Extraterritoriality and the Law

9. Januar 2025

The Society for Legal and Institutional History of Flanders, Picardy and Wallonia holds its annual "International days" 2022 on 30 and 31 May 2025 in Tilburg (Netherlands)

The theme of the conference is: « l’Extraterritorialite et le Droit » (“Extraterritoriality and Law”)

The law as it stands, both public and private, has strong ties to a territory. For example, territory is fundamental in the constitutional order of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In private law, this attachment to land is equally present. Conflicts in property law are judged by the lex situs. The constitutio Antoniniana (D.1.5.17) did the same for Roman citizenship. National law, comparative law and legal history are based and strongly focused on that national, territorial order, as well in Picardy, Wallonia, in Flanders, as anywhere.

Territorial validity contrasts sharply with the (also normative) dynamics of persons and their transactions across borders, and it contrasts sharply with an ideal of universal law. This congress focuses on all forms of extraterritoriality of law, and its possible explanations. It provides an opportunity to address topics such as the genesis and legitimacy of universally applicable law (natural law, ius commune, human rights), genesis and legitimacy of territorially applicable law (local or national norms, customary law), the adoption or non-adoption of concepts, norms, systems or arguments from elsewhere, in occasional or institutionalized collaborations. Colonial relations are also of great importance in the latter context and deserve attention.

This general theme does not exclude papers about other subjects regarding legal history or institutional history.

Presentations can be held in French, English or Dutch. Speakers have to send a summary to the organization (preferably in French and/or English).

Proposals can be sent before 20 April 2025 to J.M. MILO and E.G.D. van Dongen, j.m.milo@uu.nl; E.G.D.vanDongen@uu.nl



Source: http://esclh.blogspot.com/2025/01/call-for-papers-extraterritoriality-and.html (9.1.2025)