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The 36th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society will be held at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand on the 14th, 15th and 16th  of December this year. The conference theme is: “Legal and … Continue reading →

If you are a research higher degree student or early career researcher working in the field of Australian legal history, the Francis Forbes Society is offering some funding. If you have a conference or some archives you’d just love to … Continue reading →

We have the following CFP. This is a general call for papers in anticipation of an intimate two-day seminar to be held at the University of Cambridge on Friday 23rd March and Saturday 24th March, 2018. This will be an … Continue reading →

A useful source for legal historians: the First Council. Via the NSW parliamentary site we can now look at papers from the First Legislative Council. According to the site it includes  ‘tabled papers, SMH newspaper reports of debates, and documents … Continue reading →

Dear members The society’s 2016 AGM is scheduled for 5.40pm in the Law School at University of Technology Sydney.  This is Building 5B in Room 3.18. We strongly encourage our Sydney members and near Sydney members to attend. UTS is … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Danielle Boaz, University of North Carolina Charlotte campus, who has been awarded the 2016 Sir Francis Forbes Prize for Australian legal history for a paper delivered at our Perth conference last December. For more information on the prize … Continue reading →

A new edition of law&history is in press. The contents page is available under the ‘Journal’ tab.