We learned of a book launch event at the
University of Helsinki for the publication of The Oxford Handbook of European
Legal History.
Book Launch event: 21 September
You are warmly welcome to attend the
Book Launch of
Heikki Pihlajamäki,
Markus D. Dubber & Mark Godfrey (eds.)
The Oxford Handbook of European Legal
History
Time: Friday 21 September 2018, 2.15–4 pm
Place: University of Helsinki, Porthania 668 (6. floor)
European law, including both civil law and
common law, has gone through several major phases of expansion in the world.
European legal history thus also is a history of legal transplants and cultural
borrowings, which national legal histories as products of nineteenth-century
historicism have until recently largely left unconsidered. The Handbook of
European Legal History supplies its readers with an overview of the different
phases of European legal history in the light of today's state-of-the-art
research, by offering cutting-edge views on research questions currently
emerging in international discussions.
The Handbook takes a broad approach to its
subject matter both nationally and systemically. Unlike traditional European
legal histories, which tend to concentrate on "heartlands" of Europe
(notably Italy and Germany), the Europe of the Handbook is more versatile and
nuanced, taking into consideration the legal developments in Europe's
geographical "fringes" such as Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The
Handbook covers all major time periods, from the ancient Greek law to the
twenty-first century. Contributors include acknowledged leaders in the field as
well as rising talents, representing a wide range of legal systems,
methodologies, areas of expertise and research agendas.
Programme:
Heikki Pihlajamäki, Introduction, 2.15 –
2.30
Mia Korpiola, Legal History of Scandinavia
and Eastern Europe in High and Late Middle Ages, 2.30 - 2.45
Marianna Muravyeva, Russian Legal History
in the Early Modern Period, 2.45 – 3.00
Martti Koskenniemi, The Emergence of
International and Comparative Law (Nineteenth Century), 3.00 – 3.15
Refreshments and discussion, 3.15 – 4.00
