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REMINDER: L&C Talk: Tamar HERZOG, A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millenia (Brussel: VUB, 25 APRIL 2024)

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(Source:  Harvard Univeristy ) A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millenia Prof. Dr. Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs, Harvard University Introduced by Prof. Dr. Laurent de Sutter. Abstract: A Short History of European Law , Tamar Herzog’s new, best-selling, monograph, she brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union. Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration, though the way it was used and reshaped varied dramatically from one century and place to the next. Only by considering Continental civil law and English common law together do we see how they drew from and enriched this shared tradition. An unconventional reading of European Law seen from the other side of the Atlantic,  A Short History of European Law  (Harvard University Press, 2018)
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REMINDER: SCHOLARSHIPS: EUTopia Cotutelle Program (DEADLINE 20 MAY 2024)

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    (image source:  EUTopia alliance ) The European University Alliance EUTopia offers  PhD Scholarships  for projects in cotutelle between two partners.  The EUTopia  website  lists all available positions, for which the Vrije Universiteit Brussel can operate as host. 
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OPEN ACCESS: Recueils de la Société Jean Bodin pour l'Histoire Comparative des Institutions (KULeuven, Bibliotheek Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid en Criminologische Wetenschappen)

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  The Library of the Faculty of Law and Criminological Sciences at KU Leuven has undertaken the digitization of the Recueils de la Société Jean Bodin pour l’Histoire Comparative des Institutions in open access. This significant collection of legal history owes a lot to the activity of its secretary-general (and ULB/VUB professor of legal history) Prof. John Gilissen (1969-1987), who authored several comprehensive synthesis reports. Consult all volumes   here .
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REMINDER: L&C Talk: Tamar HERZOG, A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millenia (Brussel: VUB, 25 APRIL 2024)

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(Source:  Harvard Univeristy ) A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millenia Prof. Dr. Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs, Harvard University Introduced by Prof. Dr. Laurent de Sutter. Abstract: A Short History of European Law , Tamar Herzog’s new, best-selling, monograph, she brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union. Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration, though the way it was used and reshaped varied dramatically from one century and place to the next. Only by considering Continental civil law and English common law together do we see how they drew from and enriched this shared tradition. An unconventional reading of European Law seen from the other side of the Atlantic,  A Short History of European Law  (Harvard University Press, 2018)
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REMINDER: Michele SPANÒ (EHESS, Paris) on "Re-reading Pasukanis" [CORE Seminar in Legal Theory] (Brussels: VUB [room C 4.09], 4 APR, 12:00) [HYBRID]

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  (image source:  University of the Underground ) Prof. Laurent De Sutter organises the CORE Seminar in Legal Theory. For the next session, Michele Spanò will be our guest. On the speaker: Michele Spano is Associate Professor of Law at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris). He is interested in the ways in which law deals with collective entities. His researches focus on class action lawsuits and consider, both historically and theoretically, how the logical and practical hegemony of individualism in private law is being reframed and contested through and by the emergence of common or collective actors, interests, goods and rights. His most recent book is Fare il molteplice. Il diritto privato alla prova del comune (Rosenberg & Sellier, 2022). Talk description: The "General Theory of Law and Marxism" (1924), the most famous work by the Soviet jurist E. B. Pašukanis, celebrates its centenary this year. I am dedicating my research seminar at EHESS and a manusc
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BOOK: Maarten COLETTE, De nutteloze noodzaak van het recht (Die Keure, 2024), 90p. 9789048649396, € 36,00

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  (Source: Die Keure )  De nutteloze noodzaak van het recht Over het strafproces wordt vaak nagedacht in functie van een bevangenheid door snelheid, maar in de praktijk gaat het er veelal traag aan toe. Ook onze veiligheidscultuur is door en door gesteld op efficiëntie. En waarom ook niet? We willen immers dat criminaliteit kordaat en efficiënt wordt aangepakt. Echter, het is de vraag welke tijdsbeleving daarmee op de achtergrond verdwijnt en wat dat doet met mensen die met het strafrecht in aanraking komen. De nutteloze noodzaak van het recht neemt de lezer mee op een avontuurlijke reis door het denken over veiligheid, terrorisme en mensenrechten. Het is een striemende kritiek op nutsdenken en breekt een lans voor vertraging en voor de institutionele diepgang van het strafproces. Link & meer informatie: Uitgeverij   Die Keure
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REMINDER: L&C Talk: Tamar HERZOG, A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millenia (Brussel: VUB, 25 APRIL 2024)

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(Source:  Harvard Univeristy ) A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millenia Prof. Dr. Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs, Harvard University Introduced by Prof. Dr. Laurent de Sutter. Abstract: A Short History of European Law , Tamar Herzog’s new, best-selling, monograph, she brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union. Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration, though the way it was used and reshaped varied dramatically from one century and place to the next. Only by considering Continental civil law and English common law together do we see how they drew from and enriched this shared tradition. An unconventional reading of European Law seen from the other side of the Atlantic,  A Short History of European Law  (Harvard University Press, 2018)
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