Presentation

 

It will be the second time that this event is held in Warsaw. The Polish capital hosted young legal historians during Xth Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians under the title “The European Legal Community : Between Tradition and Perspectives” in 2004 at the same time of Poland’s accession to the European Union.

The scientific community of the Warsaw legal historians is institutionally divided between three Chairs and one Department within the Institute of History of Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw: the Chair of Roman Law and the Law of Antiquity, Chair of History of Polish Constitution and Law, Chair of History of Law and State and the Department of European Legal Tradition. However, we are united by the common founding traditions and we strive for a cross-disciplinary approach in our researches that enables us to exchange our experience and thoughts, notwithstanding our formally diverse backgrounds. The founding tradition of the Chair of Roman Law and the Law of Antiquity is connected with Raphael Taubenschlag and Jerzy Manteuffel, creators of the original Institute of Papyrology and the discipline of juristic papyrology at the University of Warsaw with the scientific review of The Journal of Juristic Papyrology. Over the last years Warsaw has also become a blooming centre for the studies on the European Legal Tradition. Chair of History of Polish Constitution and Law is one of the leading centres for the analysis of history of polish law, especially in the field of the legal culture and practice of Poland and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth form 14th to 20th centuries. Chair of History of Law and State focuses on systems of government and history of private law in other countries, mostly France, Germany, England, USA and Russia. Its goal is to provide with wide scope needed for comparative method.

We are convinced that Warsaw is a perfect place for a meeting of the representatives of such a global discipline as legal history. The city is located in the heart of Europe and its well-connected airport is situated near the city centre. The forum will be held on the atmospheric old university campus as well as in the modern auditoria and conference rooms of the Collegium Iuridicum II, both located in the heart of the city. At the disposal of the Annual Forum participants will be 4 conference rooms seating 140 persons, as well as a spacious auditorium for up to 200 persons. Several hotels ranging from modest to luxurious are located near the university and offer special rates for congress participants.

 

Programm

 

Thursday, 14th June

Venue : Tyszkiewicz–Potocki Palace (Pałac Tyszkiewiczów–Potockich)

 

16:00 : Registration desk (distribution of conference materials)

16:30 : Opening of the 24th Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians

17:00 : Opening lecture
by Prof. Mirosław Wyrzykowski

18:00 : Contribution
of dr Maria Nowak

18:30 : Contribution
of dr hab. Małgorzata Sandowicz

19:00 : Welcoming drink

 

Friday, 15th June

Venue : Faculty of Law and Administration (Wydział Prawa i Administracji), Lipowa 4 (street)

 

8:30 : Morning coffee

 

9:00 : Morning session I

 

1.Room A1 : Antiquity. “Roman law in context”

Chairperson : Mark Letteney (Princeton University)

 

Intellectual Context of Roman Law
İpek Sevda Söğüt, Kadir Has University, Istanbul

In Seneca we trust ? On the utility of Roman declamation in the study of Roman law
Joanna Kulawiak-Cyrankowska, University of Lódź

The Legal Value of the mos maiorum in Cicero
Anna Iacoboni, Université Paris-Sorbonne

Living with the rules : agency, coercion, and gender in Herodotus’ Histories
Helen Tank, University of Birmingham

 

Room A2 : Law and society under transformation

Chairperson : Jarosław Kuisz, University of Warsaw

 

The Legacy of Authority : The Roots of Institutionalised Corruption in the former Soviet Union
Justin Tomczyk, University of Illinois/Russian Armenian Slavonic University

Legal formation of the societal collective memories in the Baltic States. A comparison with the other post-communist states from the region
Filip Cyuńczyk, University of Warsaw

How totalitarian experience built democratic norms ? The struggle for independent judiciary in Poland. Conclusions from talks with Professor Adam Strzembosz
Stanisław Zakroczymski, University of Warsaw

 

Room 1.2 : Crime and punishment

Chairperson : Anna Klimaszewska, University of Gdańsk

 

