A conference in honor of Charles Donahue, Paul A. Freund Professor of Law

1:00-3:00: Law and Medieval History: Selected Topics

Adam J. Kosto (Columbia University), Written Agreements and Civil Wars: The Catalan and Anglo-Norman Examples
Robert Berkhofer (Western Michigan University), Forgery and Pope Alexander III's Decretal on Scripta Authentica
Richard Helmholz (The University of Chicago), Custom and Law in the Medieval Court Records of the Province of Canterbury
Paul Brand (University of Michigan School of Law), The Secular Consequences of Annulment of Marriage for Precontract England c. 1300

3:15-5:15 pm: Law and Early Modern History: Selected Topics

David Seipp (Boston University Law School), When Lawyers Lie: Forging an English Constitution in 1399
Wim Decock (University of Leuven), Quantitative Easing Four Centuries Ago: Juan de Mariana's De monetae mutatione (1609)
Amalia D. Kessler (Stanford Law School), The Mystery of the "Charitable Arbitrator," or Reflections on a Neglected Old Regime Text and the Intersection Between Status and Practices of Arbitration and Mediation
Mary Bilder (Boston College School of Law), The Relevance of Colonial Appeals to the Privy Council

5:30-6:30: Cocktail Reception and Festschrift Presentation for Professor Charles Donahue (Harvard Law Library Treasure Room)