Legal history, as developed in nineteenth-century continental Europe, has a national tradition, but also a transnational past. During the last two decades, however, a new field of global legal history has emerged, not least as a response to Eurocentrism, methodological nationalism and the current reality of transnational and global law. In this article, I map…
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Comparative Legal History is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Historical Legal Studies and Society, Law in Society and Culture, Comparative and International Law Studies.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Comparative Legal History 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Historical Legal Studies and Society Law in Society and Culture Comparative and International Law Studies Historical Economic and Legal Thought Judicial and Constitutional Studies |
| ISSN | 2049-677X |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.22 |
| h-index | 17 |
| i10-index | 30 |
| Total citations | 1,024 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
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This text asks how a greater familiarity with European law would change our vision of colonial territories, most particularly, Latin America. Concentrating on the study of immemorial and native customs in both European and American territories, it argues that these customs were not necessarily ancient or authentic. Instead, they authorised making legal exceptions to the…
It is common knowledge that Hugo Grotius’s work De iure belli ac pacis, first published in Paris in 1625, was one of the most influential works on natural law and the law of nations in the seventee...
The first modern Parliament in Spanish history held its opening session on 24 September 1810 and was known as ‘Cortes de Cádiz’. It was conceived in light of the French Assemblée National pattern, as most members of Spanish liberalism admired French revolutionary political thought. However, an alternative had already been put forward. From 1808 to…
‘Legal tradition’ is a term frequently used in legal history and comparative law. The increasing interest in global perspectives on law and history, the dialectics inherent in globalisation as such, as well as some tendencies of ‘de-’ and ‘re-tradionalisation’, often enhanced by law, have made legal traditions even more topical. But what does ‘legal tradition’…