WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS : Stanford Center for Law & History (Stanford, 27 Jan. to 9 Mar. 2020)

Source :  Stanford Law School

Stanford Center for Law and History announces four great legal history workshop presentations that will be taking place there. Coordinated by Professors Amalia Kessler and Robert Gordon.

 
Where :  Room 272 of the Law School's Crown Building, (Stanford, California).

When : on the following Mondays from 4:15 to 6:15 PM.

Programme:

January 27—Allison Powers, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University: “The Specter of Compensation: Mexican Claims Against the United States, 1923-1941.”

February 10—Fahad Bishara, Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies, University of Virginia: "Rethinking the Bazaar: Law and the Documentary Infrastructures of Economic Life in the Indian Ocean."

February 24—Lauren Benton, Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Professor of History and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University: “Law in Small Wars, circa 1750: Peacetime Violence and European Legal Regimes.”

March 9—Sam Erman, Professor of Law, University of Southern California Law: “Inventing the Rules of Blood and of Soil: Nineteenth-Century Origins of Birthright Citizenship.”  

More information and registration:  here

BOOK: Wim DECOCK, Le marché du mérite. Penser le droit et l'économie avec Léonard Lessius (Paris: Zones Sensibles, 2019), 245 p. ISBN 9782930601410, € 19

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Book abstract:

Comprendre la genèse de l’économie moderne nécessite un retour à ses fondements théologiques. Plus d’un siècle après la parution de L’Éthique protestante et l’esprit du capitalisme, l’enquête de Max Weber reste en effet inachevée. Le Marché du mérite revisite l’héritage de l’un des protagonistes de l’histoire de la pensée économique tout en élucidant ses origines juridico-théologiques. Dans un contexte marqué par la mondialisation des échanges, l’essor des places boursières et de profonds bouleversements politico-religieux, le jésuite Léonard Lessius (1554-1623) fera figure d’« Oracle des Pays-Bas » parmi les marchands, banquiers et princes qui cherchaient à s’orienter dans ce Nouveau Monde. Son principal ouvrage, Sur la justice et le droit, deviendra rapidement un livre de référence en raison de sa fine maîtrise de la technique juridique et de la lucidité de ses analyses économiques (spéculation, subprimes, assurances, information et marché, monopoles, investissements, prêts, risques…). Si le marché n’a pas pour vocation de transformer le monde en marchandises ni l’homme en esclave d’une soif matérialiste, Lessius, comme ses collègues théologiens de l’École de Salamanque, encourage néanmoins l’effort, la prudence et l’industrie, autant de vertus aptes à libérer un marché basé sur le mérite.

Table of contents:

 1. L’« Oracle des Pays-Bas » 2. L’ombre de Max Weber 3. Pactum serva 4. Usure et marché 5. Information et spéculation 6. Risques, assurances et subprimes 7. Monopoles et industrie 8. Le salut de l’économie 9. L’économie du salut 10. Occupation et ascétisme Notes Index Remerciements

On the author:

Wim Decock est professeur d’histoire du droit aux universités de Leuven (KU Leuven) et de Liège (ULiège). Il est également l’auteur de Theologians and Contract Law. The Moral Transformation of the Ius Commune, ca. 1500-1650 (Brill/Nijhoff, 2013).

More information with the publisher.

VIDEO: Travail - Salaire - Profit (interdisciplinary perspectives on labour and the economy, Arte/Le Monde)

arte and Le Monde created a documentary series wherein various established academics from sociology, philosophy, history, law and economics explain the basic theoretical concepts of work, salary and profit.

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SSRN PAPER: David FOX, "The Anglo-Scots Monetary Union of 1707" [Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper 2018/24]

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Abstract:

This article analyses the 1707 monetary union between England and Scotland, seen from a legal historical perspective. The task requires a contextual interpretation of Article XVI of the Treaty of Union but, more especially, a fine analysis of the accounting and administrative documents that implemented the union as a numismatic process. Only when these are understood do the questions of private law emerge from the interstices. The article adds to the emerging literature on the economic history of monetary integration. One theme in the literature is the inter-relationship between political and monetary union. Political union drives monetary union but states that seek to preserve their political autonomy may accept some measure of monetary integration between themselves to facilitate trade relations. Strange as it may now seem, the monetary union of 1707 seemed relatively uncontentious in Scotland at the time. The reason may be that it was incidental to the bigger and more difficult question of political union between the two kingdoms. Unlike the formation of the euro-area nearly 300 years later it did not involve the cession of monetary sovereignty by states that, notionally at least, remained politically sovereign. The main effect of the union was simply to rebase the monetary standard of the currency in Scotland with the currency in England. That had been the goal of the Scottish monetary authorities since 1604, after the regnal union established by James VI/I. In one sense, the union simply restored the long-established status quo.

