VUB Contextual Research in Law

  (image source: magallánica ) Prof. Frederik Dhondt published an article in the special issue "El acceso de Felipe V al trono español. Reacciones ante una reformulación en las relaciones de poder" (edited by María Luz González Mezquita and Christopher Storrs) of the journal Magallánica . Abstract: This article examines two French printed sources that reflect on the Spanish monarchy under Philip V (1700–1746): Gaspard Réal de Curban’s  La Science du Gouvernement  (1760–1764) and the  Mémoires  of the abbé de Montgon (1748–1753). The former seeks to label and classify Philip V’s realm through a broad comparative approach encompassing public law, the law of nations, and what would today be described as political science. The latter, by contrast, offers a detailed (subjective and lively)  ex post  narrative of court intrigues and secret diplomacy between Versailles and San Ildefonso. While the former situates well-known episodes -such as Ripperda’s extra...