Rg 31 (2023)

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Published: 2023-09-19

Editorial

Editorial

Stefan Vogenauer

5-8

Research

Constitutional History as an Integral Part of General History: The German Case

18-30
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Does (German) Law Obstruct Research on Contemporary History?

Jan Thiessen

32-50
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Court Rulings with Regard to »Special Territorial Entities« – Colonial Jurisdiction and the German Reichsgericht

Jakob Zollmann

52-75
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A Short History of the Formation of Hungarian Legal Terminology

József Szabadfalvi

77-90
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Aryanization Bureaucrats in Post-Holocaust Romania

Stefan Cristian Ionescu

92-108
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Focus

Studying Indigenous Labor and Coercion on the Frontiers of the Spanish Empire: An Introduction

David Rex Galindo

112-116
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Slaves and Captives Between Castile, Granada, and the Canary Islands: Frontier and Judicial Dynamics in the 15th and 16th Centuries

Mirko Suzarte Škarica

118-130
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Ecclesiastics and Indigenous Slavery on the Frontier: The Case of Chile in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Constanza López Lamerain

132-144
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Forms of Indigenous Labor on New Spain’s Northern Frontiers: The Cases of New Mexico and California (17th–18th Centuries)

David Rex Galindo

146-159
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Abuse or Slavery? A Look at Practices of Debt Peonage from the 19th-Century Philippines

Carolina Hiribarren Cardoen

161-172
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Fr

The Reforms of the West German SPD-FDP Coalition Government Under Judicial Scrutiny: The Constitutional Court’s Decision on Abortion

Birgit Aschmann

176-178
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Whose »Reality«?

Pascale Cancik

179-181
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Constitutional Change Through Adaptations of the Grundgesetz (Basic Law)

Eckart Conze

182-184
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The Constitutionalisation of Politics: Also a Politicisation of the Constitution?

Verena Frick

185-187
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Integrating Legal and Constitutional History into General History? The Perspective of Historical Sociology

Ingrid Gilcher-Holtey

188-190
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Unwieldly but not Unintelligible? On the Judgments of the German Constitutional Court

Anna-Bettina Kaiser

191-193
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Challenge and Stimulation

Jürgen Kocka

194-196
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The Federal Constitutional Court: The Deus ex Machina of the History of the German Federal Republic?

Christoph Schönberger

197-199
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How the History of the German Basic Law Can Be Written with a Reformulation of the Concept of the Constitution

Hans Vorländer

200-202
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The Difficult Approach to the Judge-Made Law of the German Constitutional Court

Rainer Wahl

203-206
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The Making of the Basic Law

Christan Waldhoff

207-209
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Looking back on »Die Historiker und die Verfassung« in Light of the Frankfurt Comments

Dieter Grimm

210-213
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Critique

The Cicerone of Rules Review of: Lorraine Daston, Rules. A Short History of What We Live By

Daniel Damler

218-219
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Roman Law Reloaded Review of: Ulrike Babusiaux, Christian Baldus, Wolfgang Ernst, Franz-Stefan Meissel, Johannes Platschek, Thomas Rüfner (eds.), Handbuch des Römischen Privatrechts

Stefan Vogenauer

220-221
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Diversity Among the Roman Jurists – Historicity and the Role of Legal Doctrine Review of: Fara Nasti, Aldo Schiavone (Hg.), Jurists and Legal Science in the History of Roman Law

Cosima Möller

221-224
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Performance as a New Direction for Legal History Review of: Julie Stone Peters, Law as Performance

Damian Augusto Gonzales Escudero

224-226
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Honi soit qui mal y pense Review of: Björn Weiler, Paths to Kingship in Medieval Latin Europe

Caspar Ehlers

226-228
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References in the Vineyard of the Legal Text Review of: Sabine Griese, Claudine Moulin (Hg.), Verweiskulturen des Mittelalters

Christoph H.F. Meyer

229-232
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What’s the Point in Quantifying Legal Codiﬁcations? Review of: Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Quantitative Approaches to Medieval Swedish Law

Toomas Kotkas

232-234
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The Multilayered World of Medieval Japanese Legal History Review of: Matsuzono Junichirō, The World of Muromachi and Sengoku Law

Rômulo da Silva Ehalt

234-236
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Bottom’s Realm Review of: Larry May, Medieval Legal and Political Thought

Caspar Ehlers

236-237
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Legal Sources from the Venetian East Review of: Nikos E. Karapidakis (ed.), Libro d’ordini del Consiglio della magnifica Città di Corfù, 1422 –1797

Kyriaco Nikias

237-239
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The Forest in Focus: Transdisciplinary Possibilities for Its Study Review of: Alessandra Dattero (ed.), Il bosco

Camilla de Freitas Macedo

240-242
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Environmental History and Legal History Review of: Richard M. Conway, Islands in the Lake

