International Law and Empire: Historical Lessons
9 and 10 May 2011, 7.15 pm
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M. / Campus Westend / Hörsaalzentrum / HZ3
Monday, 9 May 2011, 7.15 pm
Lecture I: Empires of Private Right 1500-1606
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 7.15 pm
Lecture II: Empires of Public Power 1625-1914
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Both lectures are concerned with the role of private and public law as instruments of global exercise of power. Historically power was not only exercised in the form of national sovereignty, but also always in the form of private law of ownership and of contract. The lectures are going to show that global exercise of power is still dependent on both forms. However, the function of private law to provide global order lacks attention.
Martti Koskenniemi
Martti Koskenniemi is one of the leading international law theorists. He is the director of the Erik-Castrén-Institute for International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki.
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