Report on the 34^th Conference of German Legal Historians in Würzburg, 8^th – 12^th September 2002

Abstract

Schulze-Fielitz, welcomed them in the Emperor's Hall of the Prince-Bishops' Residence. The opening speeches and festive chamber music will be well remembered, as will the spectacular frescoes of the Emperor's Hall, especially the ceiling fresco which shows the most important event in the-medieval history of the city of Würzburg, namely the marriage of Friedrich Barbarossa and Béatrix of Burgundy in 1156. 3 Ulrich Sinn (Würzburg) presented the keynote address for the conference, "The Law of Asylum in Antiquity". 4 The next day Rolf Knütel (Bonn) and Clausdieter Schott (Zürich) spoke, the latter on difficult questions of interpretation, having chosen as the title of his lecture "Authentic Interpretation: between Hermeneutics and Legislation." Using many examples from all of legal history, Schott discussed authentic interpretation, which 1 http://www.boehlau.at/periodicals/periodical.jsp?periodicalID=0323-4045.