Past Conferences

40th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: Tenuous Histories and Provable Pasts: How Legal Historians Create Knowledge.

The conference was hosted at the University of Technology Sydney, and held on 1-3 December 2022.

39th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

The conference was hosted University of Auckland, and held 9 December 2020 online.

38th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: Does Law’s History Matter? The Politics of our Disciplinary Practices.

The conference was hosted by Deakin University, and held 11-14 December 2019 in Melbourne.

37th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: Exclusion, Confinement, Dispossession: Uneven Citizenship and Spaces of Sovereignty

The Conference was hosted by the University of Wollongong, and held 1-12 December 2018 in Wollongong.

36th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: Legal and social change – gradual evolution or punctuated equilibrium?

The Conference was hosted by University of Canterbury, and held 14-16 December 2017 in Christchurch NZ.

35th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: The Transformation of British Law in Africa and the Asia Pacific.

The Conference was hosted by Curtin University, and held 5-6 December at Curtin University.

34th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference Theme: Legal Reform and Innovation

The Conference was hosted by the University of Adelaide, and held 10-12 December at the University of Adelaide.

33rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference Theme: “Law’s Empire or Empire’s Law?: Legal Discourses of Colonies and Commonwealths”

The Conference was hosted by the University of New England, Armidale, and held 10-13 December 2014 at the BreakFree Aanuka Beach Resort, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.

Final Conference Programme

32nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference Theme: “People, Power and Place”.

The Conference was hosted by the University of Otago, New Zealand, and was held 27-29 November 2013 at the University of Otago, Dunedin,

Final Conference Programme

31st Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference Theme: “Receiving Laws/Giving Laws”

The Conference was hosted by the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney, and was held 10-12 December 2012 at the University of Technology, Sydney.

30th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

 Conference Theme:“Private Law, Public Lives.”

 The Conference was hosted by the University of Queensland and Griffith University, and was held 12-13 December 2011 in Brisbane,

29th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference Theme: “Owning the Past: Whose Past? Whose Present?”

The Conference was hosted by La Trobe University and was held 13-15 December 2010 in Melbourne.

28th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Lands and Peoples in History and Law”

The Conference was hosted by the University of Victoria at Wellington and was held 11-13 December 2009 at the historic Old Government Buildings in Wellington, New Zealand

27th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

The Conference was hosted by the University of Adelaide, and was held at the University of Adelaide 11-13 December 2008.

26th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Fenceposts in Legal History”

The Conference was hosted by the University of New England and held in Armidale in 2007.

25th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

The Conference was held at the University of Tasmania.

24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Trajectories of Law in History: The Future Behind Us”

The Conference was hosted by the University of Auckland and held at Old Government House 10-12 July 2005.

23rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Generations of Law”

The Conference was hosted by Murdoch University and held at St George’s College, Perth, 2-3 July 2004.

22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme:

The Conference was hosted by  and held at the Chifley on George, Brisbane, 10-11 July 2003.

21st Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Laws Enterprise”

The Conference was hosted by Macquarie University, and held at the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, 11-13 July 2002.

20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Prospects and Retrospects: Law in History 2001”

The Conference was hosted by the University of Waikato, and was held at the University of Waikato, 6-8 July 2001

19th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

18th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Land and Freedom”

Held Newcastle, 9-11 July 1999

17th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

Conference theme: “Empires, Colonies, Legal Culture”

Held Melbourne 3-5 July 1998

16th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

15th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

14th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

13th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

12th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

11th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

10th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

9th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

8th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

7th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

6th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

5th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

4th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

3rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

2nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference

1st Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference