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The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Article prize is awarded annually for the best article in American legal history published by an early career scholar. Articles published in 2018 in the field of American legal history, broadly conceived, will be considered. … Continue reading →

We have a winner! Congratulations to Ph.D student,Timothy Calabria, (History, La Trobe University) who has won the Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History prize for 2018 for his paper presented at the ANZLHS Annual conference in Wollongong. Judges Report … Continue reading →

the latest edition of law&history is out. Contents can be seen on the ‘Journal’ page and the whole will be available soon via Heinonline; Informit etc.

The international community of legal history scholars is mourning the death last week of Wes Pue in Vancouver. We reported on his ill-health recently but now sadly have to express our condolences to Wes’s family.  We have an obituary by … Continue reading →

The CFP for our 2019 conference is now open.  Deadline for proposals is 30 May 2019.  Please see the conference page for details.

Congratulations to members Amanda Nettelbeck and Tanya Josev for winning two of the three prizes awarded at the 2018 conference by the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations to Amanda Nettelbeck for ‘Creating the Aboriginal Vagrant: … Continue reading →

One of the enjoyable parts of our AGMs is the announcement of our annual and biennial prizes.  This year our congratulations go to Shaunnagh Dorsett whose book Juridical Encounters won the 2018 Legal History prize. Congratulations also to Penny Edmonds … Continue reading →