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A reminder about our 2025 Roundtable 'Jane Austen's Legal World'👇 @ExeterLawSchool in July, convened by @ProfProbert - CfA open until Feb 21. @lawlithum @Law_Cult_Huma @Law_History - we welcome abstracts for humanities scholarship on any law theme in Austen's work or life...
Announcing the *Law and Humanities Roundtable 2025: Jane Austen's Legal World*, convened by @ProfProbert @ExeterLawSchool. Paper presentations invited on any aspect of law in Austen's novels @LawLitJournal @lawlithum @LawHumanitiesCA @ArsScripta @drelena_cooper @JaneAustenLIVES
If you missed Richard Moorhead's fabulous lectures on 'Frail Professionalism: Lawyers’ ethics after the Post Office and other cases', they are now available to view on the Hamlyn website: Hamlyn lectures | Law School | University of Exeter
Looking forward to a fascinating talk on c17th piracy this Wednesday afternoon - still time to sign up if you are interested in attending!
Coming up next ... free online seminar with Graham Moore, on piracy! Sign up here :
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Delighted to be convening the 2025 Law and Humanities Roundtable on Jane Austen's Legal World! @LawHistNetwork @Lucy_Worsley @CamCELH @SeldensSister @SeldenSociety
Announcing the *Law and Humanities Roundtable 2025: Jane Austen's Legal World*, convened by @ProfProbert @ExeterLawSchool. Paper presentations invited on any aspect of law in Austen's novels @LawLitJournal @lawlithum @LawHumanitiesCA @ArsScripta @drelena_cooper @JaneAustenLIVES
One other thought - was the register office in the workhouse? I've come across a few examples of this.
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Professor @ProfProbert from @ExeterLawSchool helped Spice Girl Mel C trace her family tree on last week's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Watch again here!
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A funded PhD on women in the legal profession?! 😍
Deadline 31 July
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📖New book to read:
A global perspective on key legal debates surrounding marriage and cohabitation, edited by @ExeterLawSchool's @ProfProbert and @CardiffLaw's @DrSharonThomp
#marriage
#cohabitation
#matrimony
#relationships
#FamilyLaw
Research Handbook on Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law, edited by @ExeterLawSchool's @ProfProbert & @CardiffLaw's @DrSharonThomp
Contributors incl' @RAuchmuty @alexandermaine7 + many more
More info ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/978180…
🆓 Intro & Chapter 1 ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978180220265…
ALT This insightful Research Handbook provides a global perspective on key legal debates surrounding marriage and cohabitation. Bringing together an impressive array of established and emerging scholars, it adopts a comparative approach to analyse cross-jurisdictional trends and divergences in relationship recognition and family formation.
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Last one of the academic year! Sign up! #LegalHistory
All are welcome at the next @LawHistNetwork webinar on Monday 10th June at 5pm. @bharatmalkani from @CardiffLaw will be talking about 'Racial justice and law: Where do we go from here?', drawing on his new @BrisUniPress book.
Register for the Zoom at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bharat-ma…
Yes, it was s 162 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which gave superintendent registrars the power to require evidence of name, age, marital status and nationality.
Mark Searle and Kenneth W Stevenson, Documents of the Marriage Liturgy (The Liturgical Press 1992) is the book that you need! - it sets out the precise wording used at different times and in different traditions.
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Want to hear about treasure? Of course you do! We have Prof Norma Dawson up next in the Law and History Network online seminar series. Join us for free and fabulous online #LegalHistory on 30th April
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On the podcast | Legal historian @ProfProbert explores the history of marriage in England and Wales over the last 500 years: spr.ly/6019ZIZCW
ALT A purple-tinted photo of a couple on their wedding day. The woman is on the right wearing a tradtional veil and dress and holding a big bouquet, and a man in a smart suit stands on her left. They are posing in front of a garden scene.
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Our final @HLGCentre event of the term sees us welcome @ProfProbert from @ExeterLawSchool on Monday 25 March from 6-7:30pm online via MS Teams.
We hope to see you there virtually!
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One week to go to the next @LawHistNetwork webinar. All are welcome to hear from @DrEmilyIreland from @LivUni_Law
Reserve your place for free at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-and-h…
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Join @SoGGenealogist, @SeasideFerry, @PostedInThePast, @WestSussexRO, @ScientistSoph, @genesblog, @GenealogyLass, @JanetFew, @celiaheritage, @juliegoucher, @HelenEDTovey, @holtsfamilyhis1, @rob_s_smith, @ProfProbert & @LMHistory for Feb! ow.ly/g7mg50QwXXG
#AncestryHour
On widows inheriting property in 1749 - there are no restrictions on women owning property unless they are married, so no need for a trust in this case. And it was not uncommon for a widow to be left land as well as money.
If you missed the second Hamlyn lecture by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd on 'Law for Commerce: English Commercial Law as a System for Transnational Commerce', it can now be viewed at law.exeter.ac.uk/hamlyn/lect…