Manuel Bastias Saavedra

Prof. Dr. Manuel Bastias Saavedra is a faculty member at the Faculty of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover, affiliated with the Historical Seminar. He serves as Deputy Management at the Historical Seminar and represents professors in the Faculty Council. Additionally, he is a member of the Center for Atlantic and Global Studies.

• Academic Focus: Legal history, land rights, normativity in Iberian empires, and social inequality.
• Current Research: Explores ownership regimes, legal pluralism, and colonial legacies in Latin America and the Iberian Atlantic world.

Recent Publications (2021-2025) address topics like:

• Global perspectives on Latin American legal history
• Land regulation in Iberian colonial contexts
• Normative frameworks beyond empire
• Ownership regimes and kinship
• Religious law in Iberian empires

His work reveals strong interdisciplinary interests spanning legal history, colonial studies, and socio-economic inequality. The articles often examine hybrid ownership systems, legal normativity in colonial contexts, and the intersection of law with land and community structures across the Iberian world.