comparative legal history… Concluding Remarks: Interwar Dialogues and the Patterns of Legal Change, by Radosveta Vassileva 21 Jul 20234 Dec 2023 Introduction In the 2022-2023 academic year, the British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) ran the “Cross-jurisdictional dialogues in the Interwar period” series edited by Professor Yseult Marique and me. This…
Interwar Dialogue… The Greek Civil Code of 1946: Preparation, Influences and the Unification of Greece’s Four Civil Law Regimes, by AE Platsas 7 Jul 202313 Dec 2023 Introduction This contribution is about the preparation of Greece’s Civil Code, which was completed in 1940 and came into effect in 1946. This code governs the majority of civil law…
Interwar Dialogue Legislative Technique of Reborn Poland: Creation Ex Nihilo and Negation of Foreign Legal Traditions, by K Koźmiński and A Jackowska 23 Jun 202320 Nov 2023 Introduction The rebirth of independent Poland after World War I (1918) caused politicians and lawyers to face a number of dilemmas regarding the future of the Polish legal system. At…
China… Harold Laski, Travelling Concepts, and the Evolution of the Human Rights Idea in Republic China (1919-49), by Ting Xu 9 Jun 20239 Jun 2023 Introduction Harold Laski (1893-1950) was one of the most important twentieth century public intellectuals. He was Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics (LSE), a centre for…
Comparative criminal law… Rafał Lemkin (1900-1959): A Life-Long Story of Engagement in the Development of Human Rights Law, by A. Krzywoń 26 May 202326 May 2023 Introduction: The Life and Legacy of Rafał Lemkin “Genocide is as old as humanity”. This statement by Jean-Paul Sartre highlights the sad reality that destroying entire groups of people has…
Comparison in Europe… Foreign Footprints in the Administrative Law of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, by Vuk Cucić 12 May 202324 May 2023 In the Interwar period, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a country erased from the map, perhaps now even forgotten, a country comprising several jurisdictions fraught with ethnic tensions and centrifugal forces…
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