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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T12:48:37.245Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n[We have the following announcement. DRE]\n\nOn June 24, 2026 (at 12pm Eastern), join us for an international workshop featuring contributors to a forthcoming Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue on “Ancient Criminal Law: A Global Perspective,” guest edited by Clifford Ando (University of Chicago).\n\nRecent years have witnessed several revolutions in the study of ancient law. These include new models for the study of ancient states, deriving in particular from comparative study; new interpretive emphasis on the limits of state infrastructural power; detailed study of the pluralist nature of legal authority in ancient empires in particular; and the extraordinary recovery of previously unknown documentary materials, especially in central Asian and East Asian contexts. This issue seeks to bring these new insights to bear on the study of criminal law in a global array of contexts: the Ancient Near East, classical Athens, Qin and Han period China, the high Roman empire, and rabbinic Judaism.\n\nParticipants include:\n\nClifford Ando, University of Chicago (moderator)\nBeth Berkowitz, Columbia University\nAri Bryen, Vanderbilt University\nLiang Cai, University of Notre Dame\nBenjamin Gallant, Harvard University\nAdriaan Lanni, Harvard University\nMark Letteney, University of Washington\nSeth Richardson, University of Chicago\nAndrew Wolpert, University of Florida\n\nTo join us for this free online event, please register here. Registration is encouraged, but not required; if you prefer to join the event directly, head over to the MCLR+ YouTube channel at the time of the event (please note the time zone). All attendees will have the opportunity to post questions and comments via YouTube live chat.",
  "title": "Ancient Criminal Law: A Global Perspective",
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