Interwar Dialogue Richard Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi and the Draft for a Pan-European Pact, by Anita Ziegerhofer 18 Oct 202420 Oct 2024 Introduction After the end of the “grand guerre”, continental Europe lost its position as a world power in favour of the USA and the newly established Soviet Union. Richard Nikolaus…
comparative legal history… The Afterlife of Hungarian Private Law following the Treaty of Trianon – Miklós Ujlaki’s Critical Approach to Legal Unification, by Balázs Fekete 5 Jul 20247 Jun 2024 Introduction The story of comparative law in Hungary in the Interwar years is largely unknown to the foreign audience. The main reasons for this include the practical inaccessibility of the…
Comparative constitutional law… Frede Castberg (1893–1977): A Call for Moderate Constructivism in Nordic and International law, by Sören Koch 21 Jun 202421 Jun 2024 Introduction Despite having a separate legal system and jurisdiction which has roots back to the medieval period, traditionally, Norway was highly impacted by discourses on legal developments taking place outside…
Comparative administrative law… The Role of Administrative Justice before WWII in Poland, by Michał Patryk Sadłowski 7 Jun 20247 Jun 2024 Introduction The Polish state, reborn in the aftermath of World War I, was facing great challenges (for background on the re-establishment of Poland in 1918, see A. Grebieniow and J.…
Comparative criminal law… Lex Makarewicz (and Makowski) – the Polish Criminal Code of 1932 and Its Authors in a Comparative and Philosophical Light, by Aleksander Leszczyński and Jan Rudnicki 24 May 202417 May 2024 Introduction Studies of Interwar legal history seem to prove that proper comparative analysis may be an indispensable element of a sound legislative process. The history of the creation of the…
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…