Online Conference: Paper Empires: Layers of law in colonial South Asia and the Indian Ocean, January 7-8, 2021, Legal History Blog

From the Legal History Blog: The Forms of Law Project, in collaboration with the Colonialism Inside Out Project and hosted by the University of Exeter’s Centre for Imperial and Global History, will be holding the online conference ‘Paper Empires: Layers of law in colonial South Asia and the Indian Ocean‘ on 7 and 8 January 2021. Visit here … Continue reading Online Conference: Paper Empires: Layers of law in colonial South Asia and the Indian Ocean, January 7-8, 2021, Legal History Blog

Call for Papers: Legal History Blog, November 4-6, 2021

From the organizers: The Program Committee of the ASLH invites proposals for complete panels and individual papers for the 2021 meeting to be held November 4-6 in New Orleans. Panels and papers on any facet or period of legal history from anywhere in the world are welcome.  We encourage thematic proposals that transcend traditional periodization … Continue reading Call for Papers: Legal History Blog, November 4-6, 2021

Online Conversation: Originalism Across Legal Traditions: An Interdisciplinary Conversation, Legal History Blog, May 25, 2021 @ 12:00 – 2:00 pm EST

Originalism Across Legal Traditions: An Interdisciplinary Conversation On May 25, the University of Southern California Early Modern Studies Institute will host "an interdisciplinary conversation" on Originalism Across Legal Traditions: Join us for a wide-ranging conversation about constitutional "originalism" across legal and cultural traditions. Leading scholars of law, history, literature, and religion will discuss how distinct … Continue reading Online Conversation: Originalism Across Legal Traditions: An Interdisciplinary Conversation, Legal History Blog, May 25, 2021 @ 12:00 – 2:00 pm EST