The European Award for Legal Theory

The European Award for Legal Theory

The European Award for Legal Theory is presented to the author of the best doctoral thesis in the area of legal theory and philosophy of law, successfully defended at a university in Europe.

The award entails publication of the thesis by Hart PublishingLtd. (Oxford), and offers the opportunity to deliver a seminar on the LL. M. in Legal Theory at Frankfurt.

The award will be grantedonce every two years, the next to be in 2020.

Authors should submit their thesis before April 1, 2020.

Doctoral theses submitted for this award should meet the following conditions:

The thesis should have been examined after 1 January 2018
The version submitted should be written in, or translated into, English
Two hard copies should be submitted by post to:

European Award for Legal Theory

c/o Professor Mark Van Hoecke

Department of Legal History and Legal Theory

Ghent University

Universiteitsstraat 4

B-9000 Ghent

Belgium

An electronic version of the thesis (Word, PDF, or scan) AND a summary (in English) of between 20 and 50 pages (font 11 or 12, 1. 5 spacing) should be submitted by e-mail to both the following addresses:

Mark. VanHoecke@UGent. be& m. vanhoecke@qmul. ac. uk

The thesis must not be contracted by an operating commercial publishing house before the Award is assigned.

The award is, as a rule, assigned by a juryof seven members from different regions in Europe, with members fairly representing various sub-disciplines within legal theory and philosophy of law.

If the thesis is written in publishable English, the publisher will pay royalties on the net sales receipt to the author. If language correction is necessary, the publisher will pay for this up to a maximum of £ 500 and no royalties will be paid.

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