prof. dr. Randall Lesaffer

Bio

Randall Lesaffer (Brugge, 25 April 1968) studied law and history at the universities of Ghent and Leuven. From the latter university, he obtained his PhD in law in 1998. In 1999, he was appointed to the chair of legal history at Tilburg University. He is also part-time professor of International and European Legal History at the University of Leuven as well as visiting professor of International Law at Catolica Global School of Law, Lisbon. His scholarly work focuses on the history of international law since 1500. He is editor-in-chief of the book series Studies in the History of International Law (Brill/Nijhoff) and editor of the Journal of the History of International Law (Brill/Nijhoff) as well as the Global Law Series (Cambridge University Press). He is general editor of the Cambridge History of International Law (13 volumes planned). 

Courses

• International Security in Hist. Persp.

Recent publications

1. El derecho entre el pasado y el presente

   Lesaffer, R. (2023). El derecho entre el pasado y el presente. In F. M. Mora Sifuentes (Ed.), Cuestion de metodo(s): Ensayos sobre metodologia e investigacion juridica (pp. 293-317). (Manuales de Derecho Penal). Tirant Lo Blanch.

2. Hugo de Groot, een jeugdige vader van het moderne recht?

   Lesaffer, R. (Author). (2023). Hugo de Groot, een jeugdige vader van het moderne recht?. Web publication/site, . https://www.nederlandrechtsstaat.nl/zomerreeks-11-hugo-de-groot-een-jeugdige-vader-van-het-moderne-recht/

3. [Review of the book To the uttermost parts of the earth: Legal imagin…

   Lesaffer, R. (2023). [Review of the book To the uttermost parts of the earth: Legal imagination and international power, 1300-1870, M. Koskenniemi, 2021]. American Journal of International Law, 117(2), 378-386.

4. Alliance treaties and the political and legal order of Old Regime Eur…

   Lesaffer, R. (Author). (2022). Alliance treaties and the political and legal order of Old Regime Europe. Web publication/site, Oxford University Press. https://opil.ouplaw.com/page/952

5. Closing time

   Lesaffer, R. (Author). (2022). Closing time. Web publication/site, Oxford University Press. https://opil.ouplaw.com/page/closing-time