Comparative law (in particular the law of property)
Roman law and rhetoric
Latin legal epigraphy
Prof. Daalder’s current research primarily concerns Roman law and Roman legal culture, with a particular focus on the imperial administration of justice (encompassing both legislation and adjudication), administrative law (especially the Roman fiscus), and legal writing. Her work can be situated in the larger ‘law and society’ approach, focusing on the way law, legal institutions, and legal writing affect society and vice versa. Current research projects include the rescripts of the emperor Caracalla, the historical development of the preliminary reference procedure (consultatio ante sententiam), and the oratio principis during the first three centuries CE
Conferences
Meeting of the young Dutch Legal Historians (2024)
Empire of Correspondence: Roman Imperial Letters as Literature and State Messaging - for more information, please see the call for abstracts
Ongoing projects
EPISTULAE: a project aiming to develop a database of the imperial correspondence of the long 3rd century CE (in collaboration with Serena Connolly, Zachary Herz and Matthijs Wibier).
Dissertations
Ward Strengers, The implied pledge of the Roman fiscus (provisional title; 2023-2026)
