From the department of Historical Regimes of Normativity at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Becoming a woman, being born a man: going beyond binary divisions of gender in the making of a women’s global legal history – Part 2
What is a woman? How can gender be constructed as a system? To answer these questions, Luisa Stella Coutinho proposes a new approach to legal history, namely a women’s global legal history.
Becoming a woman, being born a man: going beyond binary divisions of gender in the making of a women’s global legal history – Part 1
What is a woman? How can gender be constructed as a system? To answer these questions, Luisa Stella Coutinho proposes a new approach to legal history, namely a women’s global legal history.
On Luiz Gama’s Momentum, Past and Present
What is the reason of Brazilian public`s sudden and overwhelming interest in the life of Luiz Gama?
Images of Gallows: Maps as Sources of Legal History
This contribution demonstrates the use of the gallows-symbol in historical maps visualising criminal jurisdiction and legal conflicts.
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