CALL FOR PAPERS: Extraterritoriality and the Law [International Days of the Society for Legal and Institutional History of Flanders, Picardy and Wallonia] (Tilburg: Tilburg Law School, 30-31 MAY 2025) [DEADLINE 20 APR 2025]
International Days of the Society for Legal and Institutional History of Flanders, Picardy and Wallonia Tilburg (The Netherlands), 30-31 May 2025 (image: Tilburg skyline; source: Wikimedia Commons ) The Society for Legal and Institutional History of Flanders, Picardy and Wallonia holds its annual "International days" 2022 on 30 and 31 May 2025 in Tilburg (in The Netherlands) The theme of the conference is: « l’Extraterritorialite et le Droit » (“Extraterritoriality and Law”) The law as it stands, both public and private, has strong ties to a territory. For example, territory is fundamental in the constitutional order of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In private law, this attachment to land is equally present. Conflicts in property law are judged by the lex situs. The constitutio Antoniniana (D.1.5.17) did the same for Roman citizenship. National law, comparative law and legal history are based and strongly focus...