More information on SSRN.

BOOK: Henry N. BUTLER and Jonathan KLICK, eds., History of Law and Economics [Economic Approaches to Law Series] (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018). ISBN 9781786432988, £247.50

(Source: Edward Elgar Publishing)

Edward Elgar Publishing has just published an essay collection dealing with the history of the law and economics movement.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Dedicated to the late Henry G. Manne, this authoritative collection surveys the development of law and economics both as a scholarly field and as an educational program. Starting as a niche area, centered primarily at the University of Chicago, law and economics has grown to be the dominant field in US legal scholarship. The influential articles presented in this volume trace that development from the mid-20th century through to today, focusing on both the personalities who laid the groundwork for the field’s success and the intellectual debates that fueled its growth. Together with an original introduction by the editors, this collection is a valuable research tool for academics and students interested in the history of law and economics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents:

Introduction Henry N. Butler and Jonathan Klick

PART I THE RISE OF LAW AND ECONOMICS
1. George L. Priest (2005), ‘The Rise of Law and Economics: A Memoir of the Early Years’, in Francesco Parisi and Charles K. Rowley (eds), The Origins of Law and Economics: Essays by the Founding Fathers, Chapter 14, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 350–82

2. Edmund W. Kitch (1983), ‘The Fire of Truth: A Remembrance of Law and Economics at Chicago, 1932–1970’, Journal of Law and Economics, XXVI (1), April, 163–234

3. Louis De Alessi (1999), ‘The John M. Olin Fellowship Program in Law and Economics’, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 50 (2), Winter, 341–6

4. Henry N. Butler (1999), ‘The Manne Programs in Economics for Federal Judges’, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 50 (2), Winter, 351–71, 376–87

5. Henry G. Manne (2005), ‘How Law and Economics was Marketed in a Hostile World: A Very Personal History’, in Francesco Parisi and Charles K. Rowley (eds), The Origins of Law and Economics: Essays by the Founding Fathers, Chapter 12, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 309–27

6. Steven G. Medema (2015), ‘From Dismal to Dominance? Law and Economics and the Values of Imperial Science, Historically Contemplated’, in Aristides N. Hatzis and Nicholas Mercuro (eds), Law and Economics: Philosophical Issues and Fundamental Questions, Chapter 5, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY, USA: Routledge, 69–88

PART II PIONEERS AND FOUNDING FATHERS
7. Sam Peltzman (2009), ‘Aaron Director’s Influence on Antitrust Policy’, in Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright (eds), Pioneers of Law and Economics, Chapter 3, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 35–49

8. Steven G. Medema (2016), ‘Ronald Coase and the Legal–Economic Nexus’, in Claude Ménard and Elodie Bertrand (eds), The Elgar Companion to Ronald H. Coase, Part V, Chapter 21, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 291–304

9. Harold Demsetz (2009), ‘George J. Stigler and his Contributions to Law and Economics’, in Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright (eds), Pioneers of Law and Economics, Chapter 4, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 50–59

10. Richard A. Posner (1993), ‘Gary Becker’s Contributions to Law and Economics’, Journal of Legal Studies, XXII (2), June, 211–5

11. Larry E. Ribstein (2009), ‘Henry Manne: Intellectual Entrepreneur’, in Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright (eds), Pioneers of Law and Economics, Chapter 9, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 125–44

12. Robert D. Tollison (2009), ‘Buchanan and Tullock on Law and Economics’, in Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright (eds), Pioneers of Law and Economics, Chapter 8, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 115–24

13. Keith N. Hylton (2009), ‘Calabresi’s Influence on Law and Economics’, in Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright (eds), Pioneers of Law and Economics, Chapter 13, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 224–45

