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Pardon – balancing justice or arbitrary act?
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The right to pardon usually leads a discreet existence in today’s constitutional states, but thanks to the American presidential election, it has recently hit the headlines. First, the outgoing incumbent Joe Biden aroused attention with…
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Struggle for freedom or wild act?
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Zum Bauernkriegsjubiläum diskutierte das Kolleg im Januar 2025 mit Gerd Schwerhoff und Lyndal Roper Im Jahr 1525 erhoben sich die Bauern in vielen Regionen des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation gegen die Obrigkeit. Aus Anlass…
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“Issues of great importance for understanding the contemporary world”
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Interview with Sebastian M. Spitra on law, colonialism and the history of empires Legal historian Dr Sebastian M. Spitra has been a research professor at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg since October 2024. We spoke to…
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The ancient Roman law of codicils
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Testamentary dispositions in the Imperium Romanum Report on the conference on 13–15 November 2024 The ancient Roman law of codicils responded to a demand in society for more flexibility in forming testamentary dispositions. In doing…
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“On a legal level, a common ‘Weltanschauung’ never existed”
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Interview with Ferdinando Mazzarella about the Committee for Italian-German legal relations In the 1930s, Fascist Italy under Mussolini and National Socialist Germany agreed on closer political cooperation and entered into a military alliance as the…
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We have moved
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Dear Readers, The EViR blog has moved and can now be found at https://www.evir.uni-muenster.blog/. Not only does this relocation go hand in hand with a new, more appealing design, but also with an expansion of…
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Free as a Bird?
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Contribution to the MS Wissenschaft: The mutability of notions of freedom Under the slogan “Freedom”, Science Year 2024 refers explicitly to the 75th anniversary of Germany’s Basic Law, which already points to the close ties…
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“The bull required seclusion in the ghetto”
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Interview with Giacomo Mariani about the papal persecution of Ancona’s Jewish community The expulsion of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula in the 1490s marked a turning point for Jewish life and Jewish identity in…
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“Roman law is open towards foreign legal customs”
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Interview with Éva Jakab on Greek customs in Roman inheritance law The transfer of assets from one generation to the next is a key social process, and already had a legal framework in antiquity. Dealing…
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Sharing ideas in monastic seclusion
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Retreat of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg at Frenswegen Monastery, 13/14 June 2024 Academic work at the Kolleg thrives on the dynamic between the freedom to conduct one’s own research and the exchange of ideas. The…
