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 New Laws of the Indies, Spain, 1542 |
Atlantic Legalities, 1500-1825 April 16, 2005 Harvard University A Workshop of The Atlantic History Seminar in collaboration with The Centre for History and Economics University of Cambridge |
 Copley portrait of Judge Martin Howard, Jr., 1767 |
9:00 a.m.: Bernard Bailyn, Harvard UniversityPlease note that times are approximate. The closing session will be followed by a reception at 6:30 p.m. To attend the Workshop, you must register.
Introduction
9:15 a.m.: Lauren Benton, New York University
The Legalities of Distant Sovereignty in the Atlantic World
10:15 a.m.: Richard Ross, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Legal Communications in the Early Modern Atlantic World
11:15 a.m.: Linda Lewin, University of California at Berkeley
Family, Inheritance, and Social Change in a Luso-Brazilian Legal Tradition: A Trans-Atlantic Perspective on the Late Colonial Regime, 1750-1831
12:15 a.m.: Sue Peabody, Washington State University Vancouver
Slave Law in the Atlantic World: Beyond Tannenbaum
1:15-2:15 p.m.: Lunch
2:15 p.m.: Jeremy Mumford, Brandeis University
Native Litigation in Early Modern Atlantic Empires
3:15 p.m.: Katherine Hermes, Central Connecticut State University
Councils and Courts: "Jurispractice" among Native Americans and European Colonizers in the Colonial Atlantic World
4:15 p.m.: Claire Priest, Northwestern University
Law, Property, and Commerce in British North America
5:15 p.m.: Panel: Legal Sources for Atlantic History
Chair: Emma Rothschild, University of Cambridge
© 2005 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College.Created March 23, 2005.