14. Thomas S. Ulen (2009), ‘Pioneers of Law and Economics: William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner’, in Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright (eds), Pioneers of Law and Economics, Chapter 11, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 175–202

15. Nuno Garoupa and Fernando Gómez-Pomar (2009), ‘The Path Breaking Contributions of A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell to Law and Economics’, in Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright (eds), Pioneers of Law and Economics, Chapter 15, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 267–94

PART III AN ASSESSMENT – FROM WITHIN
16. James M. Buchanan (1974), ‘Good Economics – Bad Law’, Virginia Law Review, 60 (3), March, 483–92

17. Ronald H. Coase (1978), ‘Economics and Contiguous Disciplines’, Journal of Legal Studies, 7 (2), June, 201–11

18. Guido Calabresi (1980), ‘An Exchange – About Law and Economics: A Letter to Ronald Dworkin’, Hofstra Law Review, 8 (3), Spring, 553–62

19. Gary S. Becker (1993), ‘Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior’, Journal of Political Economy, 101 (3), June, 385–409

20. Richard A. Posner (1987), ‘The Law and Economics Movement’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 77 (2), May, 1–13

21. Francesco Parisi and Jonathan Klick (2004), ‘Functional Law and Economics: The Search for Value-Neutral Principles of Lawmaking’, Chicago-Kent Law Review, Symposium: Law and Economics and Legal Scholarship, 79 (2), June, 431–50

22. Robert D. Cooter (2005), ‘The Confluence of Justice and Efficiency in the Economic Analysis of Law’, in Francesco Parisi and Charles K. Rowley (eds), The Origins of Law and Economics: Essays by the Founding Fathers, Chapter 8, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 222–40

23. William M. Landes (2003), ‘The Empirical Side of Law and Economics’, University of Chicago Law Review: Centennial Tribute Essays, 70 (1), Winter, 167–80

PART IV THE CURRENT BATTLE
24. Colin Camerer, Samuel Issacharoff, George Loewenstein, Ted O’Donoghue and Matthew Rabin (2003), ‘Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for “Asymmetric Paternalism”’, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 151 (3), January, 1211–54

25. Christine Jolls and Cass R. Sunstein (2006), ‘Debiasing through Law’, Journal of Legal Studies, 35 (1), January, 199–241

26. Jonathan Klick and Gregory Mitchell (2006), ‘Government Regulation of Irrationality: Moral and Cognitive Hazards’, Minnesota Law Review, 90 (6), 1620–63

27. Edward L. Glaeser (2006), ‘Paternalism and Psychology’, University of Chicago Law Review, Symposium: Homo Economicus, Homo Myopicus, and the Law and Economics of Consumer Choice, 73 (1), Winter, 133–56

28. Jonathan Klick (2005), ‘The Microfoundations of Standard Form Contracts: Price Discrimination vs. Behavioral Bias’, Florida State University Law Review, 32 (2), Winter, 555–69

29. Russell Korobkin (2005), ‘Possibility and Plausibility in Law and Economics’, Florida State University Law Review, 32 (2), Winter, 781–95

30. Joshua D. Wright (2007), ‘Behavioral Law and Economics, Paternalism, and Consumer Contracts: An Empirical Perspective’, NYU Journal of Law and Liberty, 2 (3), 470–511

31. Alan Schwartz (2008), ‘How Much Irrationality Does the Market Permit?’, Journal of Legal Studies, 37 (1), January, 131–59

PART V LOOKING FORWARD
32. Douglas G. Baird (1997), ‘The Future of Law and Economics: Looking Forward’, University of Chicago Law Review, 64 (4), Fall, 1129–65

33. Richard A. Posner (1997), ‘The Future of the Law and Economics Movement in Europe’, International Review of Law and Economics: Annual EALE Conference, Bern, 6-9 September 1995, 17 (1), March, 3–14

34. Henry G. Manne and Joshua D. Wright (2008), ‘The Future of Law and Economics: A Discussion’, George Mason University Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-35, June, 1–27

35. Jonathan Klick (2011), ‘The Empirical Revolution in Law and Economics: Inaugural Lecture for Erasmus Chair in Empirical Legal Studies’, Erasmus Law Lectures 25, The Hague, the Netherlands: Eleven International Publishing, 7–9, 11–29, 31–34