Alina Rodríguez Sánchez

242-244
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Divine Justice and Earthly Justice Review of: Guido Dall’Olio, Nella valle di Giosafat

Andrea Cicerchia

244-246
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Legal Theory and Practice in the Tractatus and Consilia of Francisco Suárez Review of: Dominique Bauer, Randall C. H. Lesaffer (eds.), History, Casuistry and Custom in the Legal Thought of Francisco Suárez

Lorenzo Maniscalco

246-248
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Sacred Art as an Agent of Normativity Review of: Chiara Franceschini (ed.), Sacred Images and Normativity & Giuseppe Capriotti, Sabina Pavone, Pierre-Antoine Fabre (eds.), Eloquent Images

Pilar Mejía

248-251
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The Portuguese Empire and the Deep Roots of Goan Society Review of: Ângela Barreto Xavier, Religion and Empire in Portuguese India

Manuel Bastias Saavedra

251-253
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A Deep Dive into England’s Early Africa Companies Review of: Julie Mo Svalastog, Mastering the Worst of Trades

Paulien Broens

254-255
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Rule of Law in Colonial Africa? Review of: Michael Lobban, Imperial Incarceration

Winner Ijeoma

255-257
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Guards, Thieves and the Jurisprudence of Anticipation Review of: Sal Nicolazzo, Vagrant Figures

Matilde Cazzola

257-259
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Pauper Agency and Negotiation Under the Old Poor Law Review of: Peter Jones, Steven King (eds.), Navigating the Old English Poor Law

Victoria Hooton

259-261
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Commerce Between Law and Practice Review of: Ross Cranston, Making Commercial Law Through Practice

Emily Kadens

261-264
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Insanity, Crime and Responsibility Cases: A View of Common Law from the British Empire Review of: Catherine L. Evans, Unsound Empire

Uponita Mukherjee

264-266
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On the Ambivalence of Humanitarian Action in the British Empire Review of: Zoë Laidlaw, Protecting the Empire’s Humanity

Fabian Klose

267-268
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Exploring the Power of Victorian Narratives Review of: Leila Neti, Colonial Law in India and the Victorian Imagination

Erica Kim Ollikainen-Read

269-270
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Unravelling Colonial Power: Emotions, Feelings and Resistance for a New History of Law Review of: Tanya Agathocleous, Disaffected: Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere

Karla L. Escobar H.

271-273
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Political Modernity in the Other West Review of: María Teresa Calderón, Aquella república necesaria e imposible

José M. Portillo

273-274
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The Drafting of the Post-War Constitutions in France and Italy. Differences and Similarities Review of: Sandro Guerrieri, Costituzioni allo specchio

Nina Cozzi

275-277
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International Law as Seen from Italy’s Troubled State Building Review of: Giulio Bartolini, A History of International Law in Italy

Bernardo Sordi

277-279
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Limited Positivist Criminology and the Challenges of Criminal Law Reform Review of: Michele Pifferi (ed.), The Limits of Criminological Positivism

Karl Härter

280-282
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Puzzle-Solving Comparative Law Scholars? Review of: Balázs Fekete, Paradigms in Modern European Comparative Law

Christoph Resch

283-284
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The Man Without Qualities Review of: Thomas Olechowski, Hans Kelsen

Marietta Auer

285-290
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Hohfeld and Some Missed Opportunities Review of: Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Ted Sichelman, Henry Smith (eds.), Wesley Hohfeld a Century Later

Matthew H. Kramer

291-292
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Capitalizing on International Law’s Fragmentation Review of: Kathryn Greenman, State Responsibility and Rebels

Sara Dezalay

293-295
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New Findings on Non-Compliance in EU Law Review of: Tanja A. Börzel, Why Noncompliance

Nina Cozzi

295-296
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Three Dimensions of Equality in European Law Review of: Giovanni Zaccaroni, Equality and Non-Discrimination in the EU

Anna Quadﬂieg

297-298
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Three Cheers to Interdisciplinary Research of European Union Law Review of: Albertina Albors-Llorens, Catherine Barnard, Brigitte Leucht (eds.), Cassis de Dijon

Victoria Hooton

298-300
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European Union Constitution Making and the Media. Lessons from Maastricht Review of: Manuel Müller, Ein verpasster Verfassungsmoment

Jan-Henrik Meyer

301-303
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Taking the Ambivalent Road Review of: Rotem Giladi, Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law

Shlomi Balaban

303-304
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Presittings Review of: Christoph Schönberger, Auf der Bank. Die Inszenierung der Regierung im Staatstheater des Parlamentes

Fabian Steinhauer

305-307
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Narrating Instead of Going to Court? Review of: Wolfgang Knöbl, Die Soziologie vor der Geschichte

Thomas Duve

308-310
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Marginalia

Legal History and »Order Thinking«. On the Legal Historical Œuvre of Paolo Grossi

Thomas Duve

314-325
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