Ippolito Marsili : between the medieval text and modern practicae
Francesco Godano, Università di Bologna

The evolution of imprisonment as a punishment in French Law : from retention during trial to general sentence
Baptiste Bochart, Université Panthéon-Assas

Escaping the guillotine : the gap between crimes punishable by death and effective death sentences (France, 20th century)
Nicolas Picard, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne

The transformation of the political crimes and its impact on the Hungarian criminal regulation at the period of interwar
Izabella Drócsa, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Budapest

11:00 : Coffee break

 

11:30 : Morning session II

 

Room A1 : Antiquity. “Managing a state. Managing estate”

Chairperson : David Pitz, Universität Tübingen

 

The Codex Theodosianus in its Christian Conceptual Frame
Mark Letteney, Princeton University

Norms and ideology in the Ptolemaic justice system
Valérie Wyns, KU Leuven

Norms and legal practice in ancient Egypt – A case study of irrigation system management
Aneta Skalec, Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa

Legal representation of monastic communities in the light of late antique papyri – when norms meet legal practice
Marzena Wojtczak, University of Warsaw

 

Room A2 : State of law and law creation. “Governance and administration of justice”

Chairperson : Stanisław Zakroczymski, University of Warsaw

 

The Realisation of the First Hungarian Municipal Act Concerning to the Districts
Máté Pétervári, University of Szeged

The 1930 Yugoslavian Law on General Administrative Procedures Deadlines - Are We Faster Today ?
Stefan Andonovis, University of Belgrade

Tax collectors as legal authorities in Medieval Serbia
Andreja Katančević, University of Belgrade

 

Room 1.2 : Legal thought : when ideology meets law

Chairperson : Filip Cyuńczyk, University of Warsaw

 

The Norms of Patriarchalism in James II’s Political Writings and their Practice in His Reign
Balázs Rigó, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

The economic and legal debate of poverty in the School of Salamanca
Fernando Hernández Fradejas, University of Valladolid

German Jurists and the Search for “Life” in Modern Legal Science, 1900-1939
Katharina Isabel Schmidt, Princeton University

On the crossroad of norms and legal practice : legal periodicals during the nazi-era
Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde, Ghent University

 

13:30 : Lunch break

 

15:00 : Afternoon session I

 

Room A1 : Antiquity. “Contract making – norms and legal practice”

Chairperson : Marzena Wojtczak, University of Warsaw

 

Roman sale on approval in practice
Marko Sukačić, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek

Sale contracts under the cover of a loan. Provincial practice vs. codified Roman Law
Szilvia Nemes, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Inheritance Contracts and Roman Law
Aleksander Grebieniow, University of Warsaw

 

Room A2 : State of law and law creation. “State and constitutional order”

Chairperson : Andreja Katančević, University of Belgrade

 

The foundational documents of the Hungarian Historical Constitution
Zsófia Biró, University of Pécs

The Constitutional Norms of the Constitution of Finland
Dawid Michalski, University of Gdańsk

Government in action on itself
Gábor Bathó, National University of Public Service

 

Room 1.2 : Legal thought : when religion meets law

Chairperson : Wojciech Brzozowski, University of Warsaw

 

Theologians studying Contract Law. A comparative introduction to both Matthew of Kraków’s and Konrad Summenhart’s ‘De Contractibus’
Joost Possemiers, KU Leuven/FWO

The papal practice of anathema and excommunication to protect ecclesiastical interests in thirteen century Poland. Case of Prince Henry the Bearded
Paweł Dziwiński, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Application of Law in Early Modern Casuistry : the Example of Paolo Comitoli
Piotr Alexandrowicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

Islamic law and practice – legal norms under the pressure of diverse impact factors
Rafał Kaczmarczyk, University of Warsaw

17:00 : Coffee break

 

17:30 : Afternoon session II

 

