Schrikker   14:00 - Session 2 - Keynote Presentation Contours of Hanafi Jurisprudence: Legal Liability in Mughal Hindustan and British India Naveen Kanalu   16:15 - Session 3 - Research Presentations Navigating the Colonial Legal Landscape: Examining Legal Resources for Judges in the Iberian Overseas Territories Airton Ribeiro A Network of Papers in an Informational Empire: The Relevance of the Official Correspondence in the Normative Production of the Portuguese Administration of the Diamond District (1771-1808) Nathaly Mancilla-Órdenes   November 10   10:30 - Session 4 - Research Presentations Changing Boundaries of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty in Atlantic: Dutch Disputes on Privateering and Illicit Trade with other Colonial Powers from Late 17th Century Until mid-18th Century Henri Hannula Administering the Colonies Through Law: Thomas Pownall's and James Abercromby's Manuscripts on the Colonial Law of the British Empire (18th century) Gustavo Zatelli   14:00 - Session 5 - Keynote Presentation Pragmatic Normative Literature as a Source of Law in the Periphery of the Colonial Spanish Empire-Eighteenth Century Alejandro Agüero   15:30 Session 6 - Closing remarks Heikki Pihlajamäki