European Academy of Legal Theory

The European Academy of Legal Theory/Académie européenne de théorie du droit (EALT) is a network and platform of academic institutions, researchers, and legal practitioners collaborating in the promulgation and advancement of research and teaching in legal theory and their interrelations with legal practice. It forms a main platform for the exchange of legal theory education and legal practice in Europe.
About EALT
Building Bridges The European Academy of Legal Theory (EALT) was founded in Brussels in 1989. Ever since, its activities point to the educational need to redefine the methodological and ethical foundations of legal regulation: the...
EALT Award
The European Award for Legal Theory is assigned to the author of an exceptionally good doctoral thesis in the area of legal theory and philosophy of law. The award entails publication of the thesis by...
Network
The European Acdemy of Legal Theory cooperates with centers of excellence, platforms & initiatives, and individual scholars in Jurisprudence in Europe and worldwide. Former graduates of the Academy’s Master’s Course in Legal Theory form the...
Short Courses
The European Academy of Legal Theory co-organises and/or participates in the following short courses, taking place annually at various partner institutions in Europe: PALERMO Summer School The PALERMO Summer School<strong> </strong>on Migrants, Human Rights, and Democracy at...

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Wednesday Seminar on Legal Theory
Wednesday Seminar on Legal Theory The Wednesday Seminar on Legal Theory has a long tradition in Frankfurt, founded by Rudolf Wiethölter, which we intend to...
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Legal Theory – 30 years from Brussels to Frankfurt
The LLM programme in Legal Theory is celebrating its 30th anniversary. We have prepared a video commemorating its history and further development at Goethe University...
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New Series: Young Academics: European Legal Theory
  As global developments challenge traditional understandings of the place of law in human communities, a new generation of scholars is rethinking fundamental legal questions...
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