Room A1 : Antiquity. “Criminal coercion”

Chairperson : Aleksander Grebieniow, University of Warsaw

 

Norms and Legal Practice : the adulterium in Roman Empire
Diane Baudoin, Université Panthéon-Assas

D. 29.5.14 (Volusius Maecianus' De iudiciis publicis libri XIV) : An Intervention of the Jurisprudence concerning the Senatusconsultum Silanianum
Valerio Massimo Minale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

On prosecutor’s offences in Roman criminal trial
Elżbieta Loska, University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński

 

Room A2 : State of law and law creation. “State and constitutional order”

Chairperson : Jan Sowa, University of Warsaw

 

The advisers of the King in Belgium and their impact on constitutional law (1909-1951)
Linde Declercq, Ghent University

Dauphin of Viennois : the juridical and political sovereignty on the Dauphiné by the heirs apparents of France (1349-1500)
Martin Jarrige, Université de Lorraine

Charges of Defamation of Marshal Piłsudski : political trials in interwar Poland
Łukasz Gołaszewski, University of Warsaw

19:00 : Break

19:30 : Cocktail with Hanna Gronkiewicz–Waltz, the Mayor of the City of Warsaw

 

Saturday, 16th June

Venue : Faculty of Law and Administration (Wydział Prawa i Administracji), Lipowa 4 (street)

 

8:30 : Morning coffee

 

9:00 : Morning session I

 

Room A1 : Antiquity. “Greece and beyond”

Chairperson : Valerio Massimo Minale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

 

Information interchange and relations between Ahhiyawa and the Hittite Empire
Tea Dularidze, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

The codification of Greek laws and its application in the emerging cities (mid-7th–6th cent. BC)
Sophie Trierweiler, Université de Strasbourg

How Greeks were buying. Remarks to comment of Gaius considering purchase contract. (Gai. 3.141)
Jacek Grochowski, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

The protection of families (oikoi) under extinction by the Eponymus Archon in ancient Athens : The law and its application
Athanasios Delios, Democritus University of Thrace

 

Room A2 : State of law and law creation. “Negotiating the strategies for law creation”

Chairperson : Jakub Pokoj, Jagiellonian University, Kraków)

 

The act of publication. The moment “law on the books” turns into being “law in action” ?
Jenny Wienert, Universität Tübingen

Conflicting Norms and Games of Honour: Reflections of Orientalist Perspectives in Early Israeli Law
Omer Aloni, Tel-Aviv University Law Faculty
Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society

The colonial norm in Algeria or the adaptation of the metropolitan model
Sonia Baï, Université Lille-II

’Learned Law in Practice’. Consilia in the Low Countries (ca. 1500 – ca. 1680)
Wouter Druwé, KU Leuven/FWO

 

Room 1.2 : Courts of law

Chairperson : Tomasz Królasik, Univeristy of Warsaw

 

People's Perception of Justice Administration Through Procedural Claims in Parisian Third Order's Cahiers de Doléances (1614 and 1789)
Juan Hernandez, Université Panthéon-Assas

The Legal Reality at Finnish Nineteenth-Century Town Courts in Light of Their Cases
Marianne Vasara-Aaltonen, University of Turku

The role of the Supreme Court in carrying out of the Estonian Land Reform
Karin Visnapuu, University of Tartu

The reform of the assize courts in Italy put to the test of real life : the difficult cohabitation between professional judges and laymen assessors
Claudia Passarella, Università degli Studi di Padova

11.00 : Coffee break

 

11:30 : Morning session II

 

Room A1 : Commerce, labour and insurances I

Chairperson : Karol Muszyński, University of Warsaw

 

Norms and legal practice among merchants in Lyon (1700-1730)
Cornelis in ’t Veld,Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Norms and legal practice among merchants in Lyon (1700-1730)

Bankruptcy and the “Praetorian Pledge” : the Law of the Books and the Law in Action in the Early Modern Netherlands
Ilya Kotlyar, Tilburg University

