American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “The Politics of Land Registration: National Determination, Imperial Expansion, and Juristic Debate in the Long 19th Century,” November 5, 2021 @ 1:15 – 2:40 pm

1:15 PM – 2:40 PM

The Politics of Land Registration: National Determination, Imperial Expansion, and Juristic Debate in the Long 19th Century (Pelican 1)

Chair: Anna di Robilant, Boston University School of Law (robilant@bu.edu), Commentator: Anna di Robilant, Boston University School of Law (robilant@bu.edu)

Pamela Cacciavillani, Universidad de Monterrey & Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte (pamela.cacciavillani@udem.edu.mx) To Register or Not to Register Property Rights? That was the Question

Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina, University of Zurich (elisabetta.fiocchi@rwi.uzh.ch)
Land Registration System(s) as a Technique of Colonisation in the African Territories (19th-20th Century)

Charles Bartlett, Duke University (cbartlett@fas.harvard.edu)
Land Registration, Physiocracy, and Nationalism in 18th- and 19th-Century Italy

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