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Colloque international "Justice in Wartime and Revolutions : Europe, 1795-1950"21-23 septembre 2011
Bruxelles, CEGES
War and revolutions generate transformations of judicial institutions and practices, and bring about shifts in the occupation of positions within different sections of the judicial system, which then often undergoes expansion. These transformations can either have lasting effects or only be temporary, in which case the former judicial system is restored. Such restoration can be complete, but often the phase of war and occupation will remain to have an impact, because certain changes are consolidated, because it is no longer possible to simply restore the previous situation, or because new elements are embedded into the former system. War and revolutions are times and contexts of exception, that bring about exceptional measures, or in other words: fundamental innovations. These innovations can be import products from other countries or judicial systems, or can spring from doctrines and ideologies that differ drastically from, or even inverse formerly prevailing ideas and values, in which case the question arises to what extent innovation was merely a discursive shift. This conference focuses on the changes brought about by the French Revolution, the two world wars and the revolutionary periods after these wars in Western and Eastern Europe. Not only changes in the judicial systems will be discussed, but also in practices, the judicial personnel and judicial professions. The focus is not only on legal changes, but also on innovations reflecting fundamental shifts in the concept and system of justice, that have been imported from other systems, states or ideologies. Central points of attention are the degree of innovation, the process of transfer and circulation of models and ideas, and the actors shaping and steering this process. Click here Practical information Venue : Conference room CEGESOMA Square de l'Aviation 29 1070 Brussels. Participation is free but registration is necessary : cegesoma@cegesoma.be |
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From 21 to 23 September 2011 the Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (Cegesoma, Brussels), IRHIS (Université de Lille 3), CHDJ (Université catholique de Louvain) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam organize, in the framework of the Interuniversity Attraction Pole “Justice & Society: Socio-political History of Justice Administration in Belgium, 1795-2005” (Belgian Science Policy), an international Conference on Justice in wartime and revolutions, 1795-1950.