A workshop in
English Legal History will take place in Christ Church, Oxford on 10 and 11
September 2026. The organisers, Ciara Kennefick and Ian Williams, invite
proposals for papers which address in whole or in part the theme of Crossing
Intellectual Boundaries in English Legal History. The organisers aim to advance
the interdisciplinary study of English legal history by exploring this theme in
detail with colleagues in law and those from other disciplines who study the
impact of other learning on English law.
English law has
been marked by the reception or rejection of different bodies of learning in
different periods, as lawyers and judges moved beyond their core legal learning
or resisted the influence of ideas and techniques from other fields. These
intellectual boundaries could be legal, such as between the common law, the
civil law and equity. But English law has also engaged with learning beyond law;
medicine, theology, economics and mathematics are just four examples. What were
the reasons for these engagements with other learning? What were the
consequences? Was English law more open to other learning in certain periods
and if so, why was that the case?
Proposals for
papers should be no more than 400 words and should be sent to ciara.kennefick@law.ox.ac.uk
and ian.williams@law.ox.ac.uk by 5pm on 23 March 2026. The aim is to
assign a commentator to each paper. Full papers will therefore be due by 5pm on
28 August 2026. Colleagues who are interested in attending the workshop in the
capacity of commentator only are invited to write to this effect to Ciara
Kennefick and Ian Williams by 5pm on 23 March 2026. The authors of the papers
which are selected will be offered accommodation in Oxford on 10 and 11
September. Funding to support the travel of graduate students within the UK is
available.
Depending on the extent to which the papers selected cohere with each other, it may be possible to produce an edited volume or a special edition of a journal. Participants are welcome to submit proposals for papers which they intend to publish elsewhere.
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