Monday, 8 June – Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Venue:
Käte Hamburger Kolleg (Iduna Building)
Room 7011 (7th floor)
Servatiiplatz 9
48143 Münster
Organisation:
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ludwig
Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Universität Münster
ulrike.ludwig@uni-muenster.de
Prof. Dr. Nora Markard
Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Universität Münster
nmarkard@uni-muenster.de
Coming soon.
Historically, for long periods of time, legal developments took place in the absence of a defined monopoly of power. While there was no dearth of power relations, these were not structured in such a manner that standardisations in the context of legislation and enforcement could have been organised without more. Nonetheless, tendencies of unification can be observed throughout time. At the workshop, we will discuss this using a range of examples and ask whether specific, non-dominating forms of unification can be observed in the respective legal orders.
Monday, 08. June 2026
15.30–16.00 Coffee
16.00–16.15 Welcome
16.15–16.45 Jan-Hendryk de Boer | Standardisation from above or self-organisation from below? The licentia ubique docendi in the High and Late Middle Ages.
16.45–17.15 Ulrike Ludwig | Standardisation of legal norms as an imitation effect? The case of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (16th–18th century)
17.15–18.00 Discussion
18.15 Dinner
Tuesday, 09. June 2026
09.30–10.30 Benjamin Seebröker | Standardisation and Juridification. The Impact of Legal Reforms on Conflicts in Seigneurial Contexts in Eighteenth-Century Brandenburg-Prussia
10.30–11.30 Fernando Liendo-Tagle | Standardisation of legal capacity. Between attempts at monopolisation and resistance (1850-1920)
11.30–12.00 Coffee
12.00–13.00 Nora Markard | General International Law in an Age of Fragmentation – The Example of Human Rights Responsibility
From 13.00 Lunch