In her research project, Reeju Ray delves into the complex landscape of legal history in India, a field enriched by the contributions of historians, practitioners, jurists and activists. The project aims to map the key contributors to legal history and assess the scope of the discipline, its challenges and opportunities for collaboration. It seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing culture of legal history in India, identifying its various elements and participants.

Die Wissenschaft vom Recht wird im deutschsprachigen Raum hauptsächlich als eine Praxis verstanden, die Normen setzt und Recht für die Praxis entwickelt. Seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gibt es jedoch auch eine Sichtweise, die Recht empirisch untersucht, also wie es in der Gesellschaft tatsächlich angewendet wird. Christian Boulanger erforscht die Geschichte der Rechtssoziologie in Deutschland und stellt sie in einen größeren wissenschaftlichen Kontext.

Our upcoming Max Planck Lecture in Legal History and Legal Theory (on 4 July) will focus on 'The Property/License Interface'. This lecture by Larissa Katz (University of Toronto) is based on a chapter from her forthcoming book on People (Offices) and Things. She insists on the traditional property/licence distinction and explains how these two ideas relate. She argues that the property/licence distinction captures two basic and quite different ways in which someone in an office (whether public or private) can involve others in carrying out their mandate.