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Institute for Legal History and Comparative Legal History, Dep. of German Legal History

Welcome to the homepage of the Department of German Legal History

Chair of German Legal History and Civil Law Professor Dr Frank L. Schäfer, LLM (Cambridge)
Combining teaching and research. Connecting past and present. Shaping the future with Digital Humanities.

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Contact

secretary
deutsche.rechtsgeschichte@jura.uni-freiburg.de
+49 761 203 2222

opening hours
Mo, Tue 10-12 a.m., We, Th 2-4 p.m., Fr closed.

house address
Hebelstr. 10
79104 Freiburg
Germany

postal adress
Freiburg University
Institute for Legal History and Comparative Legal History
79085 Freiburg
Germany

News

Freiburger Münster

Freiburg Society for Legal History

January lecture

Dr Tillmann Krach, lawyer from Mainz, will speak on 20 January 2025 at 10:30 a.m. in HS 3044 on ‘A brief history of the German legal profession from its origins to 1945’.

Freiburger Münster

Freiburg Society for Legal History

November lecture

Prof Dr Sanita Osipova from Latvia, Supreme Court Judge and former President of the Constitutional Court, will speak on 19 November 2024, 6 p.m. c.t. in HS 1010 on ‘Fundamental changes in family law in the Republic of Latvia 1918-1940’.

Freiburger Münster

New publication

Lawyers as Criminals

The History of the Imperial Bar Association.

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