Thomas Duve

Prof. Thomas Duve is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory and Professor for Comparative Legal History at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. His work focuses on legal history, particularly the legal frameworks of Iberian imperial spaces, canon law, and global legal history. He holds honorary positions at institutions like the Chinese University of Political Science and Law and has received awards including the Karl-Lamprecht-Gesellschaft Dissertation Award.

Education includes a Ph.D. and Habilitation from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, with studies in Heidelberg, Buenos Aires, and Munich. His research explores normativity, colonial law, and methodologies for legal history, contributing to projects like the Cluster of Excellence 'The Formation of Normative Orders.'

Notable publications include The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective and Rechtsgeschichte des frühneuzeitlichen Hispanoamerika. His work emphasizes global legal perspectives, entanglements in legal systems, and interdisciplinary approaches.

Awards and grants include funding from the German DFG and international partnerships. Projects include the 'Law and the Creation of Dependency in the Ibero-Atlantic' and digital initiatives like the Legalhistoryinsights.com blog.