From the department of Historical Regimes of Normativity at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
„Die Welt wie eine Orange geteilt“. Machen Bilder Recht?
Im Jahr 1518 schien der Fall klar: Die Demarkationslinie zwischen den Einflußsphären der portugiesischen und der spanischen Monarchie teilte den gesamten Erdball auf. „Wie eine Orange“ habe Papst Alexander VI. die Welt in zwei Hälften geschnitten.
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.
What is Transmedia HistoryTelling about?
In April of this year, we launched the first Transmedia HistoryTelling (THT) video. From the beginning, the challenge has been to think of new formats to communicate our work to more diverse audiences and to explore the methodological possibilities that the use of new media can bring at a disciplinary level. Here you can find some reflections on what THT is and the path we want to follow.
About Us
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