Transfer of Legal Thought through Migration? – The Story of Helen Silving (1906-1993)

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Sponsors: Institute of European Studies, Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies, Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law & Israel Studies, German Historical Institute Washington | Pacific Office Berkeley 

In 1938 the Anschluss triggered a veritable wave of migration of Austrian academics to the Americas, which lasted until the end of WW II. Among the thousands who left Austria were also legal scholars. However, due to the different legal system and the language barrier, only very few managed to resume an academic career in the field of law in their new home. Among the few “Austrian” legal scholars who succeeded in the U.S., was the presumably first female professor of criminal law, Helen Silving (1906-1993) whose story and scholarly work will be in the center of the presentation.

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