Bona Politia

Law and order have been key-issues of all times and places, whether we are talking about ancient Rome or present-day threats of public disturbance, crime or terrorism. How can a government protect its inhabitants from such harm? Upholding social order by preventing crime and violence is arguably a k...

On 15 June 2018, professor Louis Berkvens will emeritate. He has worked on Bona Politia in Upper-Gelders and Prusia and has digitalised the sources for Upper-Gelders. His farewell symposium takes place on Friday June 15th 2018 at 16.00 hrs. at the Aula of Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-...

Museum Busleyden in the Belgium city of Mechelen holds an exhibition is held, named: "Call for Justice. Art and Law in the Burgundian Netherlands". It is an interplay between art, the practice of law and the idea of justice in the geographical region under the jurisdiction of the Great Council of Me...