Category: Interview
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“Following one norm meant violating the other”
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Interview with Hillard von Thiessen on early modern competitions of norms and the role of law Nowadays, a person who tried to excuse himself after a bar fight and the subsequent charge of assault by…
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“A period of great importance for state-building”
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Interview with Mia Korpiola about the legal reforms under the Vasa kings Legal historian Mia Korpiola has researched a turbulent phase of Swedish history at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg. It begins with a bloodbath in…
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“The Golden Bull became a protective shield with a quill”
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Interview with Eva Schlotheuber about the first basic law of the Holy Roman Empire About the Author Prof. Dr. Eva Schlotheuber holds the Chair of Medieval History at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. She was a fellow…
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“A legal system can comprise countless exceptions”
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Interview with Ulrike Ludwig and Peter Oestmann about the annual topic “Exception and Plurality” Exceptions confirm the rule. This everyday saying sums up a reciprocal and mutually dependent relationship. An exception can only be made…
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“What remains of the colonial period? Everything.”
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Interview with Heikki Pihlajamäki on early modern colonial laws The police legislation of the early modern period, which attempted to legally regulate wide areas of people‘s lives, has been extensively studied since the 1970s, especially…
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“In Sub-Saharan Africa, particularism supports centrifugal tendencies”
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Interview with Dorothea Schulz on religious plurality in Africa The German government has just decided to withdraw the Bundeswehr troops from Mali. France and other countries have already taken this step and ended their military…
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“Jurisprudence is a strong unifying factor in the Middle Ages”
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Interview with Susanne Lepsius on law in the Middle Ages Susanne Lepsius has set her sights high: she is working at the Kolleg on a general volume that is intended to introduce readers with no…
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“The plurality of norms is reflected in the language”
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Interview with Claudia Lieb about the relationship between law and language Since May 2022, PD Dr Claudia Lieb has been supporting the team of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg in looking after the local and international…
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“It’s also about developing new narratives”
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Interview with the Directors of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg The Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Legal Unity and Pluralism” officially began its work in June 2021. Its academic concept is based on the insight that legal unity…
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„The Carolingian state-church relationship involved rivalry with the Greeks“
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Comparing political advice literature reveals relations between East and West – Interview with Sophia Mösch Once born, ideas tend to spread very quickly. Nowadays, we can find out in real time what people on the…