Schedule
DAY 1: Wednesday, 23 September
Welcome by Professor Jaromír Tauchen (Masaryk University)
9:30–9:40
Panel 1: Roman Law and Classical Antiquity
9:40–10:35
- 9:40 Julian Kessler (Paris Lodron-University Salzburg; AT): Leges infinitae? Cicero on the Limits of Legislation
- 9:55 Michael Binder (Masaryk University; CZ/AT): Sale of Slaves in Roman Law and the Laws of Plato
- 10:10 Marie Neumann (Charles University; CZ): Every Magic Comes with a Price: Magic and Its Punishment in Ancient Rome
- 10:25–10:35 Discussion
Coffee break
10:35–10:50
Panel 2: Medieval and Early Modern Legal History
10:50–11:45
- 10:50 Matic Kristan (University of Ljubljana; SI): Pacts and Contracts in the Summa of Monaldus
- 11:05 Marten Teemant (University of Tartu; EE): Swedish Law-Related Student Disputations from the Academia Gustaviana (1632–1656)
- 11:20 Zoltán Kok (Széchenyi István University; HU): German Settlements in Hungary in the 17th–18th Centuries
- 11:35–11:45 Discussion
Panel 3: The Long Nineteenth Century
11:45–12:40
- 11:45 Matthias Widhalm (University of Vienna; AT): The Habsburg Cabinet Chancellery under Francis II (I), 1802–1810
- 12:00 Eva Bažantová (Charles University; CZ): Women's Inheritance Rights in Victorian England
- 12:15 Mathilde van Ackere (Free University of Brussels; BE): Intrafamilial Violence in the Province of Brabant (1867–1914)
- 12:30–12:40 Discussion
Lunch
12:40–13:35
Panel 4: Family, Childhood and State Intervention
13:35–14:30
- 13:35 Frederika Vešelényiová (Comenius University; SK): Institutional Care for Juveniles in Slovakia in the 20th Century
- 13:50 Zsanett Dorang (Károli Gáspár University; HU): Child Endangerment in Hungary, 1953–1986
- 14:05 Július Palaj (Comenius University; SK): Divorce Disputes in the Slovak State, 1943–1945
- 14:20–14:30 Discussion
Coffee break
14:30–14:40
Panel 5: Interwar Law in Czechoslovakia and Poland
14:40–15:35
- 14:40 Lukáš Maliňák (Masaryk University; CZ): Conflict of Laws in Interwar Czechoslovakia
- 14:55 Jakub Novák (Masaryk University; CZ): The Forgotten Draft Criminal Procedure Code of the Czechoslovak Legionnaires in Russia
- 15:10 Wojciech Wydmański (University of Silesia; PL): Arbitration Courts in Gdynia in the First Half of the 20th Century
- 15:25–15:35 Discussion
Panel 6: Law, Lawyers and the Judiciary under National Socialism
15:35–16:15
- 15:35 Beatrix Bukovinska (Masaryk University; CZ): Hermann Raschhofer's Nazi Past and Postwar Academic Career
- 15:50 Adam Šplíchal (Masaryk University; CZ): The Judiciary in the Reichsgau Sudetenland through the Eyes of Herbert David
- 16:05–16:15 Discussion
End of day 1 → city tour (*) and social evening (at participants’ own expense)
16:15
DAY 2: Thursday, 24 September
Panel 7: Socialist Czechoslovakia: Criminal Law and Social Control
9:00–9:55
- 9:00 Petra Fillová (Masaryk University; CZ): Criminal Commissions and Socialist Democracy in 1960s Czechoslovakia
- 9:15 Oliver Lukáč (Comenius University; SK): Correctional Groups in Socialist Czechoslovakia
- 9:30 Lynette Adamcová (Comenius University; SK): Social Parasitism as a Tool for Criminalising Male Prostitution and Homosexuality
- 9:45–9:55 Discussion
Coffee break
9:55–10:10
Panel 8: Law, Politics and State Power: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
10:10–11:05
- 10:10 Malwina A. Tkacz (Trnava University; SK): The Rise (and Fall) of Legal Positivism in Central Europe
- 10:25 David Marhold (Masaryk University; CZ): Roman and Germanic Law in the Work of Ernst Swoboda
- 10:40 Martin Neumann (Charles University; CZ): How Constitutional Theory Shaped Executive Responsibility
- 10:55–11:05 Discussion
Panel 9: Judiciary, Political Trials & Comparison
11:05–12:15
- 11:05 Karolina Nalewaj (Nicolaus Copernicus University; PL): Silentium publicum? Concepts of "Public Silence" in Roman Law and Contemporary Electoral Silence
- 11:20 Fábián László Horváth (Pázmány Péter Catholic University; HU): Trials for Verbal Political Offenses in Hungary (1945–1948)
- 11:35 Fines Fatimah (University of Debrecen; HU): LGBT Rights: Indonesia and the Netherlands Compared
- 11:50 Martina Míková (Masaryk University; CZ): The Evolution of Czech (Czechoslovak) Military Judiciary
- 12:05–12:15 Discussion
Closing Remarks
12:15–12:20
Closing Lunch
12:20–13:15
End of the Conference
13:15