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Ancient Law in Context
Meeting, 1-2 June. Topic: The question of the relationship between slavery and the law.
Conference:
New Perspectives on locatio conductio in Roman Law, 6-7 June 2012, Edinburgh
Online booking is available here.
The Conference programme is available here. *** The conference fee is a flat £100. This includes all coffees/teas, lunches and the conference dinner. No discounts are available.
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| Past Events |
In 2001, the Centre hosted a small conference on the Court of Session and the College of Justice.
18 April 2008: Workshop - Edinburgh Roman Law Group: 'The use of Roman law in recent Scottish cases'
12-13 December 2008: International Conference (The Creation of the Ius Commune: From Casus to Regula (Edinburgh University Press) has been published. It is based on the papers delivered at this small, highly successful, expert conference held in the University of Edinburgh and organised by the Edinburgh Roman Law Group and the Centre for Legal History. See The Edinburgh Legal History Blog for a list of chapters in the published version.)
22 May 2009: Workshop - Legal History for Legal Practice
20-21 May 2011: Workshop - Louisiana: The Legal History of Europe in a Single US State
12 Aug 2011: Edinburgh Roman Law Group, An afternoon seminar on the topic of 'obligations'. Speakers included: Roberto Fiori, Professor of Roman law, University of Rome (Tor Vergata): 'The rise and fall of the specificity of contracts' and Maria Floriana Cursi, Professor of Roman law, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Teramo: 'What did occidere iniuria in the Lex Aquilia actually mean?'
7 Oct 2011: Edinburgh Roman Law Group Professor Thomas Rufner (Trier), 'Labour Law and the Ius Commune: Locatio conductio operarum in the writings of 17th and 18th century jurists'.
14 Oct 2011: Peter Chiene Lecture
Professor Boudewijn Sirks (Oxford), 'The Parallel Universes of Baker, Joblin and Julian: Causation and Law'.
28 Oct 2011: Professor Paul Finkelman (Albany Law School), 'Constitutional Slavery'.
23 Nov 2011: Mr Remus Valsan (Lecturer in Corporate Law, University of Edinburgh),'Error of conscience and conflict of interest in fiduciary law'.
17 Feb 2012: Edinburgh Roman Law Group, Professor Timothy Barnes, FBA, FRSC (Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Toronto and Honorary Professorial Fellow School of Divinity & School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh) 'The Lex Dei on Male Homosexuality: A Reinterpretation of Leviticus and its Implications'.
16 Mar 2012: Edinburgh Roman Law Group Professor Dr. Andreas Thier (Professor of Legal History, Canon Law, Legal Theory and Private Law at the University of Zurich), 'The Prince's Power over Money and Medieval Canon Law'.
30 March 2012: Professor John W. Cairns FRSE, 'Conveyancing, Slavery and Scots Lawyers'.
The Centre for Legal History has its own blog authored by John Cairns and Paul du Plessis. For more information, see /elhblog/
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