First student conference on legal history – the Iustoria 2020 – “Law Codes and Women”

University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
October 14th – 16th, 2020

ONLINE

Application deadline: May 31st

The choice of this subject stems from an anniversary – this year marks the 175th anniversary of the Serbian Civil Code (1844), and one of the most heavily debated issues during its creation was precisely the regulation of the position of women: a woman’s right to inherit, her role in the family, the legal capacity of a married woman… Without a doubt, dilemmas such as these were present in the minds of other creators of civil codes pertaining to the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century – however, this is but a small portion of the issues that fall under the realm of this conference. What was the status of women as perpetrators – or victims – of crimes in criminal codes? What was the procedural status of women as parties in lawsuits or as witnesses? Did commercial codes contain special rules for women merchants? When we move further into the past, the very presence of norms that are concerned with the status of women in the legal codes of the Antiquity and the Middle Ages tells us a lot about their position in society, and many laws contain specific and original institutions that deserve scholarly attention. In recent history we could divert our attention to women as lawmakers, and analyse their influence on modern codes of law. We are looking forward to proposals related to these and many other issues pertaining to the main subject!

163 267 1043 (day 1)

Event address for attendees:
https://ppma.webex.com/ppma/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0aee1f16583ac96877741ebcda3408d4 

Event address for panelists:
https://ppma.webex.com/ppma/onstage/g.php?MTID=eaf493223e407331cfaa4839b30dd88b4 

163 655 8929 (day 2)

Event address for attendees:
https://ppma.webex.com/ppma/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1303f77069f3d1cc6c85e9f1336862ed

Event address for panelists:
https://ppma.webex.com/ppma/onstage/g.php?MTID=e8763f0657e3d819b8906dde1f1c920df

163 759 1199 (day 3)

Event address for attendees:
https://ppma.webex.com/ppma/onstage/g.php?MTID=e2ec0f9bbd70c536d592d2571f6bb2488

Event address for panelists:
https://ppma.webex.com/ppma/onstage/g.php?MTID=e67d443f2fb434d852790d176ed7d52c9

The password is the same for all three days: Iustoria2020