SEMINAR: "Esta admirable antorcha". La Monarquía de España y la nueva forma de pensar el derecho público europeo a mediados del siglo XVIII (Madrid: UNED, 17-18 SEP 2026)

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dr. Stefano Cattelan and Prof. Frederik Dhondt will present papers at the symposium Esta admirable antorcha. La Monarquía de España y la nueva forma de pensar el derecho público europeo a mediados del siglo XVIII, organised by Prof. Núria Sallés Vilaseca (UNED Madrid), part of the project De la hegemonía al equilibrio: La reubicación de la Monarquía de España en el orden de Utrecht (PID2024-1621619NA-100 (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades).

Program:

Frederik Dhondt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). “Continuity and change: legal argumentation in the Public Law of Europe (1700-1771).”

Pelayo Fernández García (Universidad de Oviedo). “Tener presentes los sucesos de la Historia: la proyectada colección de tratados de Santa Cruz de Marcenado.

Francisco Eissa-Barroso (Universidad de Manchester). “Los orígenes de la Colección de los tratados de paz de España (1740- 1752) atribuida a Joseph Antonio de Abreu y Bertodano: marco intelectual, contexto social, y dinámicas de producción.”

Eduardo Jones Corredera (UNED). “Las Memorias de Antonio J. Álvarez de Abreu (1740-1741), o cómo proteger al pueblo de la Monarquía”

Stefano Cattelan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). “Prize, Power, and Public Law: Félix José de Abreu y Bertodano’s Tratado jurídico-político sobre presas de mar and the Spanish Articulation of Maritime Legality in the 1740s.”

Núria Sallés Vilaseca (UNED). "Las Questiones de derecho público en interpretación de los tratados de paces de J. Ortega y Cotes (1747)."

See project website here. 

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