In Season 4 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen conquered Meereen – the last of the great slave cities – and crucified 163 Great Masters. According to Daenerys her action answered ‘injustice with justice’, but should… Read More »Talking Law II: The Trial of Daenerys Targaryen
On February 18-23, the Civil Law, Common Law, Customary Law project team travelled to Rome, where project director Professor John Hudson, senior researcher Professor Emanuele Conte, project post-doctoral researchers Dr Andrew Cecchinato, Dr Will Eves, Dr Attilio Stella and Dr… Read More »Atelier Doctoral at the École Française in Rome
On the 800th anniversary of the royal order which effectively ended the use of trial by ordeal, John Hudson and Robert Bartlett met to discuss the emergence of the jury trial. You can watch the entire conversation here:
In England on 26 January 1219 a royal order was issued to the king’s travelling justices, to put into effect the decree of a Papal Council that had the effect of abolishing trial by ordeal. The need for a new… Read More »Talking Law: ‘The Jury on Trial’
The ILCR’s 2017-18 newsletter, containing information about the Institute’s activities during the past academic year, may be accessed here.
