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Volume 7, Issue 1 (2020) of Law & History, the Society journal, is now available online through institutional databases such as Informit. It comprises some fascinating legal and historical scholarship. Check out the contents below: Philip Girard, The contrasting fates … Continue reading →

Nominations for this year’s prize in Legal History are open and will close on 18 September 2020. Ideally nominations should be emailed to the president and include an electronic copy of the work. Please note the conditions of the award below. … Continue reading →

The Australian and New Zealand Historical Criminology Network has issued a call for papers for their upcoming symposium. The symposium will be conducted via Zoom. The purpose of this symposium will be to get a chance to see the breadth … Continue reading →

As a result of continuing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, in particular in relation to international travel, the organisers of the British Legal History Conference 2021 have decided to postpone the conference to 6-9 July 2022.  This decision has … Continue reading →

39th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society, Auckland, 9-12 December2020 “One Empire, Many Colonies, Similar or Different Histories?” Abstracts are invited from scholars bringing historical perspectives on law who wish to gather at The … Continue reading →

The American Society of Legal History regards graduate students as an important part of our legal history community.  We are proud of our efforts to date to make the ASLH a hospitable home for early-stage scholars.  But we want to … Continue reading →

The American Society of Legal History invites graduate students to apply to the Student Research Colloquium (SRC), currently scheduled (fingers crossed) for Nov. 11-12, in Chicago, Illinois, immediately prior to the ASLH annual meeting there.  At this pre-conference, funded workshop, eight … Continue reading →

In June, UQP will be releasing a new book, To Preserve and Protect: Policing Colonial Brisbane, by Anastasia Dukova. To Preserve and Protect exposes political power abuse, corruption, mismanagement, professional burnout and gendered justice, issues which continue to challenge police … Continue reading →

The David Berg Foundation Institute for Law and History at Tel Aviv University has put together a web page with links to sources – primary and secondary – on the legal history of epidemics, their consequences, and responses to them. You can … Continue reading →