Workshop

Transnational Criminal Law in Transatlantic Perspective (1870-1945):

Towards a dialogue between the Global North and the Global South
May 23-24, 2019
Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main

Thursday, May 23

09:00 Welcome Address

Thomas Duve (MPI for European Legal History, Frankfurt)
09:15 Introductory Notes
Karl Härter – Valeria Vegh Weis (MPI for European Legal History, Frankfurt)

Panel 1 Transnational Crime, Criminals and Threats

Chair: Karl Härter
09:30 Italian Immigration, Crime, and Police Actions in Uruguay: The Volpi-Patrone Case (1882)
Nicolás Duffau (Universidad de la República, Montevideo)
10:30 ‘Short Presentation’: Migration and Transnational Criminal Law in a Global Perspective
Stephan Scheuzger (Universität Bern)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Borderland Caudillos and Transnational Order: Controlling and Policing the Territory of
Rio Grande and the Construction of the Nation State (1870-1900)
Pamela A. Cacciavillani and Luis Alberto García (Universidad de Monterrey)
13:00 Lunchtime Snack
14:00 Latin America, Europe, and the Challenge of Anarchist Violence, 1890-1920s: Legal,
Police, and Societal Responses in Comparative Analysis
Richard Bach Jensen (Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University,
Natchitoches)
15:00 Transnational Counterfeiters and Police Detectives in the Early 20th Century South American
Atlantic
Diego A. Galeano (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro)
16:00 Coffee Break
Panel 2 Actors and Practices of Transnational Criminal Law
Chair: Valeria Vegh Weis
16:30 A Closer Look on International Criminal Justice Congresses: Cultural Translation in
Criminology and the Impact on Latin-American Criminal Codes (1870-1945)
Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
18:00 Dinner at the Restaurant ‘Sturm & Drang’
19:00 Round Table Discussion: Transnational Criminal Law in Transatlantic Perspective (1870-
1945) – Perspectives for Research and Cooperation
20:15 End of the First Day of the Workshop

Friday, May 24

Panel 2 Actors and Practices of Transnational Criminal Law (continued)

09:00 The League of Nations, Latin America and Transnational Criminal Law in Transatlantic
Perspective (1870-1945)
Paul Knepper (Central Washington University, Ellensburg)
10:00 Slavery and Transnational Criminal Law: the Extradition Treaties of Brazil and the
Repression of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Diego Nunes (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis)
11:00 ‘Short Presentation’: African Colonial Perspectives on Transnational Criminal Law
Raquel R. Sirotti (MPI for European Legal History, Frankfurt)
11:30 Coffee Break
Panel 3 Transnational Discourses and Criminology
Chair: Raquel R. Sirotti
12:00 ‘Short Presentation’: When Did the Accusatorial System Land in Argentina? Transatlantic
Influences and the Three Most Important Codification Moments in Criminal Procedure
between 1870 and 1945
Máximo Langer (University of California, Los Angeles)
12:30 The Rise of Preventive Justice. The Transnational Debate on Measures of Security
Michele Pifferi (Università degli Studi di Ferrara)
13:30 Lunchtime Snack

Final Discussion
14:30 Transnational Criminal Law in Transatlantic Perspective (1870-1945). Towards a dialogue
between the Global North and the Global South: Concepts, Approaches and Examples
Valeria Vegh Weis and Karl Härter (MPI for European Legal History, Frankfurt)
15:30 Discussion: Conclusions and Perspectives of the Project ‘Transnational Criminal Law in
Transatlantic Perspective (1870-1945)’
16:30 Coffee Break – End of the Workshop