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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 →

The latest vol of law&history is out. A special edition on The Criminal Trial in Australia: Offenders and Victims, guest edited by Mark Finnane. Don’t forget the journal is available via HeinOnLine, Informit and EBSCO! We are double blind peer … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Professor David Williams of Auckland University who has been elected to the Academy of the New Zealand Royal Society:  ‘Election to the society is an honour that recognises true international distinction in research, scholarship and the advancement of knowledge.’ … Continue reading →

The executive of this society expresses its grave concern over political interference in the awarding of ARC grants.  In Senate Estimates on 25 October it was revealed that more than $AU4 million were denied to Humanities projects in 2017 and 2018. … Continue reading →

We have a call for papers for ISHTIP 2019, to be held July at UTS: Law Sydney, 4-6 July. The theme is Intellectual Property and the Visual. Date for submission of proposals: 15 October 2018 Expected date for notification of … Continue reading →

Our sister society, the American Society for Legal History, and the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School are inviting applications for the tenth biennial Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History, to be held 9-22 June … Continue reading →