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| FocusBetween Analysis and Intervention: Public Anthropology in South African Land Reform
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On the Role of Academic Expertise in the Constitutional Debate on “Expropriation without Compensation” What does it actually mean for scholars to intervene in an ongoing constitutional debate? And what if one broadly agrees with…
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“The line between foreigner and subject was mutable”
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Interview with Radhika Singha on the category of ‘foreign’ in colonial India 19th century colonial India was a patchwork of jurisdictions with territory under direct British rule, interspersed with territory under the so-called Indian princely…
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| FocusThe Code Civil: The Art of Unity and Change
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In 1804, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte unveiled what is arguably his greatest achievement, le Code civil des Français – the French Code Civil. This document, which consisted of 2,281 articles, did away at last with the vast array…
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From Property to Person
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A Roma Woman’s Legal Battle for Freedom The screening of the film Aferim! at Käte Hamburger Kolleg was a valuable opportunity to reflect on the history of the Roma people and their legal status in…
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Policing Marriage and Migration
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Borders of Intimacy Then and Now Suspicious couples: marriage and migration control today Marriages between Europeans and ‘third-country nationals’ (TCN) are (again) viewed with suspicion. The securitisation of migration (the intertwining of security and migration),…
EViR-Blog
The EViR Blog of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Legal Unity and Pluralism” publishes articles on legal pluralism and legal unity in different societies from antiquity to the present. Fellows and staff of the Kolleg provide insights into their research in the fields of history, law, anthropology and neighbouring disciplines. Contact: wiko.evir@uni-muenster.de
