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PRIZE: IV. Premio Bartolo da Sassoferrato for dr. Stefano CATTELAN (Sassoferato, 13 JUN 2026)

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  (image source: Premio Bartolo da Sassoferrato ) Next Saturday ( 13 June at 16:30 ), dr. Stefano Cattelan (JURI/CORE) is due to receive the prestigious Premio Bartolo da Sassoferrato per le scienze giuridiche e politico-sociali for his monograph Mare Clausum. The Formation of the Law of the Sea in Pre-Modern State Practice and Legal Doctrine (c. 1350–1650) (Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, Legal History Library, eds. Dirk Heirbaut, Michelle McKinley, Matthew C. Mirow & Remco Van Rhee, vol. 77/ Studies in the History of International Law, ed. Randall Lesaffer, vol. 28, 2025).  This prestigious legal award is named after Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313-1357), the renowned fourteenth century postglossator or commentator, who continues to live on in the adagium “ nemo bonus jurista nisi bartolista” (no one can be truly called a lawyer if he or she is not familiar with Bartolus’ work). Among the other laureates this year: Sabino Cassese, president of the Corte Costituzionale (the It...
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PICTURES: PhD Defense Léna SYLVESTRE (Cergy: CY Cergy Paris Université, 23 MAY 2026)

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(Léna Sylvestre reading out the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research's oath as doctor, ' serment d'intégrité scientifique ') On Saturday 23 May, dr. Léna Sylvestre became the 7th doctor of our research group since 2020 , after succesfully defending at the Maison de la Recherche Annie Ernaux , Auditorium (Cergy-Pontoise), 23 May 2026. We congratulate her on this achievement. Dissertation title:  L'influence de la pluralité linguistique dans l'élaboration et l'application de normes juridiques internationales : Étude de cas historique du régime multilingue de l'Organisation des Nations Unies )  (539 p., incl. annexes)   Supervisors: prof. dr. Frederik Dhondt - prof. dr. Caroula Argyriadis-Kervégan (Cergy Paris Université) Jury: Prof. dr. Dirk Heirbaut (UGent/KVAB) Prof. dr. Sylvie Monjean-Decaudin (Sorbonne Université) Prof. dr. Paul De Hert (VUB) Dr. Gesa Dannenberg (CY) Prof. dr. Renaud Baumert (CY) (president)
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INTERVIEW: Frederik DHONDT on the abolition of the Code Noir (VRT Radio 1: De Wereld Vandaag, 28 MAY 2026)

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  (Louis XIV by Le Brun; source: Wikimedia Commons ) On Thusrday 28 May, prof. Frederik Dhondt was interviewed by Gert Geens (VRT Radio 1/De Wereld Vandaag) on the abolition of the Code Noir  enacted by Louis XIV. More information here .
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CONFERENCE: Droit de l’art, du patrimoine et des biens culturels: histoires, normes, circulations [Journées internationales de la Société d’Histoire du Droit] (Torino: Università di Torino, 4-7 JUN 2026)

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  (image source: SHD Turin ) dr. Stefano Cattelan and Prof. Frederik Dhondt will present at the Journées internationales  of the Société d'Histoire du Droit , organised in Turin by the University of Turin around the theme "Droit de l’art, du patrimoine et des biens culturels: histoires, normes, circulations". More information on the conference website .
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PRIZE: Jean Stengers Prize 2023-2025 to Dave DE RUYSSCHER (Brussels: Académie Royale, 22 MAY 2026)

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  Prof. Dr.  Dave De ruysscher  has been awarded the Jean Stengers Prize of the Académie Royale de Belgique for the triennial period 2023–2025.  He received this distinction in recognition of his study A Political Economy Imparted: Trade, Law, and Institutions in Antwerp c. 1400–1680 , a work that sheds new light on the interplay between legal frameworks and economic development in the early modern Low Countries.  Our warmest congratulations to the laureate!
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CORE LEGAL THEORY SEMINAR: Amina HASSANI (Sciences Po) (Ixelles: VUB - Faculty Council Room, 4th floor, 13:00, 27 MAY 2026)

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    (image source:  Sciences Po ) On  27 May 2026 , Prof.  Laurent De Sutter  will host a lecture by dr. Amina Hassani (Sciences Po Law School). Abstract: Large corporations suing states for hindering their profits by adopting social or environmental legislation: this is the scene that plays out daily in the private tribunals of investment arbitration (or ISDS, "Investor-State Dispute Settlement"), the cornerstone of globalized capitalism. Forged in the heart of declining empires to preserve, "through the magic of law," the plundering of resources in decolonized countries, this justice of capital has relentlessly extended its reach through international agreements and free trade treaties. In its tribunals, cases affecting the vast majority are decided in secret… to the benefit of multinationals and the "lawyers" who keep the machine running. Amina Hassani brings together all the pieces of the puzzle and shows how arbitration erodes the sovereignty of state...
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SEMINAR: Stefano CATTELAN, "La neutralità nella diplomazia veneziana del Settecento" [Seminario VAS] (Padova: Università di Padova, 22 MAY 2026)

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  (image source: Università di Padova) Dr. Stefano Cattelan will present on Venetian neutrality in eighteenth-century diplomacy at the University of Padova on 22 May 2026. Read more here .
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