VUB Contextual Research in Law

  (image source: Asian Legal History Conference ) Dr. Stefano Cattelan will present at the 5th Asian Legal History Conference  in Kyoto (Japan). More information here.

  (image source: ULB ) Prof. Frederik Dhondt published an article in a thematic issue on diplomacy and Enlightenment in  Études sur le XVIIIe Siècle , edited by dr. Jean-Charles Speeckaert.  Abstract: This contribution discusses Antoine II Pecquet's 1757 Esprit des Maximes Politiques pour servir de suite à l'Esprit des Loix du Président de Montesquieu, from the point of view of eighteenth-century in-house foreign office legal advice. It was presented in draft at the 7th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History (Augsburg, June 2023) and at the 16th Congress of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Rome, July 2023). Pecquet notably refers to Montesquieu, but even more to Grotius. More information here . 

Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher co-authored an article in the most recent issue of the Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis/Revue d'histoire du droit/The Legal History Review . Abstract: This article zooms in on the legal activities of the Société Centrale d’Architecture en Belgique in the Belle Époque and Interbellum, analyzing the ways in which professional interest groups without a legal background could impact processes of law-making. scab developed publications for professionals and invested in strategic networking and in-house legal expertise. As a result, it not only became an important centre of information on construction legislation, but also effectively shaped areas of construction law, such as those concerning the arbitration of building conflicts, the architect’s fee, and the legal recognition of the title of architect. Read more here: DOI   10.1163/15718190-20250110  (open access).