Welcome to the Department of Legal and Constitutional History

The Department of Legal and Constitutional History is part of the Law Faculty at the University of Vienna. It has a long and successful history that dates back more than 150 years. The Departments roots can be traced back to 1851, when George Philipps was appointed as professor of History of the German Empire and German Law. Since 1951, a variety of reforms have taken place, reshaping both the Department and the curriculum of legal studies at the University of Vienna.

Today, the Department aims to further modernize the History of Law as a subject, and to introduce new generations of law students to Legal and Constitutional History.

For further information on the Department’s history, please access the following link.


 Events

12.05.2025 14:00
 

"WAYS OF SEEING INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS – New Perspectives for International Law" by Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín

05.06.2025
 

Stephan Wendehorst | Kevin Hecken

12.06.2025
 

Kamila Staudigl-Ciechowicz | Bartosz Buchman |
Ágoston Frank

12. bis 14. Juni 2025

23.06.2025 14:00
 

Laura Beck Varela

 

22.07.2025
 

16. Sommerakademie zur Geschichte der Juden im Hl. Röm. Reich und seinen Nachfolgestaaten, Schwerpunktthema: Schulden & Gläubiger

Team Stephan Wendehorst

22. bis 31 Juli 2025 | Fürth, Frankfurt, Offenbach