History… International Dispute Resolution During the Interwar Years — Overcoming the Evils of War Through Cross-Cultural Dialogue, by Julio César Betancourt 10 May 202417 Jan 2024 Introduction The bitter legacies of the two world wars of the 20th century have been the subject of numerous studies. Both the First World War (WWI) and the Second World…
History… A Double-Edge Sword in International Taxation: The Rules for the Distribution of Taxation Rights Take Shape in the Interwar Period, by Marcus Galdia 26 Apr 202417 Jan 2024 Legal Modernism in the Interwar Period The Interwar period is my favorite epoch of research, mainly in areas less connected to law. In this epoch, modernism in arts manifested itself…
comparative legal history… The Yugoslav Law on Obligations of 1978 and the Legacy of Professor Mihailo Konstantinović (1897–1982): The Influence of the Interwar Period on Post-WWII Legal Transfers, by Ivan Tot 8 Mar 202420 Jan 2024 Introduction The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY, 1963–1992; previously known as the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia, FPRY, 1945–1963) was a one-party communist state established after World War…
History… The Turkish Civil Code and Code of Obligations of 1926 and the Charm of Swiss Civil Law, by Michał Tutaj 23 Feb 202422 Feb 2024 Introduction The emergence of the modern Republic of Turkey (or Türkiye as some Turks prefer) is a compelling chapter in the rapid transformation of formal legal structures. In the mid-1920s,…
comparative legal history… Lyuben Dikov, Filippo Vassalli, and Karl Llewellyn: Three Scholars Who May Hold a Key to Understanding Some Peculiar Similarities between Bulgarian, Italian, and US Law, by Radosveta Vassileva 9 Feb 20249 Feb 2024 Introduction While researching the evolution of the principle of change of circumstances for my PhD thesis, I was intrigued by a peculiar coincidence – Bulgaria, Italy, and the United States…
History… A House Divided: Czechoslovakia’s Long Way to United Private Law, by Václav Dvorský 26 Jan 202423 Dec 2023 Introduction The end of WWI led to the redrawing of European borders. Many empires collapsed and, as a result of this happening, the territories of some states were enlarged (e.g.…
Comparative administrative law Administrative Silence (Intersentia 2023) by Pedro Aberastury (ed) 19 Jan 202417 Jan 2024 The International Academy of Comparative Law chose the topic of “Administrative Silence” as the subject for its general report on the occasion of the General Congress held in Asuncion, Paraguay…
History… Colonial-Era Mixed Courts and Post-World War I Mixed Arbitral Tribunals as Spaces of Transnational and International Legal Innovation and Emulation, by Michel Erpelding 12 Jan 202423 Dec 2023 Introduction: Between the National and the International The numerous legal transfers and instances of cross-jurisdictional dialogue that occurred during the Interwar period did not only take place within or between…
Events and News… Launch of Healthcare, Quality Concerns, and Competition Law (Hart 2023) on 8 March 2024 10 Jan 202414 Dec 2023 Webinar: Friday 8 March 2024, 3pm (UK time) The British Association of Comparative Law is pleased to invite you to a launch of Healthcare, Quality Concerns, and Competition Law (Hart…
Book Review Kriszta Kovács (ed), The Jurisprudence of Particularism: National Identity Claims in Central Europe (Bloomsbury Publishing 2023), ISBN: 9781509960125, reviewed by Radosveta Vassileva 15 Dec 202321 Nov 2023 This much timely and thought-provoking edited collection by Kriszta Kovács, Senior Fellow at the WZB Center for Global Constitutionalism, shines a light on a striking paradox – namely, how V4…