HLS: Roundtable Conference on “Texts and Contexts in Legal History” in Honor of Professor Charles Donahue

Roundtable Conference on “Texts and Contexts in Legal History”
in Honor of Professor Charles Donahue

Friday, October 7, 1:00 – 5:15 p.m.
Hauser Building 105

Law and Medieval History: Selected Topics - 1:00-3:00
1:00-1:30 Adam J. Kosto
Written Agreements and Civil Wars: The Catalan and Anglo-Norman Examples

1:30-2:00 Robert Berkhofer
Forgery and Pope Alexander III's Decretal on Scripta Authentica

2:00-2:30 R. H. Helmholz
Custom and Law in the Medieval Court Records of the Province of Canterbury

2:30-3:00 Paul Brand
The Secular Consequences of Annulment of Marriage for Precontract England c. 1300

Break 3:00-3:15

Law and Early Modern History: Selected Topics - 3:15-5:15
3:15-3:45 David Seipp
When Lawyers Lie: Forging an English Constitution in 1399

3:45-4:15 Wim Decock
Quantitative Easing Four Centuries Ago: Juan de Mariana's De monetae mutatione (1609)

4:15-4:45 Amalia D. Kessler
The Mystery of the "Charitable Arbitrator," or Reflections on a Neglected Old Regime Text and the Intersection Between Status and Practices of Arbitration and Mediation

4:45-5:15 Mary Bilder
The Relevance of Colonial Appeals to the Privy Council

Cocktail Reception and Festschrift Presentation for Professor Charles Donahue
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Harvard Law Library Treasure Room

Opening: Sara McDougall (with introduction of Dean Martha Minow)
Martha Minow Comments on Charlie Donahue
John Witte Comments and Presentation of Festschrift
Charlie Donahue Response
Open Reception
Closing: Anna diRobilant