On the occasion of Professor Tammo Wallinga's retirement from the University of Antwerp on 30 September 2024, the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Law is pleased to invite you to the valedictory symposium "Balancing the obligations. Laesio enormis from Diocletian to codification” on Thursday 10 October 2024. Afterwards, we would like to welcome you to a reception.

Programme

15:30 Doors

16:00 Welcome
Chairman Prof. Dirk Heirbaut (UGent)

16:05 Half the true price. The economic context of laesio enormis under Diocletian and Justinian
Prof. Egbert Koops (Universiteit Leiden)

16:35 The medieval understanding of illicit disproportion in reciprocal contracts
Em. Prof. Jan Hallebeek (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

17:05 Break

17:15 Contractual Fairness and Laesio Enormis in the First Age of Global Commerce and Capitalism
Prof. Wim Decock (Université Louvain-la-Neuve)

17:45 Laesio enormis in rational natural law and in modern codifications
Prof. Tammo Wallinga (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam & UAntwerp)

18:30 Reception
provided by the Faculty of Law

20:00 Expected ending

Location

Klooster van de Grauwzusters
Stadscampus, building S
Lange Sint-Annastraat 7
2000 Antwerp

Registration

Participation is free, however registration is required through this link.