If you are attending the conference but have not yet booked accommodation please note that there is no more on-campus accommodation available as part of the conference allocation. It is possible that rooms may be available which are not part of the conference allocation but they would not be available at the conference rate. Please see link on the accommodation section of the main conference page.

Otherwise, the only remaining option is to book a hotel, details of which can also be found via the main conference page.

Law: Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights

In celebration of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta the theme of the British Legal History Conference 2015 at the University of Reading is ‘Law: Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights’.

While different forms and ideas of authority have shaped law historically, law has also been moulded by, and influenced, challenges to authority brought to assert and seek recognition of rights. Magna Carta resulted from one such challenge, but challenges to social, economic, political and doctrinal authorities existed before Magna Carta and have continued to occur since. The British Legal History Conference 2015 is concerned to explore how law, both public and private, has in different epochs been shaped by, and shaped, challenges to authority brought to seek the recognition of rights. It includes papers which examine how law, legal processes and legal actors have developed in response to such challenges to authority, and indeed how an understanding of the law has itself often influenced these challenges.

For conference information including travel and accommodation please see the British Legal History Conference page. Delegates will be alerted to updates on conference information via this blog.