36. Joni Hersch and W. Kip Viscusi (2012), ’Law and Economics as a Pillar of Legal Education’, Review of Law and Economics, Session Paper: The Past, Present, and Future of Interdisciplinary Legal Education, 2011 Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Schools, 8 (2), October, 487–510

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CONFERENCE: Law in the History of Capitalism (American Bar Foundation/University of Chicago Law School), DEADLINE 15 FEB 2016

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Summary:

In recent years, there has been an explosion of new scholarship on the historical relationship between law and capitalism.  This new literature has examined a variety of topics including the connection between slavery and capitalism, new social and cultural perspectives on economic and business histories, and the role of the state in facilitating and frustrating economic development.  This infusion of interdisciplinary scholarship creates an opportunity for new work that puts law, legal institutions, and legal processes at the center of capitalist transformations.

The aim of this conference is to provide junior scholars with a venue to share their unpublished research and to connect with senior scholars in the field.  We thus invite junior scholars to submit proposals that offer original analyses of law in the history of capitalism.  Our goal is to host a conference with a variety of papers that range chronologically, geographically, and across disciplines.  The conference will be held at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, from June 27-28, 2016. 

The “Law in the History of Capitalism” conference is co-sponsored by the American Bar Foundation, the American Society for Legal History, the University of Chicago Law School, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, the University of Illinois College of Law, the University of Michigan Law School, the University of Minnesota Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Practical information:

Interested participants should submit a 300-word paper proposal and a cv of no more than 3 pages through the conference website.  Questions should be addressed to Erin Watt at ewatt@abfn.org.  All proposals are due by February 15, 2016.  Applicants will be notified by email no later than March 30, 2016, whether their proposals have been accepted.  No previously published work will be accepted, as the conference is designed to provide a forum for productive and supportive discussion of works in progress.
Accepted participants will be required to submit a full paper of no more than 10,000 words by May 15, 2016.  Papers will be pre-circulated on a password-protected website and read by all participants.  Modest travel and accommodations support will be provided for presenters.  For further information, see the conference website main page.

(source: Legal History Blog)

CONFERENCE: Capital, Credit and Profession in European Cities, 16th-19th Century (Paris Ouest La Défense/Nanterre); DEADLINE 29 Feb 2016

(French banker Samuel Bernard by Hyacinthe Rigaud, image source: internationalportraitgallery.blogspot.com)

Laurence Croq, Vincent Meyzie and Vincent Demont (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre - CHISCO) issued a call for papers on the following theme:

L’achat ou la vente d’une situation professionnelle (fonds de commerce, marques commerciales, offices etc.) est un goulot d’étranglement peu connu des sociétés de l’époque moderne. Dans tous les milieux où les acteurs projettent de s’intégrer, ces transactions sont soumises à des contraintes de natures différentes, économiques, sociales ou culturelles, et ce dans des proportions chaque fois variables. Ainsi dans la France du XVIIIe siècle, l’entrée dans le monde des offices est subordonnée à des contraintes économiques mais aussi sociales : l’acquisition d’un office est une opération financière qui peut être annulée par un refus de la compagnie de recevoir l’impétrant parmi les siens. Au contraire, la mercerie parisienne est ouverte aux candidats de toute origine pourvu qu’ils puissent payer le droit d’entrée dans le corps et soient suffisamment solvables pour convaincre un bailleur de leur louer (ou sous-louer) une boutique et un grossiste ou un manufacturier de leur vendre des marchandises. Ces deux exemples esquissent l’image de sociétés respectivement traditionnelles et modernes, mais ils coexistent au sein d’un même lieu en un même temps. Les cessions de fonds de commerce, d’office avec ou sans pratique, de pratiques sans office (les receveurs de rentes), de marques commerciales..., constituent, par les motivations individuelles et les normes ou contraintes collectives qui les entourent, des temps permettant une observation fine des possibilités de mobilité dans ou vers un groupe social. Supports de la domination sociale et/ou de l’activité professionnelle, ces biens économiques se caractérisent par une relative singularité, l’examen de leur circulation peut aussi prendre en compte des éventuelles dynamiques de construction de marchés. C’est dans cette double perspective que la journée prendra en compte les cessions ou achats caractérisés par des transferts de fonds réels ou fictifs, dans un cadre plus ou moins réglementé par un ordre, un corps de métier ou une autorité politique, en France et en Europe du XIVe au XIXe siècle.
Trois axes de réflexion sont proposés :
1° Le premier axe porte sur les contraintes politico-institutionnelles de la régulation professionnelle
Les transactions sont élaborées dans des cadres contraignants à différents niveaux, par exemple la clause des 40 jours pour les ventes d’offices royaux avant la paulette, la cession des privilèges pour les manufactures de quincaillerie à Nuremberg. La question des producteurs des normes sera envisagée car elles peuvent être un produit sui generis des corps, imposées par des autorités extérieures ou, éventuellement, négociées entre les deux. L’étude de l’articulation entre les procédures individuelles et les contraintes émanant des structures corporatives est particulièrement importante quand les corps sont puissants ou qu’ils entreprennent de discipliner leurs membres. Dans les corps et communautés de métiers comme dans le milieu des procureurs au parlement, la compétence peut être validée par un parcours de formation en un lieu donné (apprentissage puis salariat / stage) ou bien ne pas l’être : l’intégration « by redemption » en Angleterre ou par suffisance à Paris au XVIIIe siècle permet à des hommes aux expériences variées d’intégrer une filière professionnelle sans apprentissage. Au-delà des spécificités des cadres institutionnels (offices municipaux ou royaux relevant de la vénalité coutumière ou de la vénalité légale, structuration d’une partie des métiers en jurandes, privilèges économiques), cette rencontre cherche à identifier des points communs structurels et structurants.
2° Le deuxième axe met l’accent sur la dimension proprement économique des cessions (prix, transferts de fonds et garanties financières des transactions). [ ? + marché ?]
Les actes de cession sont des traités d’offices, des cessions de fonds de commerce, des ventes de cabinets. Ils permettent d’envisager à la fois d’envisager la formation du prix, les clauses de paiement et de garantir, les modalités de financement.  Qu’en est-il du prix de la transaction et des conditions de paiement ? Les paiements sont-ils garantis explicitement et si oui, comment (caution, hypothèques…) ? La pratique des pots-de-vin ou dessous de table accompagne t-elle les transactions, par exemple quand le prix de des offices de justice de cours souveraines a été fixé en 1665 ou bien quand l’acheteur est d’une condition inférieure au vendeur ? Les nouvelles procédures de diffusion des informations, telles les Annonces, affiches et avis divers diffusées dans de nombreuses villes françaises dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle, contribuent en effet à élargir le vivier d’acquéreurs potentiels en proposant des ventes d’offices et de fonds de commerce. La publicité faite autour de certaines transactions contraste avec le secret qui en entoure d’autres. La question des médiateurs éventuels, des notaires en particulier, sera posée.
3° Le troisième axe se concentre sur la dimension sociale des cessions, en particulier au sein des communautés professionnelles et des réseaux de parenté.
Certaines compagnies contrôlent étroitement les qualités sociales des candidats, les refus créent des précédents qui suscitent des pratiques d’autocensure. Le nouvel officier bénéficie aussi d’une lettre de provision d’office qui font éventuellement référence aux fonctions exercées par les parents du nouvel officier.[question du capital social] Dans le milieu marchand, l’identité sociale du nouveau commerçant est moins facilement identifiable, mais ceux qui doivent être explicitement cautionnés quand ils prennent à bail une boutique ou achètent des marchandises sont manifestement des hommes nouveaux. La question sera étudiée pour les entreprises avec clientèles ou non, dans des contextes où les acteurs appartiennent à une minorité religieuse ou non. Les sources judiciaires permettent par ailleurs d’envisager les cessions contestées et papiers de famille, les ego-documents peuvent préciser les motivations des vendeurs et des acquéreurs.

 Practical guidelines:

Les propositions de communication comprendront un résumé de 2500-400 signes et un court CV. Elles doivent être adressées à Vincent Meyzie (vincent.meyzie@orange.fr), Vincent Demont (vincent.demont@u-paris10.fr), et Laurence Croq (laurence.croq@orange.fr).
Date limite d’envoi des propositions : 29 février 2016.
Les organisateurs enverront une réponse à la fin du mois de mars.

Source: calenda.org.

