Historiography of Commercial Law: Past, Present, and Future
Helsinki, 26-28 September, 2017
Venue: University of Helsinki, Porthania (Yliopistonkatu 3)
Programme
First Day (Tuesday, Sept 26): The Past (Porthania, P724 )
13.00 Opening
13.15 – 18.00 Presentations on the historiography of commercial law
13.15-14.30
Stefania Gialdroni (Rome): Benvenuto Stracca
Anja Amend-Traut (Würzburg): Johann Marquard (1610-1668) and his Contribution to the Commercial law’s development
14.30-14.45: Coffee & sandwiches
14.45-16.00
Estelle Rothweiler (Strasbourg): Believer in Strong Capitalism and Free Trade in the Eighteenth Century
Norman Poser (New York): Lord Mansfield’s influence on the commercial law of England and other common-law countries
16.15-17.30
Dave De ruysscher (Tilburg): Reception of French Commercial Law Literature in the Low Countries
Heikki Pihlajamäki (Helsinki): Scandinavian Commercial Law Scholarship in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
18.30 – 19.30 Keynote (public lecture) Porthania, Suomen Laki -lecture hall
Sheilagh Ogilvie (Cambridge): Public-Order versus Private-Order Institutions in Commercial Contract Enforcement
Second Day (Wednesday, Sept 27): The Present and the Future
9.00 – 12.00 Debate: Historians and Positive-Law Scholars on the History and Present of Commercial Law (Porthania, room P722)
Histories of commercial law: What is needed? What is the use? What is the relationship between history and positive law in matters commercial?
Discussants: Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson (Helsinki), Jukka Mähönen (Oslo), Vincenzo Zeno-Zenkovich (Rome). 20 minute presentations and panel discussion.
12.00 – 13.00 Keynote: Albrecht Cordes (Frankfurt): The Codification of Sea Law in Northern and Western Europe in the 13th Century
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (Restaurant Sunn, Aleksanterinkatu 26)
14.00 – 17.00 Doctoral school (Porthania, room P724)
19.00 Dinner (Restaurant Kolme Kruunua, Liisankatu 5
Third Day (Thursday, Sept 28):
Departures
10.00 Optional city tour