Dumont de Montigny, Memoire de Lxx Dxx Officiere Ingenieur, 1747, Ayer MS 257 map 13, Concession des Chaoüachas
The Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History gathers under the auspices of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library in Chicago to discuss the comparative legal history of the Atlantic world in the period c. 1492 to 1815. The one-day symposium brings together law professors, historians, and social scientists to explore a particular topic in comparative legal history, broadly understood.
The Symposium is overseen by Professor Richard Ross of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, College of Law and History Department (rjross@illinois.edu; (217) 244-7890). Funding has been provided by the University of Illinois College of Law and the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies.