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If you’ve been wondering, “What’s the deal with the ant?” – this month, we’re sharing some of the thoughts that went into choosing our icon. Also, save the date: From 3-4 December 2026, we’ll be hosting a symposium at the University of Vienna, co-organised with Tilburg University.

Three tales about the double-edged role of international law as it was being negotiated and shaped – between a gateway to asserting sovereign rights and an instrument for consolidating structures of asymmetry

An exploration of how non-Western societies engaged with legal modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries – not as passive recipients of European norms, but as active participants negotiating legal change on their own terms