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 Kate Bagnall and Peter Prince (eds), Subjects and Aliens: Histories of Nationality, Law and Belonging in Australia and New Zealand (ANU Press 2023): http://doi.org/10.22459/SA.2023 has now been published. Is free to download. This volume draws attention to what we consider a persistent breach … Continue reading →

29 September 2023, 8am-4.30pm Terrace Room, Level 6, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), St Lucia Campus, University of Queensland A symposium to explore how historical charity law traditions impact how charities continue to operate today. Register here – https://law.uq.edu.au/event/journey-of-charity-law Full … Continue reading →

Susan Bartie (ANU), Ben Pontin (Cardiff), and David Schorr (Tel Aviv) are organizing a double session on environment, law, and history for the 4th World Congress of Environmental History, to be held (in hybrid format) in Oulu, Finland, 19-23 August 2024. This … Continue reading →

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, has been researching a census bibliography of the first nine editions of De iure belli ac pacis (1625-1650) and are hoping to publish our results in … Continue reading →

He will speak on his research as a lawyer interested in the historical criminal prosecution of labour activists, drawing on his most recent book Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers (University of California Pree, 2022).  You can … Continue reading →

There are a number of history-focused NSW State Library Fellowships that are currently open for applications. Applications due Friday 14 July 2023. These include: Coral Thomas Fellowship – $110,000 – Encourages deep and focused research into Australian culture, history and … Continue reading →

The Francis Forbes Society  is offering small grants for legal history research proposals. The amount awarded will depend on the number of applications, but typically grants are a few thousand dollars to help defray costs of research/travel etc..  Any grant … Continue reading →

The New South Wales Act 1823 (9 Geo IV c96) (Imp) established the Supreme Court of NSW with equity and full civil, ecclesiastical and admiralty jurisdiction (except for divorce) with Francis Forbes as its first Chief Justice. As a consequence … Continue reading →

Legalities welcomes submissions in the broad field of socio-legal studies that are contextually sensitive, theoretically informed, critically engaged and interdisciplinary in scope, including on topics such as law and society, legal geography, law and politics, criminology, law and economy, law and … Continue reading →

Call for Papers 3rd Asian Legal History Conference The Transnational Legal History Group of CUHK LAW’s Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law is organizing the Third Asian Legal History Conference at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Shatin, New Territories, … Continue reading →