Roman Law
European Legal History
European Private Law and

Comparative Law

 

 

Recent Publication

The article »Tradition and Innovation in the Rescript Practice of the Emperor Caracalla« has recently been published in open access and can be accessed via this link.

 

 

 

Scottish Week

As part of the course ‘Common law of Contract’, Dr. Graeme Cunningham (Glasgow University) will give two lectures on the Scottish legal system and the peculiarities of Scottish contract law. All who are interested are warmly invited to attend.

Wednesday 25.06.2025, 10.00-12.00, JUR 1: the Scottish legal system

Thursday 26.06.2025, 12.00-14.00, F 3: Scottish contract law

 

 

 

News
  • On 11 July 2025, Elsemieke Daalder will deliver her inaugural lecture titled ‘The Layers of the Law’ at the Juridicum in Münster (JUR 3, 16.00 c.t.)
  • On 8 May 2025, Elsemieke Daalder will give a public lecture on the role of wealth in the imperial succession after Augustus at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. More information can be found .
  • On 12 March 2025, Elsemieke Daalder gave a public lecture on the Romans and the rule of law (‘De Romeinen en hun rechtsstaat: over keizers, dictators en juristen’) at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden.
  • On 17 November 2024, Elsemieke Daalder gave a lecture on the oratio principis in the Principate at Glasgow University.
  • On 15 November 2024, Elsemieke Daalder presented a paper on the principle ‘codicillis hereditas neque dari neque adimi potest’ at the conference ‘Das antike römische Recht der Kodizille’, organized by the Käte Hamburg Kolleg Münster. A report on the conference can be found .
  • On 4-5 October, Elsemieke Daalder co-organised the ‘An Empire of Correspondence’ at CU Boulder (Colorado, United States) with Zachery Herz, Serena Connolly and Matthijs Wibier.
Junge Romanistentage

On Wednesday 12 June and Thursday 13 June, the annual meeting of the Dutch Young Romanists took place at the University of Münster. Further insights in the feuilleton!

 

Seminar

Summer-semester 2025:
»Römisches Recht in der Severerzeit«.

More information on the subject of the seminar, registration and dates can be found here.

Office opening hours

JUR 208A:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m

JUR 421:

From July 17, 2023 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m Friday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The secretariat remains closed on Thursdays.

Outside these times, please send general inquiries by email to: fscholz@uni-muenster.de