Forum Shopping: Was It Crucial in the Legal Support of Early Modern Long-Distance Trade?

Workshop

Donnerstag, 7. Mai – Freitag, 8. Mai 2026

Ort:

Käte Hamburger Kolleg (Iduna-Hochhaus)
Raum 7011 (7. OG)
Servatiiplatz 9
48143 Münster

Organisation:

Dr. Ana Belem Fernández Castro
Käte Hamburger Kolleg
ana.fernandez@eui.eu

Konzept

Plural laws, hard choices. Which forums did merchants choose, why, and with what effects on trade and business relations? Join us to explore how merchants used different jurisdictional options to resolve disputes across early modern Europe, and to examine when forum shopping was a useful tool supporting long-distance trade or, conversely, an obstacle to economic development.

Programm

Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2026

14.45–15.00
Welcome

15.00–16.00
Guido Rossi (Edinburgh/Palermo)

16.00–17.00
Andrea Slemian (São Paulo)

17.00–17.30
Tea and coffee break

17.30–18.30
David Carvajal de la Vega (Valladolid)

19.30
Workshop dinner

Freitag, 8. Mai 2026

09.00–10.00
Niels Fieremans (Gent)

10.00–11.00
Anja Amend-Traut (Würzburg)

11.00–11.30
Tea and coffee break

11.30–12.30
Dave de Ruysscher (Tilburg)

12.30–13.00
General conclusions

13.00–14.30
Lunch at the Kolleg