Private partnerships in early modern Amsterdam and Antwerp
Manon Moerman & Patrick Naaktgeboren, Maastricht University

Between law on the books and law in action. Counteracting speculation and usury in Poland (1918-1920)
Jakub Pokoj, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

 

Room A2 : State of law and law creation. “Negotiating the strategies for law creation”

Chairperson : Omer Aloni, Tel-Aviv University Law Faculty & Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society

 

Juridical discourse during the Congresses of the Friends of Peace, 1843-1867
Wouter De Rycke, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Korea as a Double-periphery in International Law (1876-1895) : The Discrepancy between Treaties and State Practice
Hyoung-Jin Nho, Tilburg University

Beyond “law in the books” : Amnesty International’s diplomacy at the United Nations (1961-present)
Amélie Verfaillie, Ghent University

The Decision–Taking Culture of the European Communities 1966-1993
Philip Bajon, Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt

 

Room 1.2 : Marriage, family and succession

Chairperson : Piotr Pomianowski, University of Warsaw

 

‘Law in books’ vs. ‘law in a book’. Literary image of French divorce law after 1884 in practice on example of Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Alicja Bańczyk, Jagiellonian University, Krakow

Bigamists in colonial Paraíba and the Inquisition : cultural practices and legal norms during the colonisation of Brazil
Luisa Stella Coutinho, Universidade de Lisboa

The influence of the rules of succession on the structure of Hungarian and German Families of Southern Transdanubia in the early 20th century
Dóra Frey, Andrássy Gyula Deutschsprachige Universität Budapes

Constitution, reality and changes in family law in Estonia between 1918-1940
Katrin Kiirend-Pruuli, University of Tartu

 

13:30 : Lunch break

 

15:00 : Afternoon session

 

Room A1 : Commerce, labour and insurances II

Chairperson : Marcin Łysko, Bialystok University

 

From competing corporations towards communal standard contract terms : marine insurance in France and Belgium (1815-1860)
Stéphanie Annie Plasschaert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Comparison of Marine, Life and Fire Insurance Under the Concept of Indemnification from the Sixteenth Century Onwards
Sinem Ogis, Universität Augsburg

The influence of the practice of marine insurance concerning the risks on the first insurance contract legislation in France
Silvia Kristin Karmann, Universität Augsburg

The application of the 1898 French law on labor accidents to Belgian frontiers workers
Rodrigue Merlot, Université Lille-II

 

Room A2 : State of law and law creation. “Negotiating the strategies for law creation”

Chairperson : Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde, Ghent University

 

The Consolidation of Hungarian Legal Practice with the Austrian Norms in 1861
Imre Képessy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

The beginning of the Polish debate on the codification of civil law following the regaining of independence in 1918
Michał Gałędek, University of Gdańsk

Searching for national components in building own legal culture – the debate on the legal situation of women in interwar Poland
Anna Klimaszewska, University of Gdańsk

Women’s participation in public life of the Second Republic of Poland (1918–1939) – norms and legal practice
Marcin Łysko, Bialystok University

 

Room 1.2 : Proprietary rights

Chairperson : Paweł Dziwiński, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

 

Entailed estate in Polish law from 16th to 20th century – preterlegal development of the institution challenging general rule of equality
Wojciech Bańczyk, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Community (Custom) Versus State (Law) The defence of the popular customs further to the affirmation of proprietary individualism in the Papal State. (XVIII – XIX centuries)
Simone Rosati, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Mechanical (Reproduction) Right of Musical Works in the ‘Belle Époque’
Denes Legeza, Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, Budapest

17:00 : Coffee break

17:30 : General assembly of the Association of Young Legal Historians

19:00 : Break

20:00 : Gala dinner

 

Sunday, 17th June

 

10:00 – max.15:00 : Sightseeing

(organised trips – upon choice)

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Congrès annuel des historiens du droit