JOB: Two Ph.D.-positions at Augsburg (Prof. dr. Philip HELLWEGE, ERC-project "comparative history of insurance law in Europe"; DEADLINE 1 AUGUST 2015

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The University of Augsburg (Germany) invites all interest candidates to apply for two part-time positions as Ph.D.-Researcher on the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant "A Comparative History of Insurance Law in Europe".

Details:

The positions are part of the research project on ‘A Comparative History of Insurance Law in Europe’ funded by the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant). The positions are offered with a start date on 1 September 2015 and they are fixed-term appointments for two years, with the possibility of renewal for a further half year.   Successful candidates will complete a doctoral thesis in the field of the history of insurance law. Furthermore, successful candidates are expected to publish their findings and to participate in the research project. The positions do not involve a teaching obligation.

Applicants should hold a first class degree in law (Master or four year Bachelor-degree). Experiences of working in the fields of legal history or comparative law are desirable. Applicants should be able to work independently and should have knowledge of the German and/or the French language.
The remuneration may be according to salary group 13 TV-L.
Augsburg University seeks to increase the number of women in sciences and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. Applicants with severe disabilities will be favoured when having substantially the same qualifications as applicants without severe disabilities.

Applications should include a cover letter, a detailed CV, transcript, and a sample of writing (eg a seminar paper or a short publication). Closing date for receipt of application is 1 August 2015

Prof. Dr. Phillip Hellwege
Lehrstuhl für Bürgerliches Recht, Wirtschaftsrecht und Rechtsgeschichte
Juristische Fakultät der Universität Augsburg
Universitätsstrasse 24
86159 Augsburg
Germany
E-mail: phillip.hellwege@jura.uni-augsburg.de.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: World Congress of Roman and Comparative Law, "Contracts, Goods and Trade Market" (Valparaiso, 23-24 Jul 2015); DEADLINE 15 JUN 2015

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We were informed of the call for abstracts for the upcoming "World Congress of Roman and Comparative Law" in Valparaiso (Chile).

Each participant will have 20 minutes to give his communication. All proposals should relate to the main subject of the congress: “Contracts,goods and trade market”. Presentations can be given in Spanish, English, French, Italian, German or Portuguese.

The  following  publication  of  the  works  presented  to  the  Congress  will  be  subject  to  a  blind  refereeing process and to the editorial norms of the Revista de Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos (www.derecho.ucv.cl). The deadline to send the full text of the communications that wish to be included in the publication will be notified in due time

Proposals are expected by 15 June 2015.

More information on the conference website.

WORKSHOP: International Investment Law and History (Frankfurt, 13-14 March 2015)

The MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law, the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt and the University of Glasgow's School of Law co-organize a workshop on International Investment Law and History on 13 and 14 March 2015.

As in previous years, the workshop will bring together academics and practitioners and provide them with a forum for open and frank exchanges. If you are interested in participating, please contact Sabine Schimpf, Merton Centre for European Integration and International Economic Order, University of Frankfurt, RuW, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The program can be found here. Speakers include Jörg Kammerhofer, Stephan Schill, Jochen von Bernstorff, Christian Tams and others. Two panels address historical cases of investment law, going back to the 19th century.

Source: International Law Reporter.

BOOK: "Ruin and Redemption: The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867-1919 ", by Thomas G.W. Telfer (2014)

Thomas G.W.Telfer, University of Western Ontario Law, Ruin and Redemption: The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867-1919, University of Toronto Press, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History’s book series  (2014)

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Description and Contents

In 1880 the federal Parliament of Canada repealed the Insolvent Act of 1875, leaving debtor-creditor matters to be regulated by the provinces. Almost forty years later, Parliament finally passed new bankruptcy legislation, recognizing that what was once considered a moral evil had become a commercial necessity. In Ruin and Redemption, Thomas GW Telfer analyses the ideas, interests, and institutions that shaped the evolution of Canadian bankruptcy law in this era. Examining the vigorous public debates over the idea of bankruptcy, Telfer argues that the law was shaped by conflict over the morality of release from debts and by the divergence of interests between local and distant creditors. Ruin and Redemption is the first full-length study of the origins of Canadian bankruptcy law, thus making it an important contribution to the study of Canada’s commercial law.