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Our next gathering aims to investigate
liability and responsibility through legal history. Such topic necessitates a
multidisciplinary approach as legal liability concerns both civil law and
criminal law and can arise from various areas of law, such as contracts, torts,
taxes, or fines given by government agencies. Instead legal responsibility
concerns legal obligation; a measure of mental capacity, used in deciding the
extent to which a person can be held accountable for a crime (such as
diminished responsibility); specific duties imposed upon persons to care or
provide for others, such as the parents duty to the child or the guardianship
of a ward; and a person’s role in causing an event to happen. That is to say, a
chain of causation means an individual is responsible for an event. This is actually
part of the law of legal liability and public liability.
By analyzing these topics through a historical
point of view, we can understand how the development happened and at the end we
might answer the question of “why did it happen”. For instance, the general
principle in Roman legal thought was that there should be no liability for others:
Gaius writes that "our condition can be made better but not worse through
our slaves"; a fortiori, it could not be made worse by those who were not
members of the family.
Further, in legal history, it is important to
understand the interactions between these two terms (liability and
responsibility) and their differences. Both terms might be interlinked but as
to their consequences and their application there appear a difference.
We believe that the conference gives young
legal historians a unique opportunity to present their research in the field
and to get acquainted with the interdisciplinary approaches presented by their colleagues
from around the world.
If you would like to present a paper during the
conference, please send an application including an
abstract of not more than 250 words and your CV
to aylh2020istanbul@gmail.com before 21st of February 2020.
Presentations have to be in English and should not exceed 20 minutes each. Presentation
in Turkish language will be allowed together with simultaneous translator. The conference
fee will be € 100, - and does not include travel and accommodation.
After 21st of February accepted papers will be
informed and will be contacted further to complete the registration by paying
the conference fee. Registration link could be found in our web-site.
Please note that registration is limited to a
number of people. Therefore, early registration is strongly recommended!
We look forward to welcoming you to Istanbul.
Dr. Sinem Ogis on behalf of the Organizing
Committee.
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