Dave De ruysscher, Ph.D. (2009), KU Leuven, is Professor of Legal History at Tilburg University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research focuses on the history of commercial law in the early modern period.Janne E. Nijman, Ph.D. (2004), University of Leiden, is Professor of History and Theory of International Law at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. She publishes inter alia on international legal history and on cities and international law.

Dave De ruysscher, Ph.D. (2009), KU Leuven, is Professor of Legal History at Tilburg University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research focuses on the history of commercial law in the early modern period.Janne E. Nijman, Ph.D. (2004), University of Leiden, is Professor of History and Theory of International Law at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. She publishes inter alia on international legal history and on cities and international law.

Dave De ruysscher, Ph.D. (2009), KU Leuven, is Professor of Legal History at Tilburg University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research focuses on the history of commercial law in the early modern period.Janne E. Nijman, Ph.D. (2004), University of Leiden, is Professor of History and Theory of International Law at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. She publishes inter alia on international legal history and on cities and international law.