From the department of Historical Regimes of Normativity at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
What about “Europe”?
This brief text explains why the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History changed its name to Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory.
Thomas Duve
June 25, 2021
“Hidden thunder”: Who Was Luiz Gama?
To invent freedom in the hell that was Brazil, Gama had to do more than adapt or translate; he had to create rights through an original legal doctrine.
Bruno Lima
June 23, 2021
Archives in Lisbon, Lisbon as archive – Part 1
A brief itinerary of a young legal historian on his trip to Lisbon`s archives.
Gilberto Guerra Pedrosa
June 22, 2021
“… ist meines Erachtens die Offenheit für das Fremde sehr wichtig. Denn die Vergangenheit ist ja immer fremd.”
Ein Interview mit dem Rechtshistoirker Peter Collin.
Peter Collin
June 21, 2021
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